Business Development Assistant Manager

Overview

This role entails supporting the expansion and maintenance of relationships with both prospective and current clients. The position involves executing short-term strategies to engage with new industry sectors, aiding in the identification of business opportunities over both short and long terms, and managing medium margin ventures. Responsibilities include analyzing and reporting market demand through awareness efforts and consultative sales, as well as maintaining and tracking client pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in documenting and initiating business collaborations with business development experts across public and private sectors within the Kingdom.
• Identify and analyze data regarding large-scale prospective projects, delivering reports to management focused on opportunities and leads in smart cities and ICT/digitization markets.
• Lead consultative sales activities targeted at medium to low return clients within a particular sector, continuously maintaining strong relationships with existing partners.
• Gather resources that support sales participation in bids aligned with client expectations and ambitions.
• Conduct preliminary market studies for new opportunities and leads, including in the smart cities domain.
• Provide support to other departments during business case development to facilitate successful deal closures.
• Perform market research and provide insights on emerging industry trends to help solutions teams create innovative ICT/digitization concepts and value propositions based on expertise in relevant sectors.
• Contribute to due diligence activities for business development and innovation by aiding the construction and finalization of business cases.
• Offer domain-specific expertise and insights related to ICT innovation to the organization.

Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, preferably in venture capital or incubator settings within the telecommunications industry.
• Strong business acumen with analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and presentation capabilities.
• Proficiency in project management.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business Administration.
• Preferred certifications include Strategic Management Professional (SMP), Marketing certification, and Strategic Planning Professional (SPP) certification.