Director Business Development, AI Growth

Location: Remote, USA

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it’s in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

About the role:

Drive Wiley’s AI strategic decision-making by understanding AI market developments, competitive offerings, partner profiles, and new business opportunities better than anyone else inside or outside of Wiley, and execute insightful, actionable qualitative and quantitative research and analysis, ensuring that market dynamics are represented in our internal decision-making. To collaborate effectively with the business groups so that we use that market and competitive knowledge to our strategic and tactical advantage to grow the IP Licensing businesses and to identify new, innovative growth opportunities.

How you will make an impact:

• Lead business development for AI licensing, establishing a sustainable revenue stream for Wiley
• Develop relationships with partners for ongoing commercial opportunities, liaising with product teams to expand AI business.
• Provide market insight and understanding to guide strategy in AI and digital licensing.
• Sign new licensing deals
• Prospecting for new opportunities
• Account management of existing licensee relationships
• Guide product teams for customer driven AI products and services
• Understanding of tech customers and market
  
  

What we look for:

• Experience in SaaS, Tech, or AI sector
• 5 years in business development or sales role
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Bachelors Degree required, MBA preferred
• Experience working a start-up setting preferred
  
  

About Wiley

Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world’s most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today’s biggest obstacles into tomorrow’s brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers’ steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles.