# Business Development Manager, Sustainability Events (Reuters Events) **Company**: Thomson Reuters **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Sales **Apply**: https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/United-Kingdom-London/Business-Development-Manager--Sustainable-Business-Events_JREQ205256?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/business-development-manager-sustainability-events-43d92296-ae4/ ## Description Reuters Events is looking for a Business Development Manager to sell sponsorships across its flagship Sustainability portfolio. In this role, you'll partner with global clients and secure high-value sponsorship packages across events focused on major sustainability challenges and opportunities facing business today. Our sustainability platforms bring together senior leaders from across business, sustainability, energy, technology, and finance to address topics including the energy transition, decarbonisation, sustainable business, climate strategy, supply chains, and the rapidly evolving role of AI and technology in accelerating sustainable transformation. As a Business Development Manager at Reuters Events, you will: - Work collaboratively with specialists across our Sustainability portfolio to sell tailored, high-value sponsorship packages to global brands. - Engage with senior leaders across sustainability, energy, climate, technology, finance, and transformation, introducing them to strategic partnership opportunities across our flagship global events. - Use your strong written communication skills to craft compelling outreach and articulate value propositions to a wide range of global clients. - Take a consultative approach with clients, understanding their commercial priorities and connecting them with the right audiences, content opportunities, and sponsorship solutions. - Immerse yourself in the trends shaping the sustainability agenda, including decarbonisation, the energy transition, climate strategy, sustainable supply chains, reporting and disclosure, clean technology, and sustainable finance. - Develop an understanding of how AI, data, and emerging technologies are transforming sustainability, from optimising energy and resource use to improving climate intelligence, supply-chain visibility, and decarbonisation strategies. - Partner closely with the Conference Production team to shape event audiences, identify high-value executive segments, and maximise the commercial success of our sustainability events. **Required Qualifications** - Demonstrable experience in event, digital media, or content marketing sales, including selling high-value sponsorship packages, tailored partnerships, or B2B advertising solutions. - Demonstrable experience developing new business through proactive outreach and converting new prospects into revenue-generating customers. - The ability to use technology and AI-enabled tools effectively in your day-to-day work, including prospecting, research, account planning, and sales productivity. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to represent the Reuters brand when engaging with senior leaders and C-level executives. **Preferred Qualifications** - Proven B2B sales and new-business development experience, preferably within events, publishing, sustainability, energy, climate, 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, develop genuine subject-matter expertise in sustainability, and benefit from an uncapped commission structure designed to reward success. - The ability to understand complex market dynamics and translate them into compelling commercial opportunities across phone, video, and in-person settings. - An interest in, or willingness to learn, the evolving sustainability landscape, including energy transition, climate and decarbonisation strategies, and how AI, data, and digital transformation are creating new opportunities for sustainable business. **What's in it For You?** - Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment 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. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - event sales - digital media sales - content marketing sales - B2B advertising - AI-enabled tools ### Nice to have - sustainability - energy transition - climate strategy - decarbonisation - sustainable supply chains --- Source: [Apply at thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/United-Kingdom-London/Business-Development-Manager--Sustainable-Business-Events_JREQ205256?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)