<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>ABOUT US</strong></p> <p>In more than ten countries around the world, The Knot Worldwide champions the power of celebration. Our global family of brands provide best-in-class products, services and content to take celebration planning from inspiration to action. At the core of our business is our industry-leading global online wedding Vendor Marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a comprehensive suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations, and registry services that make wedding planning easier for couples around the globe. Each year, we connect more than 4.5 million users with around 900,000 global small businesses through our Vendor Marketplace.</p> <p><strong>LIFE AT TKWW</strong></p> <p>At The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. Each year, we help millions of couples around the world celebrate life’s most meaningful moments, while also helping hundreds of thousands of global small business owners get discovered and scale. Life here means working alongside a team that cares deeply, not just about the work you do, but about the life you live. We prioritize employee well-being and development through meaningful opportunities for growth, and we celebrate milestones and wins in a big way. After all, celebrations are what we do best.</p></div><div class="p-rich_text_section"> <p><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:</strong></p> The Bump is looking for a proactive, consultative, and commercially creative Manager, New Business Development (you!) to expand the pipeline of strategic partners and revenue opportunities. Reporting to the Partnerships & Commerce Lead, you will identify high-potential organizations, develop partner-specific value propositions, lead opportunities through the deal cycle, and create durable relationships that serve The Bump’s audience and business.</div> <div class="p-rich_text_section"><strong><br></strong><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong> <ul> <li>Build and maintain a prioritized market map and prospect pipeline aligned with The Bump’s audience, brand, content, product, and commerce strategy</li> <li>Lead targeted outbound prospecting and respond to high-potential inbound opportunities with speed, preparation, and clear qualification</li> <li>Conduct discovery with prospective partners to understand objectives, audiences, constraints, decision processes, and measures of success</li> <li>Develop tailored partnership concepts, presentations, proposals, business cases, and commercial narratives</li> <li>Coordinate internal inputs from Partnerships, Sales, Editorial, Product, Data, Legal, Finance, Brand, and other stakeholders</li> <li>Lead opportunities through qualification, solution design, negotiation, contracting, and a clear implementation handoff</li> <li>Maintain accurate pipeline stages, activity, next steps, forecasts, risks, and partner intelligence in the designated CRM</li> <li>Build trusted relationships with partner decision-makers and identify opportunities for expansion, renewal, and broader strategic value</li> <li>Gather market intelligence and partner feedback to identify whitespace, improve packaging, and influence the commercial roadmap</li> <li>Protect user trust and brand integrity by escalating misaligned opportunities and applying commercial guardrails consistently</li> </ul> <p><strong>SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES HAVE:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, media, digital health, consumer technology, commerce, or a related field</li> <li>Demonstrated success sourcing, developing, and closing complex partnerships or commercial opportunities</li> <li>Excellent discovery, presentation, proposal-development, relationship-building, and negotiation skills</li> <li>Strong business judgment and the ability to connect partner needs with audience value and company capabilities</li> <li>Experience managing a disciplined pipeline and forecasting process in a CRM</li> <li>Ability to coordinate diverse internal stakeholders and move ambiguous opportunities toward clear decisions</li> <li>A self-directed, resilient, and high-integrity approach to commercial growth</li> </ul> <strong>WORK MODEL:</strong></div> <div class="p-rich_text_section"> <p>This role is Together@TKWW-eligible and based near one of our office hubs. You’ll be expected to work in the office <strong>two days a week</strong> as part of our hybrid work model.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p> #LI-Hybrid </p> <p> #professional </p> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>Starting pay is determined based on a combination of factors which may include location/market, education, experience, skills, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, commissions, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. We also offer benefits to eligible employees including medical, dental, retirement, and generous leave policies.</p></div><div class="title">Annual salary range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$92,246</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$158,136 USD</span></div></div></div>&