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Business Development and Relations Senior Manager

GESS International School· Non-Academic – Administration /
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Hybrid (Singapore)Full-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior management role focused on driving enrolment growth for GESS across German Curriculum and English IB Programme through external partnerships, diplomacy, and corporate engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead outbound business development to generate enquiries, enrolments and tuition revenue from priority segments, against targets agreed.
  • Run a structured outreach programme to relocation agencies, global mobility leaders and HR decision makers at German Centre-based and other European multinationals, and negotiate corporate partnerships, preferred-school and relocation-package arrangements (subject to school leadership approval).
  • Track leads from diplomatic, corporate, chamber and club channels, alongside the Admissions team through an agreed process, and report conversion against enrolment KPIs to the school leadership.
  • At times, represent GESS at embassy briefings, national day celebrations, trade delegations and diplomatic functions.
  • Build partnerships with Corporates, HR and with relevant chambers and clubs, securing visibility through sponsorships, publications, newsletters and member offers, coordinated with Marketing on brand and budget.
  • Co-plan and co-host open houses, executive receptions, newcomer briefings and information evenings together with Admissions and Marketing team. This role brings the audiences and senior hosting; Admissions leads, admissions content and follow-up; Marketing leads, promotion and production.
  • Represent GESS at community fairs, welcome events and newcomer briefings run by clubs and relocation providers.
  • Work with Marketing and within GESS brand guidelines, to develop bilingual collateral, briefings and presentations tailored to relevant audiences as needed.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, International Relations or Journalism preferred.
  • 8+ years in business development, strategic communications, stakeholder engagement or high-value sales, ideally in education or another relationship-led, reputation-driven sector (luxury, consumer or membership brands), with a record of building partner networks, achieving targets and pipelines and managing budgets.
  • Measurable growth in enquiries and enrolments sourced from embassy, corporate, chamber and club relationships, across both curricula.
  • Preferred-partner agreements in place or demonstrated ability to develop with priority employers and relocation providers, supported by a documented network map and contact programme.
  • New business development track record.

Skills

Required:Executive presenceStakeholder engagementCRM (HubSpot)

Benefits

  • Fair Recruitment and Safeguarding: commitment to fair recruitment practices and safeguarding of students; background checks and reference checks; AI tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About GESS International School

International School Singapore: GESS is One of the Best International Schools in Singapore with the World IB Curriculum.

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