BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – OVERSEAS EDUCATION

Company Description

AKS Overseas Education is an international education consultancy focused on helping students pursue higher education opportunities abroad. We work with universities, colleges, and education partners across international destinations to provide students with personalized counseling, application assistance, and visa guidance.

Our approach is built on transparent advice, ethical practices, strong partner relationships, and long-term student success.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Business Development Manager – Overseas Education to join our team in Chennai. This is a full-time hybrid role with flexibility for work-from-home arrangements.

The ideal candidate should have strong existing relationships with small education consultants, sub-agents, freelance counselors, referral partners, and student recruitment networks. The candidate should be capable of generating a consistent pipeline of prospective students interested in studying abroad.

The primary objective of this role is to develop and manage an active agent network and generate a minimum of 15–20 qualified potential student files/leads per month.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with small education consultants, sub-agents, freelance counselors, referral partners, and local student recruitment agents.
- Identify and onboard new agents and referral partners to expand AKS Overseas Education’s recruitment network.
- Generate a minimum of 15–20 qualified potential student files/leads per month through agent relationships and direct business development activities.
- Build a consistent pipeline of students interested in international higher education.
- Regularly follow up with agents to identify new student prospects and upcoming intakes.
- Nurture relationships with agents and convert their student referrals into applications and enrollments.
- Conduct meetings, presentations, agent visits, seminars, webinars, and other outreach activities to generate business.
- Explain AKS Overseas Education’s services, university options, admission processes,



and partnership opportunities to agents and referral partners.
- Work closely with the counseling, admissions, applications, and marketing teams to ensure smooth handling of referred student files.
- Track leads, applications, conversions, and agent performance using CRM systems and regular reporting.
- Identify high-performing agents and develop long-term partnerships with them.
- Explore new markets, institutions, schools, coaching centers, and other potential sources of student referrals.
- Support marketing campaigns, education fairs, seminars, and student recruitment activities.
- Prepare regular reports covering agent acquisition, leads generated, files submitted, applications, conversions, and revenue potential.
- Achieve agreed monthly and quarterly business development targets.

KEY PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

- Generate 25–30+ qualified potential student files/leads every month with a good conversion rate.
- Develop and maintain an active network of small education agents and sub-agents.
- Consistently generate qualified student referrals.
- Increase the number of active referring agents.
- Convert leads into applications and enrollments.
- Maintain regular engagement and follow-up with partner agents.
- Achieve monthly and quarterly business development and enrollment targets.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Proven experience in business development, sales, education consulting, overseas education, student recruitment, or a related field.
- Existing relationships with small education consultants, sub-agents, freelance counselors, or student referral agents is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to generate student leads through an established agent/referral network.




- Candidates with a proven track record of generating 15–20 or more potential student files/leads per month will be preferred.
- Strong sales, negotiation, networking, and relationship-management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to independently approach, onboard, and manage education agents.
- Strong follow-up and lead-conversion abilities.
- Familiarity with overseas education destinations, university admissions, and student visa processes is highly desirable.
- Proficiency with CRM tools, MS Office, Excel, and basic sales reporting.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Education, or a related field is preferred.

PREFERRED CANDIDATE PROFILE

We are particularly interested in candidates who:
- Already have an active network of small overseas education agents, sub-agents, or referral partners.
- Can bring a ready pipeline of student prospects.
- Have strong relationships with agents across Chennai and surrounding markets.
- Understand the B2B education-agent referral model.
- Are comfortable working with measurable monthly lead and conversion targets.
- Are proactive, target-oriented, and comfortable with field visits and partner meetings.
- Can independently develop new agent relationships rather than relying solely on company-generated leads.

WHAT WE OFFER

- Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
- Attractive incentives linked to qualified student leads, applications, and enrollments.
- Opportunity to build and manage a growing network of education partners.
- Hybrid working flexibility.
- Growth opportunities within the international education sector.
- A qualified and ethical working environment focused on long-term student and partner relationships.

LOCATION

Chennai, Tamil Nadu – Hybrid

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Full-time

IMPORTANT NOTE

This position is business-development and network-driven. Candidates should be comfortable with measurable monthly targets and should ideally have an existing network of small education agents, sub-agents, or referral partners capable of generating a regular flow of prospective overseas education students.

📌 Business Development Manager (Chennai)
🏢 AKS Overseas Education
📍 Chennai