Job Title: Commercial Partnerships Manager
Location: Dublin 2 (Hybrid – flexible approach to work – 2 days onsite)

Company Overview:

Our client a leading professional education body is looking to recruit an experienced Commercial Partnerships Manager to join their team to develop and maintain long-term partnerships with key organizations and institutions, as well as manage the recruitment process of prospective students. Reporting to the Head of Marketing the successful candidate should have 5 plus years’ experience in a commercial marketing, key account management or partnership role.
You will enjoy working in a fast paced, commercial environment where you will play a crucial role the commercial partnerships team. Prior experience in campaign management, sponsorship, engagement with 3rd party agencies along with brand management are essential.

This role is being offered as a 6 month contract initially but may extend for the successful applicant.

Job Description:

The Commercial Partnerships Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing leads and resolving queries from prospective students as part of the annual recruitment campaign.

• Managing a range of external key stakeholders in delivering a high quality customer proposition

• Developing and managing long-term relationships with a number of accounts to improve customer satisfaction levels, training and student numbers, and increase engagement of wider services.

• Developing and nurturing Partnership style relationships with key 3rd level institutions and feeder organisations  to become a ‘go-to’ ambassador to inform students on services.

• Managing 3rd level engagements, such as presentations and attendance at Career Fairs across 3rd level institutions in ROI.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should possess:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Marketing or related field

• At least 5 years experience in business development or marketing role

• Proven track record of developing successful partnerships / key account management

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

We're looking for someone who is proactive, results-driven, highly organized, able to multi-task effectively, has good attention to detail, strong negotiation skills with excellent interpersonal skills.

If you're interested in this position please submit your CV by clicking apply below.