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Business Development Manager, SSA
About the Role
The Business Development Manager will be responsible for setting up a business development roadmap and for developing and owning business relationships and outcomes across Sub-Saharan Africa. The ideal candidate will think strategically and analytically about business and product opportunities, and will have a demonstrated track record of negotiating, executing and managing high-value partnerships with large, complex, and global partners.
What You'll Do
- Develop meaningful relationships with key partners that fit into our go-to-market strategy
- Envision new ways that partnerships can positively impact core business objectives applying creativity and business acumen
- Support the partnership from relationship building and due diligence, contract negotiations, all the way through post-contract sign integration and expansion
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners in operations and product to bring 'first of their kind' partnerships to life
- Evaluate and prioritize strategic partnership opportunities, performing a broad range of quantitative and qualitative analyses
- Set, track and report on partner performance metrics
- Prepare and give business reviews to Uber's senior management team regarding progress in the business development space
- Act as a partner advocate internally
What You'll Need
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in Management Consulting, Investment Banking or Strategic Business Development- defined as high value, two-way, multi-year partnership creation and management but we will consider other candidates if they meet the rest of the requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, or Business
- Professional proficiency in English
Bonus Points If...
- MBA/Master's Degree
About the Team
The business development group is a high-powered team with the potential of generating impact across the organization, through third-party strategic relationships.
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