Strategic Partnerships Manager - Europe

A fantastic senior sales opportunity has arisen with a leading global Academic publisher, based in London. Our client is looking to appoint an experienced sales professional to its highly successful Strategic Partnerships team. In this role, you will work to develop both new and existing solutions to meet the growing needs of research related institutions. Our client offers a hybrid working arrangement.

You will successfully manage accounts and tailor solutions for public and institutional partners, including sales of custom publishing and content market.

Responsibilities include:

• Meet revenue goals through selling creative solutions to decision makers at organisations in UK and Scandinavia.

• Working with directors, develop and implement strategic territory development plan

• Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders in editorial, publishing, &marketing

• Attend industry events

• Regular sales performance reporting, forecasting and commentary for territory

You will have demonstrable commercial experience, preferably within B2B, as well as a proven track record in business development. You will have experience of selling a wide portfolio of digital, print and offline products and will have a deep familiarity with the global and regional academic and research marketplace. Excellent verbal and written communication skills will be vital, in addition to fluent English language skills and, ideally, some Scandinavian language skills. Your understanding of structures and the decision-making process within academic institutions will be important as will your ability to collaborate within a complex team environment to execute commercial projects.

The company offers an excellent salary, employee benefits and bonus potential for this role.

If you have the experience to take on this important senior sales position with this global academic publisher, please send your CV and a short cover note.