Senior Business Development Partner, Career Transition & Mobility

About the role

LHH Career Transition & Mobility, the world's leading provider of enterprise outplacement, career transition and talent mobility solutions, is looking for a Senior Business Development Partner in Zurich. This is a pure new-business role focused on larger enterprise opportunities and complex, high-value sales cycles, reporting to the Sales Director Switzerland.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, develop and close strategic new business with larger organizations headquartered in Switzerland, generating multi-year revenue across Career Transition, Mobility and Workforce Transformation solutions.
• Build relationships with CHROs, HR Directors, Heads of Procurement and other C-suite decision-makers, positioning LHH as a strategic partner.
• Develop account-entry strategies for a defined portfolio of high-potential Swiss organizations, including stakeholder mapping, competitive positioning and opportunity development.
• Create opportunities through network, referrals, direct outreach, industry events and thought leadership, and lead executive-level meetings, presentations and workshops.
• Translate client challenges into commercial propositions and orchestrate internal subject-matter experts, Solutions, Marketing and Delivery colleagues.
• Maintain a robust pipeline with accurate forecasting, meet annual new business targets and explore new sectors and partnerships.

Required profile

• 10+ years of B2B sales experience with a track record of winning six-figure to mid-seven-figure strategic deals.
• Established network and credibility to engage C-suite executives in major Swiss organizations.
• Strong knowledge of the Swiss corporate market and how large organizations make complex buying decisions.
• Hunter mentality, combining relationship building with disciplined pipeline management and forecasting.
• Confident in long, complex sales cycles with multiple decision-makers and procurement processes.
• Professional working proficiency in English and German; additional Swiss national languages are an advantage.
• Valid residence in Switzerland and authorization to work in Switzerland.

What we offer

• Permanent, full-time contract (40 hours per week) with a competitive compensation package including a variable incentive plan.
• Flexible working model, group personal pension plan and 25 paid holiday days.
• Direct access to senior leadership, executive sponsorship and autonomy.
• Sales technology and tools, and career growth with international expansion opportunities.