About the Role
We are an established preschool inSingapore seeking an experienced and commercially driven BusinessDevelopment Manager to identify new growth opportunities and developstrategic partnerships.
The successful candidate will play a keyrole in expanding the preschool's business beyond its core early childhoodeducation services, including corporate partnerships, educational programmes,enrichment collaborations, and student care services.
Key Responsibilities
1. Corporate Partnerships &Educational Tour Programmes
- Identify and develop partnerships with companies, educational institutions, agencies, and other organisations.
- Develop and promote educational tour, study visit, and learning experience programmes for corporate and institutional partners.
- Manage business negotiations, partnership proposals, and long-term partner relationships.
- Explore new B2B opportunities that can strengthen the preschool's brand and generate additional revenue streams.
2. Development of Weekend & Off-PeakProgrammes
- Maximise the utilisation of the preschool's facilities during weekends and other non-school hours.
- Identify and establish partnerships with enrichment providers, education companies, trainers, and programme operators.
- Develop suitable enrichment programmes such as arts, sports, STEM, robotics, language, and other interest-based activities for children.
- Evaluate the commercial viability and operational feasibility of potential programmes and partnerships.
3. Expansion into Student Care /After-School Care Services
- Explore opportunities to expand the organisation's services into primary school student care and after-school programmes.
- Conduct market research and identify suitable locations, schools, communities, and potential partners.
- Develop business models, partnership strategies, and implementation plans for new student care operations.
- Support the establishment and growth of new business units from initial planning through execution.
Requirements
- Proven experience in business development, partnerships, sales.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to identify and develop new business opportunities.
- Experience in developing B2B partnerships and negotiating commercial agreements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to independently lead projects from concept development to implementation.
- Strong network among corporate partners, education providers, schools, or enrichment organisations would be advantageous.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is not onlycapable of generating new business, but also able to build new businessmodels and partnerships from the ground up. The ideal candidate should beentrepreneurial, resourceful, results-oriented, and comfortable working acrossmultiple business development initiatives.
