Business Development Manager

Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Business Development Manager to drive business growth for our womens leadership community.
• The role involves developing strategic relationships with corporates, CXOs, senior professionals, entrepreneurs, HR leaders, brands, and potential sponsors.
• The candidate will be responsible for generating revenue through corporate partnerships, memberships, sponsorships, leadership programs, events, and strategic collaborations while expanding the community's network and market presence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute business development strategies to achieve revenue and growth targets.
• Identify and acquire new corporate clients, community members, sponsors, and strategic partners.
• Build strong relationships with CXOs, senior management, HR heads, entrepreneurs, and women business leaders.
• Develop corporate partnership opportunities for leadership programs, networking initiatives, events, and community memberships.
• Identify and close sponsorship and brand collaboration opportunities.
• Drive membership acquisition and develop strategies to improve member retention and engagement.
• Generate leads through LinkedIn, networking events, referrals, industry associations, cold outreach, and existing networks.
• Conduct meetings and presentations with prospective corporate clients and partners.
• Understand client requirements and create customized partnership proposals.
• Lead commercial negotiations and manage the complete sales cycle from prospecting to closure.
• Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline and regularly monitor conversion rates.
• Develop long-term relationships with existing clients, members, and strategic partners.
• Represent the organization at conferences, networking events, business forums, and leadership events.
• Work closely with the marketing, events, and community teams to execute business initiatives.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and emerging opportunities within the women leadership and professional networking space.
• Prepare regular business development reports and forecasts for management.
• Identify opportunities to expand the community into new industries, corporate networks, and geographic markets.
• Mentor and guide Business Development Executives/Associates, where applicable.
• Revenue generated New corporate accounts acquired Corporate partnerships closed Sponsorship revenue New community memberships
• Lead-to-client conversion Client/member retention Number of strategic collaborations
• Achievement of monthly and annual business targets.