Business Development Manager K-12 School Partnerships & Travel

Business Development Manager – K-12 School Partnerships & Travel

Company: Young Edsplorer Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Noida

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Mode: Work From Office

Company Description

Young Edsplorer Pvt. Ltd. partners with K-12 schools to promote experiential learning through thoughtfully designed student travel programs. The organization blends travel experiences with graded curriculum and adventure-based activities to support holistic student development. Its domestic and international programs are created to align with educational objectives, ensuring that each trip contributes meaningfully to learning outcomes. Young Edsplorer focuses on empowering students to grow with every program, making education and learner-centric experiences its highest priority.

Role Description

The Business Development Manager – K-12 School Partnerships & Travel is a full-time, on-site role based in Noida. This role involves identifying and developing new school partnerships, nurturing existing relationships, and presenting experiential learning and travel solutions to school leadership teams. The manager will plan and conduct meetings, presentations, and negotiations with schools; coordinate closely with internal teams to design tailored travel programs; and follow up on leads to convert opportunities into long-term partnerships. Daily activities include building and managing a sales pipeline, achieving revenue and partnership targets, monitoring market trends in K-12 education and student travel, and providing regular reports and forecasts to senior management. The role also involves representing the company at events, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction, and collaborating on marketing and outreach initiatives.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess skills in business development, account management, and sales pipeline management within the education or travel sector.
• Candidates should possess skills in relationship building, stakeholder management, and school liaison or partnership management.
• Candidates should possess skills in communication, presentation, and negotiation suitable for interacting with educators and decision-makers.
• Candidates should possess skills in planning, organizing, and coordinating educational travel programs or similar service offerings.
• Candidates should possess skills in market research, opportunity analysis, and strategic thinking to grow K-12 school partnerships.
• A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Education, Travel & Tourism, or a related field is preferred.
• Prior experience in school sales, education services, or student travel programs will be highly beneficial.
• Ability to work on-site in Noida, travel to client locations as needed, and meet defined revenue and partnership targets is required.
• Proficiency with productivity tools (such as CRM software, spreadsheets, and presentation

Strong Preference Will Be Given To Candidates Who Have

• Worked with a school tour or student travel company.
• Sold domestic or international school trips.
• Managed school accounts across multiple cities or regions.
• Built relationships with Principals and Teachers.
• Worked with school travel/activity coordinators.
• Sold customised school trip itineraries.
• Managed school group enquiries from requirement gathering to closure.
• Generated repeat business from existing school partnerships.
• Have an existing network within the K-12 school ecosystem.

Key Skills

K-12 School Partnerships | School Tours | Student Travel | Educational Travel | Business Development | Institutional Sales | B2B Sales | School Outreach | Lead Generation | School Relationship Management | Itinerary Sales | Proposal Development | Revenue Growth | Sales Conversion | Negotiation | Client Management

How to Apply

Interested candidates can share their updated resume at:

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Subject Line: Application – Business Development Manager | K-12 School Travel

Important: Please mention your previous experience in school tours/student travel, the regions you have handled, and the type of school travel products you have sold in your application.

Candidates with an existing K-12 school network and proven experience selling school trips/educational travel programs are strongly encouraged to apply.