Business Developer Job at the People Practice

The People Practice - Our client is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Business Developer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Our client is looking to hire a Business Development Manager to spearhead their gaming and crypto pillar in Nigeria.
• This role involves building relationships with Nigerian influencers and businesses to explore and secure new sponsorship opportunities.
• Understanding sponsors' demands and potential needs, and communicating them to an international team is also a crucial responsibility.
• Additionally, creating and managing a list of business contacts and maintaining regular online/offline interactions to sustain and manage these relationships is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with relevant Nigerian influencers to enhance brandrecognition.
• Seek and secure sponsorships from companies within the gaming, crypto, andrelated industries.
• Prepare and present engaging and effective business development materials, suchas fact sheets, reports, and presentation documents.
• Provide feedback and business intelligence to the Marketing and Product Leadershipteams to improve effectiveness.
• Create and manage a list of business contacts, maintaining relationships throughregular online/offline interactions.
• Conduct thorough market research on competitors, potential customers, and themarket environment to propose sponsorship acquisition strategies.
• Collect sponsors' demands and potential needs, and share them with team membersin a clear text format.
• Analyze market trends and develop strategic sales plans based on these insights.
• Effectively record sales interactions and set up outreach lists in HubSpot.
• Exceed acquisition targets and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess B.Sc Degrees
• At least 3 - 5 years of experience in business development, marketing, client-facing roles, or related fields.
• Deep understanding and passion for the gaming and Crypto industries is required
• Willingness and ability to travel for business development within Nigeria.

Must have skills:

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to effectively build relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ability to share information clearly and effectively in both text and verbal form, within and outside the team.
• Highlevels of proactiveness to further company growth and awareness.
• Creative and strategic thinking ability to identify and pursue new business opportunities.
• High self-management capability, with the organizational and project management skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously.