Head - Business Development - Innovation Consulting

Cutting-edge innovation consulting firm seeks savvy, enthusiastic individuals to drive business development.

We are a unique and differentiated firm and seek someone who can showcase us appropriately to our audience - which is business leaders who seek growth through innovation.

Key requirements:

- You will act as a trusted advisor by consulting with key decision makers to understand their critical business issues and strategic objectives to identify opportunities for consulting services that provide clients with a high return on their investment

- You will build a healthy opportunity pipeline to generate revenue and grow client base, prospect, qualify, solidify relationships and create new accounts

- You will develop expertise in the suite of services offered by the firm and map them quickly to a potential client's situation.

- You will identify and reach out to potential leads (domestic and international) and initiate interactions leading to meaningful business outcomes

- You have a flair for PR and will leverage a PR lead/agency to handle articles and quotes in newspapers, magazines and social media

- You will be comfortable creating and using collateral - presentations, case studies, documents.

- You will be open to travel as required