15/03/2012
Job opening for UK Director at Tyze
Title: UK Director
Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week / One year contract
Salary: £55,000 to £65,000
Location: Based in London, some travel required
Organizational Relationships:
Reports To: CEO
Works With: Marketing, Sales, Partners, Clients, Funders
About Us
Tyze is a for-benefit business focused on providing personal, private, secure, online support networks that strengthen relationships and help address isolation. We are launching operations in the UK with support from NESTA, Nominet and The Young Foundation. Our primary beneficiaries are people undergoing treatment for illness, seniors, and people with disabilities as well as the home health care, government and social agencies that provide support for them. Recently named as Ready to Globalize by Ashoka, identified in the Guardian as an example of an innovation that makes the most of society’s capacity, and working with organisations and governments in the US, UK and Canada, Tyze is poised for rapid growth. For more information, visit http://www.tyze.com
Who You Are:
Experienced and confident, you are a senior-level executive who can manage key relationships and lead business development strategies. Your expertise and dedication will enable Tyze to grow existing client relationships and market share in the UK, expand into new markets, innovate rapidly and extend the global reach of Tyze offerings. As a thoughtful, consummate professional, you will act on behalf of our CEO and represent Tyze to external stakeholders as appropriate and when requested. Your passion for making the world a better place is a perfect fit with our work at Tyze.
What You’ll Do
Business and Corporate Development
- Collaborate with Tyze leadership to identify legal structures related to creating subsidiaries, franchises and partnership models.
- Identify, analyse, pursue and report on opportunities with prospective new partners and funding bodies
- Develop UK growth plan
- Develop and enhance relationships and partnerships that align with strategic business goals
Sales and Marketing
- Deliver on sales and marketing initiatives for UK client acquisition and Tyze sales objectives for both corporate and individual Tyze members
- Create leads through cold and warm sales calls, networking and presentations
- Book and prepare appointments for demonstrations
- Prepare sales proposals and personalized follow-ups for prospects
- Work with Sales and Administration to prepare, deliver and follow up on signed contracts, ensuring copies to Tyze accounting and to customer
- Track quantifiable objectives to measure results based on goals set for UK
- Attend professional and trade shows, presentations, business and healthcare networking opportunities and training opportunities aligned with sales objectives
- Update and maintain the company sales and reporting database
- Prepare data required for regular sales pipeline reports
- With Marketing, prepare UK-specific public relations initiatives including press releases, partner plans, advertising, marketing materials and publications, conferences and online marketing
- Oversee the production of all printed marketing material for UK distribution
Sales and Marketing
- Deliver on sales and marketing initiatives for UK client acquisition and Tyze sales objectives for both corporate and individual Tyze members
- Create leads through cold and warm sales calls, networking and presentations
- Book and prepare appointments for demonstrations
- Prepare sales proposals and personalized follow-ups for prospects
- Work with Sales and Administration to prepare, deliver and follow up on signed contracts, ensuring copies to Tyze accounting and to customer
- Track quantifiable objectives to measure results based on goals set for UK
- Attend professional and trade shows, presentations, business and healthcare networking opportunities and training opportunities aligned with sales objectives
- Update and maintain the company sales and reporting database
- Prepare data required for regular sales pipeline reports
- With Marketing, prepare UK-specific public relations initiatives including press releases, partner plans, advertising, marketing materials and publications, conferences and online marketing
- Oversee the production of all printed marketing material for UK distribution
Client & Project Marketing
- Manage key relationships with Tyze partners, funders and clients in the UK
- Conduct in-person or online training for all new UK clients
- Conduct regular check ins with all clients, providing additional training or communications support as required
- General administrative functions in UK office
- Serve as the project manager for all initiatives undertaken in the UK. This will include project reporting for funders and other supporters, as well as to Tyze.
How To Apply
Send a separate résumé and cover letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate to careers@tyze.com - use a sane format like PDF or MS Word, and please include your full name in both filenames (ex. “gervais,ricky resume.pdf”).