BD Manager

Global University Systems is an international education group that helps students transform their lives through education. Its network of 30 institutions provides inclusive, accessible, and digital-first learning to around 122,000 students worldwide, with more than 20 million unique course subscribers.

• Oversee student recruitment, business development, account management, and marketing events for B2B channels across the assigned country or region;
• Collaborate with Company Directors to develop B2B channels;
• Implement marketing and sales strategies to promote international student recruitment for GUS;
• Represent a university or college located in Europe, North America, or Asia;
• Develop and train education agents on how to promote the represented brand;
• Source agents through fairs, business trips, enquiries, referrals, and general searches;
• Generate new revenue from existing streams and accounts;
• Identify new business opportunities;
• Assist in identifying, supporting, and developing potential business partners;
• Grow existing client relationships;
• Perform client research, including meeting and engaging with key industry players;
• Deliver workshops and presentations, host conferences, and appear in front of the camera.

• Experience in international student recruitment for higher education;
• An established and relevant agency network;
• Solid relationships with key stakeholders within education agencies;
• Solid understanding of industry trends for strategic planning and forecasting;
• Experience developing and training education agents;
• Experience sourcing agents through fairs, business trips, enquiries, referrals, and general searches;
• Experience generating new revenue from existing streams and accounts;
• Experience identifying new opportunities;
• Proven track record of identifying, supporting, and developing potential business partners;
• Experience growing existing client relationships;
• Experience performing client research and engaging with key industry players;
• High motivation and a strong drive for success;
• Confidence delivering workshops and presentations, hosting conferences, and appearing in front of the camera;
• Nice to have: Salesforce or database management experience; direct representation of an institution located anywhere within the region; significant agency experience managing a sub-network of agents.

• The position is home-based with travel;
• Applicants should ideally be located within their country and able to travel with ease.