Business Pursuit Manager Germany, Austria

at  British Council

Business Pursuit Manager Germany, Austria
Date: 2 Jul 2024
Location: Berlin, European Union, DE
Company: British Council
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
Job Title: Business Pursuit Manager Germany, Austria
Location: Berlin, Germany

REQUIREMENTS: CANDIDATES MUST HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHTS TO WORK FULL TIME IN GERMANY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.

Contract Type: Fixed-term contract – 2 years
Pay-band: 6/G
Starting salary: € 3 463.00 gross (payable 12 months)

BRAND/PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE & PROMOTION

• Maintains an up-to-date and sound overview of the suite of British Council products, programmes and services to enable the provision of informed business development support to internal colleagues
• Ensures the British Council brand is promoted accurately and professionally in all communications with current and prospective customers and partners
• Within agreed corporate processes, contributes data and/or administrative support, as required, to enable the development and distribution of high quality, customer and market-focused marketing collateral (via a range of channels) to promote the BC’s offer externally.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERINCE

Essential

• Business Development / Business pursuit
• Market research / customer insight
• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships

Desirable

• Contract management.
• English language teaching or Higher Education or K12 industry experience
• Experience of working with regulatory bodies.

EDUCATION

• Degree in any subject

The purpose of this role to support the sales and channel development strategy for the Examinations business in Germany and Austria, converting opportunities into business. Working as part of a team, the post holder will identify opportunities, prospect, support pipeline management, develop and deliver pitches to partners and clients and secure sales contracts, recognition agreements and distributor contracts. The post will also be responsible for working with partner test centres to develop business opportunities within Germany and Austria. As key accounts are developed, the post holder will also be responsible for designated B2B customer relationships.