Job Description

Work from our London office, with flexible hybrid-work arrangements. Responsible for helping to grow Software as a Service businesses in the UK and Ireland. Excellent salary + learning & development budget + tools of the trade!


New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand's international business development agency. New Zealand businesses are in demand and the London team are looking for a Business Growth Advisor, to help New Zealand Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses enter and thrive in the UK and Ireland. This is an exciting opportunity to represent NZ businesses that produce high-quality SaaS solutions.

What you'll be doing

Due to parental leave, we are seeking a commercially savvy professional to join our team for a 7 month fixed term contract, be part of our high-performing team who are passionate about helping businesses to grow! Based in the central London New Zealand House, you will be focused on working with New Zealand companies in the Tech and Consumer Goods sectors. You'll be working with an active portfolio of pre-dominantly Tech SaaS companies, focused on a range of industries. To keep skills diversified and growing there will also be a proportion of consumer goods companies within this exciting portfolio. The companies we work with are often small, niche, high growth and looking to move fast. We need someone who understands the companies' mindset and can support their success.

You'll have the chance to partner with a diverse array of companies, assisting them in nurturing exciting market opportunities and empowering them to elevate their sales and marketing strategies. Your role will revolve around activities like identifying potential in-market collaborators and discovering growth prospects while acquiring invaluable market insights. This is a journey of empowerment and impact.

What you'll need to be successful

You'll have a commercial background in the SaaS industry and have worked in a technology sales, FMCG sales, account management, or consulting position. Ideally, you'll have managed a portfolio of companies and played a key role in evaluating their strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, including supporting them with market entry and growth strategies.

You'll have strong communication, business consulting, and relationship management skills with the ability to build rapport quickly. You'll know how to guide our companies on how to effectively identify and work with channel partners and distributors selling into the SaaS industry.

Your enthusiastic attitude, proactive nature, problem-solving skills, and ability to work in virtual teams will be critical to your success. You'll also be tech savvy, with solid CRM, marketing, go to market strategy, and business models experience.

You'll also be flexible, adaptable, and have a high degree of comfort working with ambiguity.
Please note - this is position is known as a Business Development Manager internally.

Why you'll love working here

NZTE offers flexible working arrangements, a fun and stimulating environment, with a unique opportunity to develop and access world class business networks and work with a talented, diverse international team.

If this opportunity sounds like you and you want to be part of an organisation with a mission to support kiwi ingenuity around the world, we'd like to hear from you.

What's next

If you think you have what it takes and you think this role is what you are looking for, check out the position description here and apply now.

Applications close Sunday 25 May 2025, 11:59pm GMT

Please note, you must have the right to work in the United Kingdom to apply for this role.

At New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) we are a passionate people-focused team and an equal opportunity employer. We seek diversity of thought; welcoming and encouraging you to apply regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, neurodiversity, or disability. We offer a great work/life balance offering flexibility, health and wellbeing guidance, manaakitanga, career growth, amazing international connections, and a fantastic culture!If we need to make specific accommodations in any part of the interview process, please note this in your application or discuss with the Talent Acquisition Specialist.