Business Development Manager

**About Social Innovation Park**

Established since 2006, Social Innovation Park Ltd (SIP) is an impartial, not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Singapore with a global network that incubates social entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide to bring positive innovations to lives and societies. We strive to make a sustainable impact for a robust and dynamic social entrepreneurial community both locally and globally.

Our initiatives and projects are tailored to achieve our mission to **Educate, Empower, and Enhance**. Till date, we have incubated over 200 social entrepreneurs, produced a TV series called Changemakers, and organized the Global Social Innovators Forum (GSIF), a platform for social entrepreneurs and key leaders from the private, public and people sectors to share their innovative ideas and rich experiences on social entrepreneurship and innovation to a global audience and explore how social enterprise and innovation can create income and growth opportunities for all stakeholders.
- **SIP Academy**_is SIP’s knowledge hub, which provides mindfulness-based programs to empower people, businesses and government to become mindful leaders and make more mindful decisions and policies, to create an inclusive and sustainable world.

**Role Introduction**

SIP is looking for an experienced and driven Business Development Manager (BDM) to join our team with a focus on generating substantial financial and social impact. The core aspect this BDM role is taking a strategic approach to lead generation, to build meaningful partnerships across People, Private and Public (3Ps) Sector. This entails developing strategies for engaging collaborative prospects and crafting proposals to develop a healthy pipeline via the identification of opportunities with Institutes of Higher Learning as well as corporates.

The BDM shall promote SIP’s agenda to enhance, empower and educate changemakers to build a more inclusive, sustainable and mindful world, by implementing Mindfulness-based programmes that ultimately create a positive impact on society, leading to personal and collective improvement.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and implement strategy-based lead generation for the areas of community development and innovation and market development, focusing on value creation for Mindfulness based programmes.
- Manage a methodologically directed pipeline to ensure steady revenue expansion while attaining positive social impact.
- Undertake thorough market research to stay up-to-date with socialtrends and identify emerging opportunities.
- Innovate new products that serve the diverse markets while promoting social impact.
- Develop and sustain strong connections with pivotal stakeholders in the community, such as collaborators, clients, and industry leaders.
- Prepare prospect engagement strategies and proposals, negotiate agreements, and lead implementation and post-closing follow-ups.
- Source for and manage relevant grants.
- Monitor and report on key performance metrics to track progress towards goals, including social impact metrics.

**Preferred Requirements & Experience**
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- At least 3-5 years of experience in Sales or Business Development; familiarity in the Adult Learning industry will be a bonus
- Excellent strategic and analytical acumen with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset; a natural problem solver.
- Strong motivation, drive, energy and ambition to achieve revenue and social impact growth.
- Flexibility and adaptability, with strong inclination for driving growth through innovative thinking and collaborations.
- Exceptional ability to build strong relationships and networks with all stakeholders.
- Outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Proven track record of success in developing and executing business strategies that contribute to strong financial and social impact.
- In-depth comprehension of market research and analysis, with particular emphasis on opportunity identification.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced setting and oversee multiple projects concurrently.
- Passion and interest in education and creating positive social impact.
- Past training/coaching/mentoring experience will be an added bonus.

Pay: From $3,800.00 per month

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

**Education**:

- Bachelor's or equivalent (required)

**Experience**:

- Business development or Sales: 3 years (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Singapore 820112