UI Designer

In this role,you will be at the forefront of our expansion efforts. Your primary focus will be on identifying and entering new market segments, cultivating strategic partnerships, and building the foundational pipeline of qualified opportunities for our sales team. You will leverage your deep market understanding and strategic thinking to chart new paths for growth, requiring strong networking, relationship-building, and negotiation skills to establish impactful collaborations and secure initial agreements. This role demands a highly results-oriented individual with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

• New Market Identification and Entry:

Conduct in-depth market research to identify and prioritize new market segments and customer verticals for learning/e-learning, localisation, and translation product/service markets. Develop and execute market entry strategies.

• Strategic Partnership Development:

Identify, initiate contact, and build strong relationships with potential strategic partners (e.g., complementary technology providers, industry associations, channel partners) to expand our reach and market presence. Negotiate and finalize partnership agreements.

• Pipeline Origination:

Generate a consistent flow of new, qualified leads and opportunities through proactive outreach, networking, industry events, and targeted campaigns focused on new markets and partnerships.

• Value Proposition Development for New Markets:

Tailor and refine our value proposition to resonate with the specific needs and challenges of new market segments and potential partners.

• Early-Stage Opportunity Management:

Manage the initial stages of the sales cycle for new opportunities, effectively communicating our solutions and qualifying prospects before handing them off to the sales team for closure.

• Market Intelligence and Competitive Analysis (New Markets): Continuously monitor and analyze trends, customer needs, and competitor activities within target new markets and partnership landscapes.

• Collaboration with Internal Teams: Work closely with development, marketing, and sales teams to align strategies, provide market feedback, and ensure successful onboarding of new clients and partners.

• Reporting and Forecasting: Track and report on business development activities, pipeline of new opportunities and partnerships, and progress against targets for new market penetration.

• Representing Wordsburg: Act as a key representative of Wordsburg at industry events, conferences, and partner meetings, building brand awareness and generating new opportunities.

Perfect match requirements -

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Business Development, preferably in the learning/e-learning, localisation, and translation industry or a related technology sector. 

• Proven track record of success in business development, specifically in identifying and penetrating new markets and building strategic partnerships in learning/e-learning, localisation, and translation product/service markets.

• Experience in the learning/e-learning, localization, translation, or service industries is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with the localization and translation industry and its potential synergies with learning/e-learningis a strong plus.

• Exceptional networking, relationship-building, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and thrive in a target-driven environment.

• Willingness to travel as required by business.

• Deep understanding of AGILE methodologies and extensive experience working within a learning, educational technology, or complex content delivery environment.

• Ensure correct and timely reporting
• Collaborating with another department
• Create and give presentations
• Help managers in evaluating performance (e.g. writing reports, analyzing data)
• Understand each department’s (e.g. Marketing, Sales, QA, Development, PMs & Operations) daily processes and goals
• performance tracking; ensure regular monitoring and report on plan vs. actual performance
• escalate possible issues on time
• Present updates to senior management
• Assist with the management of the project life cycle from inception to final delivery sign-off
• Provide an active role and use critical judgment in the development of all project deliverables
• Assist Project Manager (PM) to ensure project requirements, standards, and documentation are followed
• Assist PM with reporting on the project status and health