Membership Sales Manager

Manager – Strategic Membership & Business Development (EMEA)

Location: Paris region (Hybrid)

Build executive relationships. Drive membership growth. Influence an international business community.

Our client is a highly respected international business membership organisation representing many of the world's leading consumer-facing companies. Working at the most senior levels of business, the organisation brings together industry leaders to collaborate on strategic priorities, share best practice and shape the future of their sector.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially focused relationship manager to join the EMEA team.

This is not a traditional membership engagement role. It is a strategic business development and key account management position centred on winning new members, developing executive relationships and demonstrating long-term membership value.

The Role

Reporting to a regional director, you will be responsible for driving membership growth across the EMEA region while managing relationships with an established portfolio of member organisations.

Success will come from understanding the commercial priorities of major businesses, engaging senior executives in meaningful conversations and demonstrating the value of joining a high-profile international business network.

Whilst you will work alongside colleagues responsible for programmes, events and member initiatives, your primary focus will be on business development, strategic account management and executive engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a regional membership growth strategy.
• Identify, engage and convert prospective member organisations.
• Build trusted relationships with CEOs, C-suite executives and senior decision-makers.
• Manage and develop an existing portfolio of strategic member accounts.
• Demonstrate clear commercial value to both prospective and existing members.
• Increase senior executive participation across the organisation's strategic initiatives.
• Represent the organisation at industry conferences and executive events.

About You

We're seeking an individual with a strong commercial mindset and a proven ability to develop senior business relationships.

You are likely to have experience in:

• Business development or consultative sales.
• Corporate membership organisations or business networks.
• Strategic partnerships.
• Executive engagement or stakeholder management.

You'll also bring:

• A proven track record of winning and growing strategic business relationships.
• Experience influencing C-suite executives and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent consultative selling and relationship-building skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to communicate value effectively.
• A proactive, results-driven approach with experience delivering measurable commercial outcomes.
• Experience working with multinational organisations or large corporate clients would be highly advantageous.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role.

Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.