Combine your business development expertise with a passion for international education as the Local Placement Manager for London. In this role, you will take full commercial ownership of building, managing, and sustaining a high-performing city placement ecosystem. At its heart, this role combines placement execution, business development, relationship management, and commercial ownership. You are the dedicated, full-year owner of London's placement delivery, responsible for consistently securing high-quality internship matches that align with program demand and student goals.
Reporting to Regional Placement Leadership, you will drive the front-end sales pipeline during the sourcing season and transition into a relationship manager to ensure outstanding, sustainable outcomes. During peak placement cycles, you will also direct and prioritize the work of a seasonal Internship Placement Coordinator to support administrative execution and student mock interviews, while you retain final decision-making power over employer partnerships.
About Absolute Internship We are a turning point. In just a decade, Absolute Internship has grown into a household name in international education, leading the industry across global hubs from London and Madrid to Tokyo and Singapore. We partner with world-class companies and universities to empower students to step out of their comfort zones and discover the world, and themselves, through life-changing experiences.
But we are more than just a program provider.



We are a lifelong community of belonging and a mission-driven team. While we offer immersive programs abroad that help students build professional networks and connect with industry leaders, our impact goes further. We are launching a foundation to provide easier access to education for 500 children around the world by 2031.
Employer-Facing & Business Development Responsibilities: Own and Scale the London Network: Run targeted business development activities to acquire new host companies, expand corporate partnerships, and consistently hit city-level placement targets.
Execute Sustained Outbound Activity: Drive cold outreach, physical networking, and lead generation campaigns to build a diverse pipeline of local corporate partners.
Target Strategic and Integral Opportunities: Map local office locations of global host companies, identify nationality-specific business communities in London, and share cross-regional leads with Regional Placement Leadership.
Develop Low-Season Collaborations: Source and develop Remote Project Studio projects with new companies during off-peak cycles, building a separate pipeline of project-based partnerships distinct from traditional internship host companies.
Nurture and Retain Corporate Partners: Strategically leverage off-peak cycles to re-engage previous employer partners, secure early forward volume commitments, and strengthen long-term retention.
Maintain CRM and Data Integrity: Manage a highly accurate, conversion-focused CRM pipeline in HubSpot, including utilizing

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