Business Development Manager - Eastwood College - Lebanon

Eastwood College International (ECI) is a newly founded company aiming to build a network of Schools of the Future across the Middle East. Behind ECI are three founders combining 40 years of experience in setting-up and operating distinguished schools in the region, global and regional top-tier management consulting experience, and global and regional top-tier investment and business development experience. ECI is currently operating out of Mansourieh, Lebanon.

Job Summary
The Business Development Manager role aims to work directly with the founders and support in articulating and driving ECI regional expansion strategy and preparing the ground for new market entries. The strategic objective is to develop a School of the Future model that builds on the existing capabilities of Eastwood College and manage a network of schools in the MENA region.
The key responsibilities entail preparing and maintaining the master project plan, following-up with founders and stakeholders, conducting market research, preparing market analysis, capturing founders’ direction into market entry plans and executive briefs, preparing roadshows, preparing licensing dossiers, and preparing investor presentations.

In particular, the Business Development Manager would attend regular working sessions with ECI founding partners for direction, input, and validations. Business Development Manager would take end–to-end responsibility on required strategic plans and business development documents production and maintenance. Business Development Manager would prepare business development trips and meetings and travel with founders to follow-up and attend relevant meetings. Moreover, the Business Development Manager would follow-up with partners, public authorities, and investors, and take the lead on implementing the agreed targets. Business Development Manager would follow-up with founders and concerned stakeholders, proactively flag risks and issues, and ensure on time and effective delivery against business development objectives. The Business Development Manager would ultimately lead a team of few analysts and admin staff.

The role is based in Mansourieh, Lebanon, and entails occasional travel in the region.
Preferably, the candidate should have 3+ years of experience in the education field in addition business acumen. Candidate should have strong analytical skills and ability to structure and organize ideas and actions in a clear, compelling, and effective manner. Candidate should have strong communication skills, including oral and written, and should be fluent in English. Candidate should have a proven ability to plan, drive execution, and deliver within on time and efficiently. Candidate should demonstrate self-motivation and drive and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities
- Develop detailed project plans, including objectives, scope, activities, tasks, owners, timeline, deliverables, and KPIs
- Drive and monitor progress, including proactive follow-up with founders and stakeholders, risk identification and mitigation, issue identification and resolution, and regular communication and reporting
- Conduct research and analysis and develop required documents and presentations, based on founders direction and input, including structuring storylines, researching required facts, developing end-to-end documents, reviewing and validating with founders, and ensuring final editing and readiness
- Own business development opportunities as they arise, developing and driving related individual plans and documentation
- Support business development activities, travelling with the founders, meeting potential partners, local authorities, and investors, and capturing and reflecting impact on business development plan
- Conduct analysis and prepare documentation related to business development opportunities, based on direction from board members, including market research, institutional profiles, concept presentations, investor presentations, business plans, license applications, and compliance documentation.
- Collect data and provide analyses for a broad array of issues across disciplines and functional areas. Perform analysis to understand and identify key business issues, outline strategic alternatives and recommend action plans
- Provide oversight and direction to analysts/consultants or support staff and assigned components of project work. Facilitate and participate on cross functional teams in designing business solutions and accomplishing stated goals
- Prepare and deliver presentations to all levels of management and the founders as necessary

Required Skills & Experience
- Master’s Degree in business and/or education
- Familiarity with strategic and business planning; e.g., 3+ years consulting or related business experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong drive and self-motivation
- Ability to work independently and with limited oversight
- Maturity to work directly with C-suite and senior management
- Strong research, analytical, and problem solving skills
- Ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder projects
- Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks in various stages of completion
- High quality standards and attention to details
- Experience in the education space is a valuable plus

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