International Business Development Manager

Permanent, Full time: 35 hours per week

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + car allowance + benefits package

Home based in England, Scotland or Wales with regular international travel

About the role

Reporting to the Global Sales Manager and working closely with the Product and Commercial Growth team, you’ll play a key role in expanding EAL’s international presence and partnerships. You will be responsible for generating sustainable revenue growth, building strategic relationships, and shaping EAL’s approach to market development worldwide. This is a high-impact role for a dynamic professional who can combine long-term strategic planning with hands-on commercial execution.

What you’ll be doing

Market Development & Growth

• Contribute to the development of EAL’s international strategy to drive growth in key global markets.
• Monitor and analyse international market trends, competitor activity, and emerging opportunities to inform strategic decision-making.

Sales & Revenue Generation:

• Drive revenue growth by identifying and securing new business opportunities in international markets.
• Establish commercial frameworks, pricing models and partnership agreements to maximise profitability.
• Own the international sales pipeline, ensuring sustainable and scalable business growth.

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management:

• Build and maintain high-level relationships with key customers, industry bodies, regulatory authorities, and government agencies in international markets.
• Represent EAL at international events, conferences, and trade shows to enhance brand awareness and credibility.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including product development and marketing, to tailor offerings for international markets.

Compliance & Quality Assurance:

• Ensure all international business operations comply with relevant regulatory frameworks and industry standards.

Reporting & Strategic Alignment:

• Provide regular reports and insights to the Global Sales Manager and senior management on international business performance and market trends.

What we’re looking for

• Significant experience in international business development within the qualifications, awarding or training sector is essential
• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets in international markets with a focus on revenue growth, profitability and high-quality business development.
• Strategic planning and development of effective sales strategies.
• Experience in implementing tactical sales plans for global markets.
• Proven ability to build, maintain, and manage key international accounts and develop strong client relationships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to deliver compelling presentations in an international setting.

Working for EAL/Enginuity Group

We offer a supportive work environment and a comprehensive benefits package. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive place to work for all our colleagues and we want everyone to feel valued and that they can be themselves at work.

Many of our team work flexibly, and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you, please let us know if you are shortlisted for interview so we can discuss this with you.

We welcome discussions regarding reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

Remote/home based working at Enginuity

Your working hours will be 35 per week, working 9am until 5pm with a 1 hour lunch.

As a home-based employee you will fulfil your job responsibilities from home. Interactions with work and colleagues will be from a virtual environment. Depending on your role you will be required to either have some occasional travel or UK national travel. This travel will be required to allow you to fulfil different parts of your role and to meet colleagues on a quarterly basis. Other meetings that might require you to travel are events such as all colleague away days, training, and project work. Please review the advert to gain this insight to how much travel is expected. Also, ask at interview stage to confirm the frequency of travel and distance.

The company will provide you with the IT equipment required to carry out your role but it is a requirement that you provide all the necessary facilities for working from home; including broadband, home office, desk and chair.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive externally benchmarked salaries
• A defined contribution pension (4.5% employer/employee contribution).
• 25 days paid holiday (increasing after 1 years’ service to 26 days and 2 years to 27 days), plus bank holidays.
• 3 additional paid days for company shutdown over Christmas and New Year
• A holiday buy scheme - option to buy up 5 days extra days holiday per year
• Life assurance of 2x your salary
• A Healthcare Cash Plan so you can claim back the costs of everyday health care such as dental, optical and physiotherapy. Plus, a virtual 24 hour GP service.
• Paid membership of a Professional Body to support your continuous development.
• An Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential advice and support
• Wellbeing programmes, access to a free wellbeing website and wellbeing app
• Paid time off to volunteer in your local community or to support wider charitable causes
• A comprehensive discounts and benefits scheme, with discounts at many high street and online retailers
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependant leave
• Access to training and development opportunities

About Us

The Enginuity Group exists to find new ways to close skills gaps in UK engineering and manufacturing in order to create a more productive sector at the forefront of designing, making and maintaining the solutions to society’s greatest challenges. Enginuity is a charity that has created a ‘common language’ for engineering and manufacturing occupation and skills data, to help employers have the right skills at the right time to adapt faster to change.

We use this unique approach to sector data, alongside our deep understanding of the skills needs of UK engineering and manufacturing businesses, to:

• support engineering and manufacturing employers in discovering new sources of skills;
• provide insights and recommendations on the skills that are increasingly in demand so businesses, sectors and government can plan ahead;
• and alongside EAL, the Enginuity Group's specialist Awarding Organisation, End Point Assessment Organisation and skills partner for industry, connect organisations to ensure technical education is fit for purpose and keeps pace with changing industry needs, new technologies and the net-zero transition.

Further Information

If you have any questions, a request for further information, or would like to request this information in an alternative format, our Recruitment Team will be happy to help. Email us at recruitment@enginuity.org.

We’re unable support UK relocation or to sponsor a visa for this role.

Depending on the volume of applications, the closing date for this position may be extended or brought forward.