Business development manager (public healthcare, doh)

• Stakeholder leadership: Build and sustain trusted relationships with the National Department of Health, Provincial Departments of Health, public-hospital executive teams, healthcare regulators, central procurement institutions, social security authorities, industry associations and relevant non-governmental or charitable organisations.

• Business growth: Identify, shape and convert centralised purchasing opportunities into a healthy, sustainable pipeline that supports achievement of annual revenue and market-development targets.

• Market and policy intelligence: Monitor healthcare policy, regulation, funding priorities and procurement developments, translating insights into clear commercial actions and risk-mitigation plans.

• Stakeholder mapping: Map decision-makers, influencers, governance structures, approval pathways and deployment processes across national, provincial and institutional levels.

• Strategic account planning: Develop long-term account and territory plans based on customer needs, budget cycles, funding sources, procurement mechanisms and competitive dynamics.

• Opportunity forecasting: Establish disciplined mechanisms to identify, qualify, prioritise and forecast opportunities, ensuring visibility of timelines, metrics (KPIs) and probability of success.