Business Development Executive (BDE) – Hyderabad
Company: Student Grad
Location: Hyderabad
Reports To: CEO
Employment Type: Full-Time
About Student Grad
At Student Grad, we empower Indian students to achieve their dreams of studying abroad. Through personalized and unbiased guidance, we simplify the journey of studying, working, and settling abroad. Our expert advisory services support students at every stage of their international education journey.
Job Overview
We are looking for a dynamic, confident, and result-oriented Business Development Executive (BDE) to support Student Grad's growth across international and local markets.
The role will involve lead generation, field visits, student engagement, relationship building, event coordination, and follow-ups with prospective students and educational partners.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable with fieldwork, networking, and engaging directly with students and stakeholders. As this position is based in Hyderabad, candidates with knowledge of the local language (Telugu) will have an added advantage, particularly for student engagement, field outreach, and relationship building.
Key Responsibilities
1. Business Development & Field Outreach
- Conduct field visits to meet prospective students, educational partners, and institutions.
- Identify and generate leads through direct outreach, referrals, inquiries, and networking.
- Support the Business Development Manager/CEO in achieving monthly and quarterly lead-generation targets.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with students, partners, and institutions.
- Conduct local outreach activities across Hyderabad and surrounding areas to identify new business and student engagement opportunities.
2. Events & Promotions
- Coordinate and support local promotional events, seminars, workshops, and educational events.
- Represent Student Grad at college fairs, workshops, education expos, and other outreach activities.
- Coordinate with the Marketing team to promote events and increase student participation.
- Assist with the distribution of promotional and marketing materials.
- Support local promotional activities and establish connections with colleges, institutions, and student communities in Hyderabad.
3. Student Engagement & Relationship Management
- Organize and support meet-and-greet sessions with students and key stakeholders.
- Engage with prospective students and understand their study-abroad requirements.
- Provide relevant information about Student Grad's services and guide students through the initial stages of the process.
- Maintain professional and long-term relationships with students and partners.
- Communicate effectively with students from different backgrounds; knowledge of the local language will be an advantage when interacting with students and families.
4. Seminars & Workshops
- Assist in planning, organizing, and executing seminars and training workshops.
- Coordinate with guest speakers, students, institutions, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure smooth on-ground execution of events and sessions.
- Support seminars, workshops, and awareness activities conducted at colleges and educational institutions across Hyderabad.
5. Lead Follow-Up & Customer Support
- Follow up with leads through calls, messages, and other communication channels.
- Provide information about Student Grad's services and assist with the onboarding process.
- Maintain regular communication with prospective students and ensure timely follow-ups.
- Collect feedback from students and partners and share relevant insights with the team.
- Maintain professional communication with students and parents throughout the initial engagement process.
6. Reporting & CRM Management
- Maintain and regularly update lead pipelines, follow-up records, and conversion data.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry in CRM systems.
- Prepare and share daily and weekly activity and progress reports.
- Track lead status, follow-ups, conversions, and event-generated leads.
- Maintain accurate records of field visits, institutional meetings, events, and locally generated leads.
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Management, or a related field is preferred.
- 3–5 years of experience in business development, sales, education consulting, or a related field.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Telugu/local language is a plus and will be considered an added advantage for the Hyderabad location.
- Ability to communicate in English and Hindi is preferred.
- Candidates familiar with the Hyderabad local market, colleges, educational institutions, and student community will have an added advantage.
- Confident and outgoing personality with strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities.
- Target-oriented and comfortable working in a field-based environment.
- Good knowledge of MS Office and CRM tools.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Willingness to travel locally across Hyderabad for meetings, events, seminars, institutional visits, and outreach activities.
Key Competencies
- Business development and lead generation
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Local market understanding
- Student and parent engagement
- Relationship management
- Networking and negotiation
- Customer-focused approach
- Proactive and enthusiastic attitude
- Result-oriented mindset
- Team collaboration
- Adaptability and problem-solving
- Field outreach and institutional relationship building
Perks & Benefits
- Supportive and inclusive work environment.
- 30 days of paid holidays, including public holidays.
- Opportunity to work in the international education sector.
- Exposure to field sales, student engagement, events, and business development.
- Opportunity to build relationships with educational institutions and student communities.
- Learning and growth opportunities.
Work Schedule
6-day working week, with regular field visits, events, seminars, and outreach activities as required.
The candidate should be comfortable travelling locally within Hyderabad and nearby areas based on business and event requirements.
If you are confident, energetic, and passionate about business development and student engagement, we would love to hear from you!
