[Vacancy]: Manager, Strategic Partnership Needed at Lagos Business School
Job Description
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience: 8 years
- Location: Lagos
- Job Field: Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
To Integrate the school’s partnership programme into the larger organizational strategy. Cultivating and maintaining relationships among LBS business partners while also developing strategies to increase revenue for the school
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for initiating, cultivating, and maintaining meaningful relationships among business partners which includes internationally ranked business schools, associations, professional bodies, Government agencies and businesses
- Ensure the goals of partnerships and strategic alliances are achieved
- Ascertain the fulfillment of the organization’s internationalization agenda
- Serve as staff liaison to international associations
- Build on our existing relationships and develop new strategic partnerships at the national, regional, and international levels.
- Strengthening existing relationships and collaborations.
- Negotiating attractive partnership contracts with strategic partners and ensuring mutually beneficial partnership terms that are in line with business objectives and strategy of LBS.
- Attending workshops and meetings to serve as representatives of their organizations.
- Enforcing legally binding contracts and monitoring changes in legal regulations.
- Conducting market research and synthesizing reports of business metrics.
- Create customised reports to track success of partner and account
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
To be successful in this role the candidate must possesss the following.
- Project management
- Business development
- Building strategic alliances
- Change Management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Building stakeholder relations
- Commercial acumen
- Strong Organization and Planning skills
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
QUALIFICATION
- Good first degree in Business Administration or related field. An MBA or master’s degree would be an advantage.
- Minimum of 8 years in managerial position of a medium or large organization.
