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Partnership Development Manager

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Join a global testing and assessment provider to scale a partnership-led growth engine across Australia. This role focuses on building long-term relationships across education, migration, and partner ecosystems to drive sustained adoption.
  • Build a national partner ecosystem in a high-growth market
  • High-autonomy role with real influence on strategy

About Our Client

Our client is a globally established assessment and testing organisation operating across 150+ countries and supporting millions of users annually. With decades of experience serving education providers, professional bodies, and government institutions, they are now investing heavily in a key growth area tied to migration and education pathways. The business is expanding its footprint across Australia, with a clear focus on building sustainable partnerships and long-term market adoption through a collaborative, high-trust approach.

Job Description

This is a partnership-led business development role, centred on ecosystem growth rather than transactional sales. You will work closely with a regional leader to scale an established foundation across multiple channels.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Building and managing partnerships across universities, vocational providers, migration agents, legal professionals, and community organisations
  • Identifying and developing new opportunities to increase product adoption through partner networks
  • Delivering workshops, presentations, and engagement sessions to stakeholders
  • Maintaining strong, ongoing relationships with key partners and acting as a trusted advisor
  • Supporting the growth of a national network of delivery locations and partner organisations
  • Collaborating on strategy, using market insights and data to refine the approach
  • Contributing ideas and helping evolve the go-to-market playbook in a high-autonomy environment



The Successful Applicant

  • Experience in business development or partnerships-focused roles
  • Exposure to education, migration/legal, or partner-led commercial environments
  • Strong relationship-building capability with a long-term mindset
  • Comfortable working in a high-trust, loosely structured environment
  • Self-directed, with the ability to build from scratch and take ownership
  • Confident delivering presentations and engaging senior stakeholders
  • Commercially minded, with an ability to translate partnerships into growth
  • Motivated by building something meaningful rather than purely hitting targets

What's on Offer

  • Base salary of $100-110k plus super, $130-140k OTE
  • This is a fully remote role, and can be based in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.
  • Offering the chance to operate with genuine autonomy while working alongside experienced leadership in a collaborative, international environment.
Contact
Dan Perriton
Quote job ref
JN-062026-7046196
Phone number
+61386166215

Job summary

Function
Sales
Specialisation
Relationship Manager
Industry
Technology & Telecoms
Location
International
Job Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Dan Perriton
Consultant phone
+61386166215
Job Reference
JN-062026-7046196
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

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