Business Development Manager

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Regent College London

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Healthcare • Legal

Regent College London is a London-based higher education provider offering foundation year routes, Higher National Certificates (HNCs), undergraduate top-up and bachelor's degrees, and postgraduate programmes. The college operates multiple campuses across London, provides full-time and part-time study modes, student support services (careers, disability support, wellbeing), and partners with UK universities to deliver validated courses focused on employability and career-focused learning.

📋 Description

• Lead UK and global student recruitment through agent partnerships • Manage 12–18 agents/accounts and ensure performance and learner quality expectations are met • Identify new agents, accounts, businesses, and global recruitment opportunities • Manage junior business development executives and support teams • Improve application-to-enrolment conversion and ensure an efficient student application journey • Provide guidance on systems used by agents and students • Meet KPIs for agent/account targets, new business onboarding, conversion, brand awareness, and enrolment • Gather, interpret, and report market intelligence and data trends • Prepare daily student activity reports for agents and partners • Provide reports and updates to commercial leads • Analyse agent performance, recruitment, and student engagement • Resolve operational, sales-process, and systems issues • Advise teams and partners on regulatory, compliance, product, and process changes • Plan and deliver agent/partner training online and face to face • Participate in or coordinate student recruitment projects and development activities • Build relationships with agents, partners, admissions, quality assurance, and student support stakeholders • Propose process, planning, and systems improvements • Train and develop junior staff and monitor direct-report KPIs • Represent the University at education expositions, universities, schools, and colleges • Develop external relations and recruitment opportunities with institutions, employers, alumni, donors, Embassies, Consulates, and sponsorship bodies • Prepare committee papers and business cases with finance business partners • Contribute to operational leadership, decision-making, and recruitment strategy • Occasionally travel to other locations for meetings or training

🎯 Requirements

• Commercially focused business development professional with UK and global student recruitment expertise • Strong agent networks • CRM experience • Proven ability to lead teams and drive growth • Experience of working with complex sales processes and CRM software • Experience of working/responding independently and dealing with unforeseen problems and circumstances • Comprehensive knowledge of work practices, processes, and procedures relevant to the role • Clear understanding of standards and regulations for the role • Understanding of other University areas relevant to student recruitment • Experience successfully managing partners/agents • Experience pulling reports and providing them to key stakeholders • Ability to analyse reports and sales figures to identify trends within the agent market and articulate intelligence to drive change • Ability to analyse market data and trends to advise on UK and global recruitment strategies • Ability to liaise and engage with key stakeholders and contractors • Analysis and problem-solving capability • Well-developed written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills • Ability to manage partner expectations and provide training sessions • Ability to prioritise and delegate tasks to direct reports • Ability to implement processes protecting commercially sensitive and personal data • Ability to influence and contribute to operational resource planning, business plans, and strategy documents • Post Grad/PhD (or candidature) — desirable • Previous account management experience — desirable • Must complete pre-employment checks, including criminal records check, two references, ID and Right to Work verification, and education confirmation • Must have the Right to Work in the UK

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote working from any country apart from the UK • Professional development and training opportunities • Training and networking opportunities • Equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion commitment

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