Business Development Associate

• Generate and validate leads with private sector clients
  
• Build and develop a pipeline of business development opportunities with private sector clients
  
• Pitch CID’s corporate Practice areas and services to Clients, primarily focused on executive and middle management
  
• Gain in-depth understanding of client needs and develop detailed and thorough briefing of required scope/intervention
  
• Manage the business development process from lead generation and validation, technical scoping and financial quotation, to contract negotiation and closure
  
• Build partnerships to allow CID to expand its service offerings
  
• Work closely with practice leads in CID to design winning solutions that address Client needs/pain points and provide a clear value-for-money
  
• Build and maintain long-lasting and effective relationships with Clients, consultants, partners, and key stakeholders
  
• Structure and negotiate commercial terms of the projects with Clients
  
• Work closely with project teams to assess implementation, ensuring consistent feedback and service development
  
• Research and propose service innovation to meet market needs
  

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in  consultative selling or marketing in a B2B environment, including but not limited to: account management in a marketing agency; strategy and/or management consulting; business development, or solution architects in IT services.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Political Science, or relevant degrees
  
• Demonstrated experience presenting and pitching confidently to C-suite and middle management audiences.
  
• Proven track record of nurturing long-lasting client and stakeholder relationships.
  
• Demonstrated ability to build and grow a strong network of clients, consultants, and partners.
  
• Proven experience building external partnerships that expand the organization's service offerings.
  
• Critical thinking and problem solving abilities
  
• Ability to draft and develop professional documents and presentations
  
• Perfect command of spoken and written English and Arabic