Join The ChemEng Student, a fast-growing online learning platform helping chemical engineering students and professionals worldwide. We’re seeking an ambitious Business Development & Growth Executive to drive partnerships, expand our reach, and shape the future of our edtech business. This is a performance-based, remote role with uncapped earning potential and real opportunities for long-term growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and develop relationships with key partners in education, engineering, and corporate sectors.
- Negotiate and close partnership and sales deals (course licenses, sponsorships, memberships).
- Create outreach campaigns via email, LinkedIn, and direct contact.
- Collaborate with the content and marketing teams to align outreach with promotions.
- Provide insight on market trends and partnership opportunities.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in sales, business development, or partnership building (B2B or B2C).
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, able to engage confidently with universities, sponsors, and organisations.
- Demonstrated ability to generate leads, pitch proposals, and close deals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, able to adapt tone for students, academics, and professionals.
- Highly organised and self-motivated, capable of managing multiple leads and outreach pipelines.
- Comfortable using digital tools such as LinkedIn, email outreach systems, and basic CRM platforms.
- Results-driven mindset, motivated by performance and tangible outcomes.
Desireable Skills & Experience:
- Experience in the education, STEM, or edtech sector.
- Understanding of university structures, student societies, or academic partnerships.
- Familiarity with affiliate, sponsorship, or licensing models.
- Experience using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to track outreach performance.
- Interest in chemical engineering or technical education (though not essential).
- Entrepreneurial attitude, comfortable working in a small, fast-moving startup environment.
What We Offer:
- Competitive, performance-based compensation with uncapped earning potential.
- Career progression; opportunity to evolve into a senior commercial or executive role as we scale.
- Flexible, remote working with direct collaboration alongside the founder.
- A creative, supportive environment where new ideas are encouraged.
- Direct impact: your work will help students and professionals worldwide.
Why Join Us?
The ChemEng Student was founded to deliver value and support chemical engineering students globally, and every team member shares in that vision. Our philosophy is simple: you don’t work for us — you work with us. We believe in collaboration, creativity, and a nurturing environment where you have the space to innovate and grow. That’s what sets us apart. Recruitment remains open until the position is successfully filled.
