The World Economic Forum is the international organization for public-private collaboration, bringing together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to build industry, regional and global agendas, address systemic issues, and improve the state of the world.
Why we are recruiting:
The Global Partner Development Team is responsible for business development, through building, managing, and closing a pipeline of new partnerships with major corporations across industries and regions. The team’s work lays the foundation for strategic and impact-driven partnership engagements with organizations aligned with the Forum’s values and mission.
Reporting lines and interactions:
Internally, this person will work with colleagues across regions, industries, centres, and externally as the first line of partner development efforts. The Global Partner Development Specialist will support the growth of the Forum’s partnership community and report into the Manager for Global Partner Development.
Main responsibilities:
- Research, analyse, and understand the priorities of potential partners. Act as primary person to qualify potentials and manage inbound requests. Act as central liaison with the Legal and Contract Management teams.
- Initiate contact, execute outreach campaigns, and support compiling compelling value propositions in line with potential partners’ strategic objectives. Ensure close coordination with senior team members.
- Provide necessary administrative support across the partnership development cycle, including the preparation of briefing documents for meetings, follow ups, and contracts. Support onboarding process for newly signed partners.
- Act as a liaison with the Forum’s thematic Centres to help strengthen the value proposition and offering for new partners, ensure coordinated outreach campaigns for their Centres.
- Act as support for the team to maintain Forum’s CRM database and pipeline up to date.
The successful candidate will be assessed on:
- Contribution to overall team performance, as measured by cumulated gross gains from the beginning of Fiscal Year.
- Quality of CRM database and accuracy of the global pipeline of new partners.
- Collaboration across relevant internal stakeholders, including Centres, Industries and Regions.
- Management of competing priorities to deliver at the highest standards and on agreed deadlines.
Preferred requirements and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or another relevant field, Master’s degree preferred
- 3+ years of professional experience, ideally including experience in a business development, consulting, or marketing role.
- Proficiency in data analysis and ability to develop successful outreach campaigns, using the most relevant business intelligence.
- High-level of cultural awareness, analytical and organizational skills with intellectual rigour.
- Agile team player who enjoys working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, and rapidly evolving environment.
- Passion for the future of the business, the role it plays within the global context, and its potential impact on society.
- Committed to the Forum’s mission to improving the state of the world.