Country Product Manager - EF High School Exchange Year
As a Country Product Manager, you will be part of something special. What you will do each day matters, as we believe that cultural exchange makes the world a better place. Our students travel to another country to live its daily life and experience its culture from the inside — not as a tourist, but as a local. Though the exchange experience only lasts a year, the extended families we create last forever.
As a Country Product Manager, you will have complete ownership of all other relevant business KPIs related to the program, with a strong focus on business development and lead generation. The role includes full ownership of direct sales in the country and to reach sales targets on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
Are you an ambitious and positive person who wants to make a difference with your work? Do you love the challenges of sales and do you enjoy achieving goals? If yes, then we would like to get to know you!
What do we offer?
Responsibility. Trust. Fun. Team spirit. Events. Career.
- A dynamic and international working environment with flat hierarchies and career opportunities in Switzerland and abroad.
- A lot of personal responsibility as well as trust and freedom to be yourself, to contribute and realise your own ideas.
- Training for new employees in the EF High School Exchange Year programme within the first 6 months
- Twice-yearly Country Product Management Meetings to collaborate with colleagues from other global markets
- National and international sales meetings, kick-offs and leadership development programmes in collaboration with Ashridge Executive Business School to network and develop personally and professionally
- Regular office events, team outings and after-works to celebrate successes, deepen friendships, promote team spirit and simply have fun.
- Free use of the gym in our Zurich office
What will you be doing?
Develop a strategy. Achieve goals. Lead a team. Realise dreams.
- Responsibility for the ‘EF High School Exchange Year’ programme in the German-speaking Swiss market: strategy development and implementation to achieve sales and growth targets (weekly, monthly, annually)
- Recruitment, management, coaching and development of three employees in Zurich
- Budget planning and independent management to achieve annual targets.
- Managing the entire customer lifecycle and providing excellent customer service and support before and after the sale
- Increase brand awareness and generate leads through targeted marketing activities - social media, trade shows, school visits, partnerships, etc.
- Collaborate with teams across the organisation to ensure expectations set during the sales process are met
Who are you?
Entrepreneur. Innovator. Maker. Communicator. Leader.
- Ambitious, competitive and communicative personality with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and good business acumen.
- Analytical and solution-orientated thinking combined with a structured and efficient way of working.
- Experience with a track record in sales and/or business development as well as strong leadership skills that you can demonstrate.
- Business fluent in German and very good knowledge of English.
- University degree (Uni/FH/HF) or career changer with relevant professional experience.
Who are we?
About EF High School Exchange Year
EF High School Exchange Year is a non-profit high school foreign exchange program affiliated with Education First. We’ve been promoting global awareness through student exchange for over 40 years. Our ideals are simple: we believe that cultural exchange makes the world a better place. We bring high school students from around the world to live with volunteer host families across the USA for a semester or full academic year. This J-1 Visa exchange program fosters cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, open-mindedness and global connections. For more information, please visit www.efexchangeyear.org.
About EF Education First
Some companies are in the Business of Technology.
Others are in the Business of Finance….Sports…Or Soft Drinks.
At EF, we're in a different kind of Business.
One that's a little less tangible, and a lot more important.
Because our Business, what we make, makes everything else possible.
We're in the Business of Understanding.
Between people. Between cultures.
For over half a century we’ve been the leader in international educational programs and experiences designed to foster such understanding. Through Language, Cultural Exchange, Academic Studies, and Educational Travel, we create the kinds of immersive experiences that challenge biases, open minds, and pave the way for a more understanding world.
You’ll find our 115 offices located in some of the world’s greatest cities, and filled with smart, driven people who push each other to be better every day. And yes, we have technology, we have finance, we even have sports with our own professional cycling team. But it’s what we do with it – Building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world…that makes all the difference.