Senior Strategic Account Lead

London South Bank University; Greater London; In loco; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Holiday leave

Professional development

Flexible working

Descrizione del lavoro

London South Bank University (LSBU) seeks a Senior Strategic Account Lead to manage high-value employer relationships and translate workforce priorities into multi-year LSBU Group partnerships, including apprenticeships, CPD and workforce development.

You will drive account ownership, pipeline discipline and measurable growth, collaborating with senior stakeholders and across the Group to deliver impact for London and beyond.

Competenze

• Proven experience of strategic account management or high-value employer partnerships.
• Strong track record of income, recruitment, growth or similar commercial targets.
• Commercial judgement and negotiation with senior stakeholders and multi-year planning.
• Ability to coordinate complex responses across teams and use CRM/forecasting data to drive decisions.
• Extensive experience in research, innovation and enterprise activity.
• Experience with funding schemes and cross-institutional research/innovation services.

Mansioni

• The Senior Strategic Account Lead will manage high-value, complex employer relationships and turn workforce priorities into coordinated, multi-year LSBU Group partnerships.
• Connect employers to apprenticeships, CPD, workforce development, talent pathways and wider Group capability with clear account ownership and disciplined pipeline management.
• Collaborate with senior employer stakeholders and internal leaders across higher and further education to deliver measurable growth.

Conoscenze

Strategic account management

Business development

Stakeholder engagement

CRM forecasting

Workshop facilitation

Research & enterprise activity

Descrizione del lavoro

About Us

It’s an important time to join London South Bank University (LSBU) Group. With the launch of our new LSBU Group Strategy, Connecting, we’re shaping the future of tertiary education for a global, technology-driven economy – rooted in London.

About Us

It’s an important time to join London South Bank University (LSBU) Group. With the launch of our new LSBU Group Strategy, Connecting, we’re shaping the future of tertiary education for a global, technology-driven economy – rooted in London. Professional and technical education has been central to LSBU Group’s mission since our founding in 1892. Today, as London’s first integrated tertiary education group, we continue to lead the way on learner-centred, skills-focused education. Comprising London South Bank University, South Bank Colleges and South Bank Academies, connectivity lies at the heart of all we do. Since 2019, LSBU Group has grown beyond its three founding institutions to form a powerful network of learners, staff, alumni, employers and policymakers – united in our mission: to challenge social and economic inequalities through applied education, insight and partnership . We are a powerhouse for inclusive education, enterprise and economic growth, connecting potential to opportunity and enabling people to thrive. Our Group network enables us to create learning pathways and connect people and organisations. This ensures learners are supported through the education system to achieve their full potential and can contribute their skills and energies locally and to wider society. Our new strategy, Connecting, sets out a bold, ambitious vision for LSBU Group and it’s developed in collaboration with colleagues, student groups, partners and stakeholders. Focused on delivering good jobs for all our learners, we are proud to be employer and skills led, delivering excellent professional and technical teaching which supports future talent and careers to deliver impact for London and beyond.

Working for us

Our ambition is to create educational pathways that empower people of all backgrounds and talents to realise their aspirations, add to the knowledge base, and contribute their skills and drive to wider society. To realise our ambition, we need people with energy, courage and imagination, who are enthused by our vision and recognise our values as theirs; people who bring ideas to enrich our approach to learning, research and innovation; collaborative people who love creating and spreading knowledge; brilliant people who seek growth and yearn to make a positive, personal difference. At LSBU Group, you will get to contribute to a vibrant and dynamic culture, which is fuelled by purpose, built around people, and is genuinely diverse. You will be trusted and recognised for your unique contribution. You will be part of a great team, turning your passion into purpose.

The role

The Senior Strategic Account Lead will manage high-value, complex employer relationships and turn workforce priorities into coordinated, multi-year LSBU Group partnerships. Working through BEST, the postholder will connect employers to apprenticeships, CPD, workforce development, talent pathways and wider Group capability, ensuring clear account ownership, disciplined pipeline management and measurable growth. This role requires strategic account leadership, commercial confidence and the credibility to work with senior employer stakeholders and internal leaders across further and higher education.

What You Will Bring

• Proven experience of strategic account management, complex business development or senior employer partnership work.
• A strong record of delivering income, recruitment, growth or comparable commercial targets.
• Commercial judgement and confidence in negotiation, senior stakeholder engagement and multi-year account planning.
• The ability to coordinate complex responses across teams and use CRM, forecasting and performance data to drive decisions.
• Have extensive experience of research, innovation and enterprise activity.
• Experience of working with a broad range of research and innovation funding schemes, and in supporting cross-institutional research and innovation services.
• Experienced at organising and facilitating workshops/events.

Benefits

• holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum
• professional development opportunities
• flexible working

Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 27th October 23.59 pm.

Interview/assessment - week commencing 9th November.

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.