Senior Business Development Manager - Reuters Events, AI & NEXT
Want to sell across two of Reuters' most exciting and impactful events? Want to grow your sales career and partner with some of the world’s most influential brands? This could be the perfect next step for you.
About the Role
- Work collaboratively with specialists across NEXT and AI Leadership to sell tailored sponsorship packages to a variety of global brands.
- Engage with senior leaders including Chief Marketing Officers & Chief Communication Officers, introducing them to strategic partnership opportunities at our flagship global events.
- Use your strong written communication skills to craft compelling outreach and articulate value propositions to a host of global clients.
- Take a consultative approach with clients, aligning their commercial goals to the right sponsorship solutions.
- Immerse yourself in market trends across AI strategy, enterprise transformation, data governance, automation, emerging technologies, and executive leadership priorities.
- Partner closely with the Conference Production team to shape event audiences, identify high-value executive segments, and maximise the commercial success of our NEXT and AI Leadership events.
About You
- Demonstrable experience in the events industry, selling sponsorship packages or complex B2B solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to represent the Reuters brand when engaging with senior leaders and C-level executives.
- Proven B2B sales and new business development experience — preferably in events, publishing, or a conference-led environment.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively within an executive-focused portfolio team.
- The desire to grow your career, build subject‑matter expertise and benefit from an uncapped commission structure designed to reward success.
- The ability to understand market dynamics and communicate solutions clearly across phone, video and in‑person settings.
- An interest in (or willingness to learn) the evolving AI and enterprise leadership landscape, including how data, digital transformation, and emerging technologies are reshaping business strategy.
What’s in it For You?
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office‑based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work‑life balance.
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real‑world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills‑first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI‑enabled future.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company‑wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award‑winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work‑life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- Making a Real‑World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Complete applications must be submitted by Sunday 10th May 2026.
Equal Employment Opportunity
As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug‑free workplace. We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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