Remote Director of Business Development

Summary

Join Sumo Group as Business Development Director - Mobile and lead the front-line Business development leadership team, identifying new opportunities and making sure Sumo Digital and its studios are at the forefront of our partners' mind when looking for support.

Requirements

• Proven experience in finding, developing new clients
• Experienced with cross team development and working with external vendors and partners
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• An expert in relationship management, understanding the complexities of working with Development, Publishing, Legal, and Finance to support products from initial contact through to execution
• Troubleshooting skills – Technical, project, and client focused (e.g. people, process etc)
• Positive attitude and a desire to bring new ideas to the team, looking to always improve our group performance and offerings
• Happy and confident to represent Sumo Group at industry conferences, client meetings, and in media opportunities

Responsibilities

• Finding and developing new mobile focused accounts
• Informing the commercial strategy for Sumo’s mobile studios
• Identifying new opportunities, and making sure Sumo Digital and its studios are at the forefront of our partners' mind when looking for support
• Building key client contacts that helps to surface the most opportunities with each partner possible
• Working with the wider BD team to identify new potential clients or services Sumo can offer
• Inputting into groupwide information on their accounts and the market, bringing insight that helps to drive strategic conversation and planning

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Flexible benefits allowance
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Benefits hub
• Payroll giving
• Employee referral scheme (up to £3,000)
• Financial/home buying consultations
• Workplace ISA
• Tech loans, car loan and bicycles
• Flexible working
• 21 free choice days holiday (increasing to 22 with service)
• Bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• A duvet day (increasing to 4 with service)
• Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve to New Year)
• Options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave
• Dental insurance
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• BUPA private healthcare
• Leading EAP programs (remote GP, mental health, physio, nutrition, lifestyle coaching and second opinions (medical))
• Critical illness cover
• Health cash plan
• Flexible gym (in-studio or discounts)
• Funded flu vaccines/eye tests
• Structured Personal Development tool
• Regular appraisals
• Annual salary reviews
• Access to Udemy learning platform
• 5 learning days per annum (1 can be used as a volunteer day)
• Award-winning L&D team
• Yearly attendance to the Sumo Developers Conference