Business Development Manager Location: UK, London Length: 8 Months Rate: £43.75 - £48.56 p/h (Inside IR35) Hours: 9am-6pm (hybrid 3 days onsite) Role Brief The Business Development Manager will contribute to the quickly growing revenue engine of Our Client's business by identifying new partnership opportunities and driving key strategic deals. This role will be responsible for guiding partnership strategies, defining the right rules of engagement, and helping scale the value proposition of Our Client's products via the right set of partners. Job Responsibilities: Analyze the current partnerships landscape and identify opportunities to drive incremental revenue growth via deals and/or incentive programs Evaluate and prioritize these opportunities at a global level, build business cases, structure, negotiate, and close key deals within the various partner ecosystems, including. Commerce, Data Signals, Core Ads and Video, etc. Demonstrate fluency in the most complex legal and business issues in contracts and develop creative win-win solutions with our partners Lead cross-functional internal alignment to drive decision-making in the deal process Collaborate proactively with a broad range of internal constituents to help define tailored go-to-market strategies and drive sign-off from internal leadership Essential Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred Business experience in an internet or technology environment Experience in partnerships, business development, or business strategy Experience and proven track record of closing strategic software, services, data, licensing, or measurement deals, including comfort with the legal aspects of negotiations Project management skills to test, learn, and scale pilots in a data-driven way Experience analyzing data and deriving actionable business insights. Ability to learn quickly about new technologies and distil information into actionable insights for internal stakeholder Strong communication skills to influence and collaborate effectively in a complex matrix org Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong working relationships both inside and outside of Our Client Familiarity with advertising or e-commerce platforms businesses and online business models preferred