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.