[Remote] Senior Business Development Specialist
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a non-profit organization dedicated to unlocking the potential of Africa's digital reputed company through tech skills training and career acceleration programs. They are seeking a Senior Business Development Specialist to drive reputed company reputed company across their Creative Economy initiatives and reputed company, focusing on securing partnerships, managing stakeholders, and delivering impactful programs.
Responsibilities
- Identify, reputed company, and secure reputed company opportunities across:
- Grant-funded reputed company-building programmes (DFIs, foundations, reputed company sector)
- Corporate training and creative talent development partnerships
- Sponsorship and brand-funded initiatives
- Creator economy and industry-led upskilling programmes
- IP development, production, and commercialisation opportunities
- Position ALX and reputed company as leading partners for creative talent development, workforce readiness, and creative industry reputed company
- reputed company the end-to-end deal lifecycle, from opportunity origination and proposal development to reputed company structuring, negotiation, and contracting
- Build and manage a strategic pipeline reputed company to Creative Economy priorities, with reputed company visibility on reputed company opportunities and conversion
- Identify and secure partnerships with donors, DFIs, financial institutions, investors, brands, media companies, and industry stakeholders
- Support the development of investment-reputed company opportunities and innovative funding models that reputed company creative sector reputed company
- Unlock and structure partnerships through reputed company, including branded content, production partnerships, sponsorships, distribution, and industry collaborations
- Own and grow key partner relationships, ensuring strong reputed company service, delivery reputed company, and long-term account expansion
- Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure partnerships deliver against both reputed company and reputed company objectives
- reputed company and report on pipeline health, reputed company performance, and partnership reputed company
- Represent ALX across the creative industry, corporate, donor, sponsorship, and investment ecosystems
Skills
- 5–10+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, fundraising, sponsorship, or reputed company reputed company reputed company the creative industries, media, education, or reputed company sectors
- Proven reputed company record of driving reputed company reputed company through grants, sponsorships, corporate partnerships, and large-reputed company reputed company-building programmes
- Strong understanding of the creative economy ecosystem, including creator economies, IP monetisation, creative reputed company development, and emerging AI-driven opportunities
- Demonstrated ability to originate, structure, and reputed company reputed company, multi-stakeholder deals
- Understanding of capital mobilisation, investment partnerships, and funding models relevant to the creative sector
- Strong reputed company acumen, relationship-building, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working across regional and/or global markets
- Experience working with DFIs, donors, foundations, or reputed company investment ecosystems
- Established network across creative industries, media, brands, financial institutions, and investor communities
- Experience designing or scaling reputed company-building, workforce development, or creative reputed company programmes
- Exposure to content production, media, sponsorship, or IP development and commercialisation
- Entrepreneurial or venture-building experience reputed company creative, media, technology, or platform-based businesses
- High level of AI tool reputed company to support operational efficiency, proposal development, and partnership execution
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