Business Development Director for Middle East EF EdTech

Posted on 5 Sep

Experience

5 - 10 Years

Job Location

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Education

Any Graduation

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute go-to-market plans tailored to public school entities, private schools and universities, for our educational programs.
  • Engage and influence policymakers, regulators, state legislators, and education administrators to drive initiatives aligned with Efekta's mission.
  • Influence or respond to public policy and regulatory changes, often collaborating with lobbyists or Efekta's internal teams.
  • Manage full sales cycles: prospecting, proposal design (RFP/RFQ), negotiation, and closure.
  • Oversee KPIs such as new partnerships secured, revenue growth, sales funnel velocity.

Desired Candidate Profile

  • A driven self-starter with a good instincts, strong ethics, and a proven ability to close complex, strategic deals.
  • Entrepreneurial and resilient, thriving with autonomy and driving results through creativity and persistence.
  • Credible in senior stakeholder conversations, communicating with confidence, empathy and active listening.
  • Naturally curious and commercially sharp, with commitment to continuously learning and adapting.
  • A networker and relationship builder with communication skills that can sell us.
  • Exceptional organizational skills and can work accurately in a fast-paced environment.

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EF EdTech

Efekta provides the world s leading AI-powered learning technology. Our mission is to help everyone learn faster and go further by making personal tutoring affordable and accessible. Providing AI Personalized Learning that works alongside human teachers in schools, universities, and global companies. With an AI-driven curriculum, personal AI tutor, and AI teaching assistant, we deliver proven results at large scale.
We have extremely ambitious growth plans and are looking for highly talented and motivated salespeople to join us to help fuel these plans. A career with us offers the scale and support of a global organization, and the pace, purpose, and energy of a fast-growing business. We look for thinkers and doers: creative, collaborative, and motivated people who are excited by education, language, and, in a world of AI, the art of the possible.
Who you are
What you ll do
What you ll bring
Why working at Efekta is great
Founded in 1965, EF (Education First) is a global association of education companies with people and innovation at its heart, that shares a common mission of opening the world through education, offering language, academic, cultural exchange and education travel programs.
Efekta is the fastest growing of these companies providing the world s leading AI-powered learning technology to schools, universities and organisations.
Efekta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.
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https://careers.ef.com/job/33083/

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