Business Development Manager - Strathmore Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Centre (SEDIC)

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Sales

• Targeting new clients for business development and proposing new initiatives for existing clients to increase sales opportunities and achieve personal and team financial targets.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing clients, developing industry linkages to sustain Strathmore Business School as their knowledge partner in transforming African leaders.
• Continually devise ways to increase customer experience to deepen client/partner relationships and maintain lasting client and partner relationships.
• Data mining and developing a prospect pipeline for each program allocated.

Marketing

• Analysing and managing stakeholders to maintain a close engagement and relationship with the market.
• Undertaking continuous business intelligence to understand client needs at the organization, industry, and country level to ensure proposal of relevant and timely executive education and consultancy solutions.
• Departmental Entrepreneurial events planning and management.
• Tracking client satisfaction with frequent client review meetings and effective evaluation of programmes and consultancy engagements.

Operational Excellence

• Supporting faculty members to ensure delivery of the client promise and delivery of expected outcomes to the clients.
• Initiating and driving the program review process in liaison with the Head of Open Programmes, Academic directors, and the programme management team.
• Preparing internal management reports and client reports as required, to support data driven decision making for enhanced client relations and effective process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related area.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in business development with proven experience in sales, managing client relations, and key account management.
• Experience in selling Entrepreneurial programmes will be an added advantage.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Proven experience in research, planning, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication and etiquette skills with a flair for pitching.
• Strong business development and sales skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain key client relationships.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Previous experience in executive education or related fields is advantageous.

How to Apply

Please forward an application letter together with a copy of your updated resume quoting ‘Business Development Manager – SEDIC’ to the People and Culture Manager, Strathmore University Business School, on careerssbs@strathmore.edu by end of the day (5.30 pm) Friday, 1st May 2026.