Business Development & Partnerships Officer at OpportuNation

OpportuNation is an Africa-first talent platform that helps you find jobs, gigs, mentors, or monetize your skills. It's where talent meets tribe.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development & Partnerships Officer

Location: Northeast & Northwest - Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

Specific Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities by engaging organizations that can benefit from the company's ERP solution.
• Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers, including business owners, HR managers, school administrators, and organizational leaders.
• Conduct sales presentations, product demonstrations, and meetings to showcase the benefits of the ERP platform and convert prospects into subscribers.
• Develop partnership opportunities that increase market reach, generate referrals, and support business growth.
• Maintain an active sales pipeline, follow up on prospects, prepare regular business development reports, and achieve monthly and quarterly subscription targets.
• Represent the company at business events, networking forums, exhibitions, and stakeholder meetings to promote the ERP solution and generate qualified leads.

Key Performance Indicators

• Number of new subscribers acquired.
• Achievement of monthly and quarterly business development targets.

Required Qualification, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in business development, sales, partnerships, marketing, or account management.
• Existing networks within NGOs, institutions, or businesses in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Taraba, or other Northeast/Northwest states is a plus
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing strategic partnerships that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Proven ability to negotiate and manage stakeholder relationships at multiple levels.
• Experience working with ERP systems and partnership management tools is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve sales or business development targets.
• Strong understanding of business development, customer acquisition, and market expansion strategies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation abilities.
• Self-driven, results-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities while working effectively both independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience working in a startup, technology company, social enterprise, or growth-focused organization is an added advantage.

Required Languages:

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in additional local languages is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
12th July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@opportunation.io using "Business Development & Partnerships Officer Application" as the subject of the email.