Educational Partnerships, Business Development Specialist Online/Remote

Educational Partnerships, Business Development Specialist (Online/Remote) 
American Public University System 

This role will be assigned to one of the following sectors to target Academic Outreach, Public Safety (including state and local government), Corporate, or Federal. It is responsible for promoting the University and its programs to prospective organizations and current partners to develop new business opportunities. The role establishes relationships and opportunities with organizations across industries and their key influencers to include executives, senior corporate leaders, mid-level managers, business development partners within organizations and account management counterparts within the University. Will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to create, launch, implement programs to grow registrations. Represents APUS at events and ceremonies. 

The Educational Partnerships, Business Development Specialist position reports to VP, APU Brand Expansion & Student Success. 

Responsibilities:

• Locates and proposes potential new business by contacting potential partners, discovering, and exploring opportunities.
• Develops and closes new business through new opportunities and executed agreements.
• Establishes quarterly goals and tactics to achieve those goals for target accounts.
• Maintains strategic partnership target list for assigned sector, adding new targets upon target conversion.
• Creates marketing collateral for pitch purposes to attract and educate targets.
• Closes new business by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations, identifying and involving other university staff as needed.
• Screens potential business opportunities by analyzing ideal partner profile to ensure correct targeting.
• Documents all business development by using customer relationship management (CRM) tool.
• Collaborates with departmental and other stakeholders to identify new opportunities and targets.
• Maintains confidentiality of all APUS information.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining professional networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Routinely plans and implements business development events to identify, target and close opportunities to grow new business development opportunities.
• Prepare briefings and present information to internal and external stakeholders regarding trends, issues, and opportunities.

Contact (types and levels – internal and external) 

• External contacts may include executive, senior and mid-level managers at private corporations and associations, and current and prospective students
• Internal contacts may include fellow APUS employees up to and including the executive level and APUS students

 Core Competencies:

• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to motivate others
• Ability to establish priorities among multiple tasks
• Ability to operate independently to accomplish the assigned mission
• Ability to translate general mission guidance into specific actions
• Ability to make logical decisions that support the intended objective, considering the best interests of APUS
• Professionalism and high degree of emotional intelligence
• Ability to manage expenses to assigned budget
• Provide weekly situational reports, and monthly budget reports
• Strong digital research skills, ability to quickly and accurately find, absorb and analyze market information and recognize patterns and trends quickly and accurately. 

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree, (Master's Degree Preferred) 
• A proven ability to close.
• Business Development and CRM system knowledge.
• Strong listening and presentation skills.
• Must have exceptional presentation skills, and the ability to "think on their feet."
• Must have excellent verbal, written, communication and interpersonal skills with a strong customer focus.

 

*While this is a sales role, the compensation package is tradition and as a result, there is no bonus incentive or additive.*

 

About Us:

American Public University System (APUS) is an Online University based in Charles Town, WV.  Our University has over 100,000 students.  Our emphasis is educating our nation’s military and public services communities with quality and affordable education.  APUS provides partnership and commitment in helping students realize the dream of a higher education and the opportunities that bring