[Hiring] Local Placement Manager @Absolute Internship S.L.

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Fully fluent in English (written and spoken) with the professional credibility to pitch to C-suite executives and support an international student base.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success hitting commercial, recruitment, placement, or sales targets.
• Strong proficiency in managing sales pipelines and tracking conversion metrics within CRM platforms (HubSpot preferred).
• Based in London with deep knowledge of the local corporate and business landscape.
• Highly organized, adaptable, and comfortable working autonomously with high organizational visibility.
• Collaborative professional who works well within concurrent ownership models and alongside seasonal coordinators.

Benefits

• Structured onboarding and continuous training in placement excellence, matching strategy, B2B sales/negotiation, CRM data literacy, and employer relationship management.
• Direct mentorship and a clear, defined path to grow into senior placement and regional leadership roles within a scaling global organization.
• A high degree of role autonomy where your business wins directly impact real students' career trajectories within the same season.
• A vibrant, international team culture that values flexibility, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking.