Strategic Education Partnerships Leader

EF Education First; Mexico; Hybrid; PHP 7,304,000 - 10,956,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Experience Program

Competitive salary

Job summary

Efekta is seeking an Education Partnerships Director to own complex public-sector deals end to end, from initial relationship to signed contract and handover. You will manage 3–5 high-value pursuits concurrently, building durable partnerships during a 12–24 month sales cycle.

Success requires credible presence in ministerial settings, sharp insight into who influences government decisions, and the ability to keep teams aligned toward a decision.

Qualifications

• 8+ years closing complex, long-cycle sales with governments or comparable institutions.
• Proven track record leading deals from first relationship through procurement to signature.
• Executive presence with ministers and senior institutional leaders.
• Strong strategic account planning and negotiation discipline.
• Understanding of education sector dynamics in the relevant country or region.

Responsibilities

• Build senior relationships with ministries of education, public agencies and multilateral institutions; originate and qualify opportunities with real scale and strategic fit.
• Multi-thread pursuits across political, technical, academic, procurement and financial stakeholders; identify decision-makers and influencers.
• Coordinate product, academic, implementation, finance, legal, government relations and bid teams into a coherent proposition.
• Lead business-case development, negotiations and executive engagement through to signature; sustain momentum in long cycles.
• Navigate RFPs, tenders and multi-stage evaluations with discipline and clear win strategy.
• Drive new bookings/ARR, forecast accuracy and the quality of signed agreements.

Skills

Senior stakeholder engagement

Public-sector sales

RFPs and tenders

Negotiation

Strategic account planning

Cross-functional leadership

Executive engagement

Influencer mapping

Job description

Efekta is seeking an Education Partnerships Director to own complex public-sector deals end to end, from initial relationship to signed contract and handover. You will manage 3–5 high-value pursuits concurrently, building durable partnerships during a 12–24 month sales cycle.

Success requires credible presence in ministerial settings, sharp insight into who influences government decisions, and the ability to keep teams aligned toward a decision.