Business Development Director - Corporate Services

Job Description

This role

This position will be at the forefront of driving growth and nurturing relationships with existing prospects. You’ll lead strategic initiatives, forge meaningful connections, and position IQ-EQ as a trusted partner in our clients' success stories. This role offers the perfect blend of leadership, strategy, and hands-on execution, ideal for a visionary who thrives in a fast-paced environment. 

What you’ll do

• You'll cultivate relationships at the executive and operational levels with prospects, becoming an expert on their organizational structure and strategic goals; and develop a clear understanding of the political and business landscape of prospects to ensure optimal engagement
• You'll act as the primary point of contact for prospect relationships, continuously broadening engagement across C-suite and other key decision-makers, while ensuring alignment with the prospect’s strategic goals, offering tailored solutions and positioning IQEQ as integral to their business model
• You'll stay ahead of industry trends and competitors to adapt strategies that ensure long-term client retention and growth, and provide feedback to internal teams on product functionality and market trends to drive continuous innovation
• You'll lead the creation of a prospect-specific value proposition that differentiates IQEQ in a competitive marketplace, and collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver bespoke solutions that meet client needs, and leverage IQEQ's global network to create a holistic and comprehensive strategy for client engagement
• You'll lead cross-functional teams in the preparation of proposals and presentations that showcase IQEQ's capabilities and expertise
• You'll coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure seamless communication and alignment on prospect strategies, and maintain up-to-date records of all prospect activities and engagements through our CRM system

What we offer

• Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
• Wellbeing: additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover, life assurance and etc
• Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave plus all statutory public holidays
• Maternity and paternity leave, education leave and etc
• Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangement

Qualifications

About you

• You will have a proven track record of 10+ years’ success in business development, client relationship management, or similar roles within financial services, private equity, or asset management
• You will have demonstrated the ability to drive strategic initiatives and close high-value deals, supported by a deep understanding of market dynamics and competitive landscapes
• You will have exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to influence, engage, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• You will have strong financial acumen, including experience in P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling
• You will have excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to develop compelling narratives and present complex solutions persuasively to clients and senior stakeholders
• You will be comfortable working in fast-paced, data-driven environments, demonstrating a strong focus on innovation, commercial outcomes, and delivering measurable results

Additional Information

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders, including our employees, clients, and local communities, while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve, whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We're committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees' careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to colleagues. We want to empower our 5,500+ employees, from 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries, to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad, we support female managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We're committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients' sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We're emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.