Business Development Executive - Academic, Commercial and Government

🇬🇧 Hybrid - GB 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Sales 🗓️ September 9th, 2026

Sales Government

Edtech.com's Summary

Wolfram is hiring a Business Development Executive - Academic, Commercial and Government. The role focuses on building relationships with Government, education, and training providers to grow accounts across technical and academic markets. Success in this position blends a STEM background with proactive account planning and strong negotiation skills.

Highlights

Manages and grows relationships with Government, education, and training providers
Plans and executes account strategies to hit growth targets
Coordinates demonstrations, talks, and events with the wider team
Tracks pipeline progress and reports on outcomes
Degree-level background in a technical or quantitative field is a plus
Minimum two years of sales experience in a similar industry preferred
Works independently across multiple concurrent projects
Hybrid schedule with a 60:40 office-to-home split

Business Development Executive - Academic, Commercial and Government Full Description

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive Business Development professional to join our team, to be responsible for managing and developing our work with Government, education and training providers at all levels, as well as assessment bodies and content delivery companies worldwide. The successful candidate will have a STEM background, gained through education or relevant professional experience.

Reports to: CEO

Responsibilities:

Developing strategy for researching existing and new leads
Building and managing stakeholder relationships in across technical, Government, education and training providers
Pro-active account planning and delivery to achieve set targets and produce continued growth
Co-ordinating with team to arrange demonstrations, talks and other events
Tracking and providing reports on progress

Required/Ideal Skills:

Educated to degree level in a technical subject would be an advantage, E.g. maths, physics, engineering, computer science, or related technical or quantitative field
Proven track record in sales in a similar industry – 2 years minimum preferred
Target orientated and capable of working under pressure on own initiative, often on multiple projects
Strong decision-making, problem-solving, organisational and negotiation skills
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Analytical and presentation skills
Strong work ethic and ability to network
A high level of numeracy and attention to detail will be required

It is also desirable to have the following: