PBSA Business Development Manager
Unilife and Stelling Properties are scaling — and we’re looking for a Business Development Manager to help drive this growth.
This isn’t a typical BD role. It’s a sector-facing, relationship-led position with a clear focus: build and convert a modular pipeline into the factory, alongside growing Unilife’s third-party management portfolio.
The Role
The role works across both the Unilife platform and Stelling’s modular construction business. You’ll be embedded in the PBSA market, focused on building early-stage opportunities and converting them into modular construction pipeline and operating partnerships.
- Build relationships with developers, investors, universities and operators
- Get in early — pre-planning, pre-procurement
- Turn conversations into modular construction opportunities
- Identify and support third-party management opportunities for Unilife
- Clearly articulate the commercial case for modular — accelerated delivery, programme certainty, earlier cost clarity and reduced delivery risk
- Help position Unilife as a premium operating partner
What Success Looks Like
- A strong, credible pipeline of modular-led opportunities
- Early access to schemes and decision-makers
- Consistent deal flow into the factory
- Growth in Unilife’s third-party management pipeline
Who This Role Suits
This role is aimed at someone already operating within the PBSA sector.
- You are currently working in PBSA, student accommodation, or closely aligned real estate
- You have an existing network across developers, investors, universities or operators
- You understand how PBSA schemes are originated, structured and delivered
- You’re comfortable building relationships at a senior level and representing the business in the market
- You lead with innovation — using AI, data and technology to drive smarter, more effective business development and bring new thinking into the sector
- You’re proactive, commercially sharp, and able to create opportunities — not wait for them
This role suits someone who knows the PBSA market, operates with a forward-thinking mindset, and can convert relationships into real, qualified pipeline.
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