Local Placement and Custom Programs Manager – Bangkok

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Duration: Full-time

Application Deadline: 21st September

Start Date: 5th October

The Role

Combine your business development expertise with a passion for international education as the Local Placement Manager for Bangkok. In this unique cross-functional role, you will take full commercial ownership of building, managing, and sustaining a high-performing city placement ecosystem, while also managing custom university programs across Asia. At its heart, this role combines placement execution, business development, relationship management, and operational logistics. You are the dedicated, full-year owner of Bangkok's placement delivery and local employer ecosystem, 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 daily work of a local Internship Placement Coordinator to support administrative execution and student mock interviews, while retaining 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 integral 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 will launch and grow our foundation to provide easier access to education for 500 children around the world by 2031.

Employer-Facing & Business Development Responsibilities:

- Own and Scale the Bangkok Network: Run active outbound business development campaigns to acquire new host companies, expand corporate partnerships, and consistently hit city-level placement targets.
- Execute Sustained Outbound Activity: Drive lead generation and outreach campaigns to build a high-performing local employer ecosystem across diverse industry sectors in Bangkok.
- Target Strategic and Global Opportunities: Spot local market trends, corporate demand signals, and nationality-specific business communities in Bangkok, sharing insights with Regional Placement Leadership.
- Develop Low-Season Collaborations: Re-engage previous employer partners to secure forward placement commitments. Source and develop Remote Project Studio projects with new companies during low-season cycles.
- Nurture and Retain Corporate Partners: Strategically leverage off-peak cycles to strengthen long-term corporate retention and expand placement capacity across Bangkok.
- Maintain CRM and Data Integrity: Maintain exemplary CRM standards and data integrity in HubSpot, tracking pipeline health, conversion, forecasting accuracy, and corporate

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