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

Strathmore Business School (SBS) is looking for a Business Development Manager to market and sell Entrepreneurial Programmes in liaison with the Head of the Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Centre (SEDIC). The role involves building and cultivating sustainable key relationships with potential entrepreneurs, SMEs, and partners in both the public and private sectors, nationally and internationally. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in business development, developing training solutions, market intelligence, and solution selling.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Sales

• Targeting new clients for business development and proposing new initiatives for existing clients to increase sales opportunities.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing clients, creating industry linkages to sustain SBS as a knowledge partner.
• Continually devising ways to increase customer experience to deepen client/partner relationships.
• Data mining and developing a prospect pipeline for each allocated program.

Marketing

• Analyzing and managing stakeholders to maintain close market engagement.
• Undertaking continuous business intelligence to understand client needs at organization, industry, and country levels.
• Planning and managing departmental entrepreneurial events.
• Tracking client satisfaction through review meetings and evaluations of programmes and consultancy engagements.

Operational Excellence

• Supporting faculty members to ensure delivery of the client promise and expected outcomes.
• Initiating and driving the program review process in liaison with the Head of Open Programmes and Academic directors.
• Preparing internal management and client reports to support data-driven decision-making.

Job Requirements

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

Key Competencies and Skills

• 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.
• 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.