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 InternshipWe are a turning point. In just a decade, Absolute Internship has grown into a household name in international education, leading the industry across general 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 Global 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 account relationship tagging to systematically track account health.
Provide Market Intelligence: Spot local market trends, corporate demand signals, and commercial opportunities,



sharing these insights with Regional Placement Leadership to guide broader strategies.
Student Placement & Relationship

Responsibilities:
Execute High-Quality Placement Matching: Manage the end-to-end matching process, pairing international students with host companies to maximize placement quality, student satisfaction, and conversion.
Manage Quality Assurance: Maintain and protect strict host company quality standards to guarantee safe, rewarding work environments that align with Absolute Internship's global brand expectations.
Prepare and Coach Students: Support student interview preparation and placement readiness, ensuring they are positioned to make an impact on day one.
Direct Seasonal Support: Supervise, mentor, and prioritize the daily work of the seasonal Internship Placement Coordinator, delegating administrative tasks and mock interviews to a high standard.
Support Visiting Groups: Assist in coordinating Custom Programs when visiting student cohorts arrive in London helping to organize itineraries, coordinate host company visits, or arrange local cultural activities.
Resolve Placement Issues: Act as the primary local point of contact to resolve student or employer placement related friction points dynamically, managing and mitigating risk before challenges escalates.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Student Experience, Operations, Program Delivery, and Regional Leadership to ensure a seamless, 360-degree journey for both students and employers.
Who You AreCommercial Mindset: 3+ years of experience in placement, recruitment, business development, sales, account management, or a comparable commercial environment with a proven track record of hitting targets.
Resilient Hunter: Someone who is energized by building a network, highly comfortable with

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