Account Manager, India and South Asia

World Economic Forum; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The World Economic Forum is seeking an Account Manager for India & South Asia to lead partner engagement efforts and retention. You will manage a portfolio of major Indian companies, crafting year-round engagement plans and coordinating with Forum leadership.

The role requires 5+ years in account management or sales, strong English skills, and familiarity with regional market dynamics. Travel up to 50% and a collaborative, fast-paced environment are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of full-time professional experience in account management or sales in the private sector.
• Excellent communication skills with English and at least one South Asian language.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and CRM systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, strengthen, and expand strategic relationships with top-tier partners.
• Design and execute high-impact engagement strategies aligned with partner objectives.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop targeted engagement plans by identifying stakeholders and market opportunities.
• Maintain administrative coordination across processes, partner records and engagement plans.

Skills

Account management

Sales

English

South Asia language

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

CRM

MS Office

Job description

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are recruiting:

As a partnership organization and through the Business Engagement teams, the World Economic Forum engages the private sector to address industry, regional and systemic issues. Partners benefit from and contribute to the global knowledge base through working closely with the Forum to set the intellectual agenda of Forum gatherings, drive the insight agenda of its publications and steer the impact of its initiatives.

Structured geographically, the Regional Business Team is responsible for building and managing the world’s premier communities of business executives from emerging markets, and seek to bring diversity, inclusion, and relevance to global industry conversations.

We are currently seeking an Account manager, India & South Asia (internal title Senior Account Associate), who will be tasked with supporting partner engagement and retention. The successful candidate will manage a portfolio composed of some of India’s largest and most relevant companies across industries including energy, health & healthcare, financial services, information technology, mobility, collaborating with corporate executives to determine and deliver on year-round engagement plans.

Reporting Lines and Interactions

The Account manager will report into the Senior Manager - India & South Asia

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, strengthen, and expand strategic relationships with top-tier business partners.
• Design and execute high-impact engagement strategies with Forum activities aligned with partner business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues to develop targeted engagement strategies by identifying key stakeholders, emerging market trends, and business opportunities to drive impactful partnerships.
• Maintain strong operational oversight and administrative coordination across processes, partner records, engagement plans, and follow-up activities to support smooth and consistent partner engagement.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Ability to cultivate and sustain executive-level relationships.
• Timely development and execution of partner engagement plans, regular partnership health reviews, consistent partner interactions, and effective administrative coordination.

Preferred Requirements and Experience

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in a relevant field of study
• Experience working in India, and a strong understanding of the current regional economic landscape in South Asia, particularly India, with proficiency in analysing complex industry issues and in synthetizing appropriate recommendations to senior management
• 5+ years of full-time professional experience in the private sector (excluding internships) in roles related to account management, sales
• Excellent communication skills and command of English and at least one South Asian language
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Excel, Word, CRM
• Motivated team player who enjoys working in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment
• Able to respond appropriately to high-level demands under pressure
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time

Join an independent and impartial organization with over 55 years of connecting leaders to make sense of global challenges and move the world forward together.