Deal Desk Manager

At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yet very important mission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for jobseekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match in fair and equitable way. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring. 

Join our team of 4,000+ employees and be part of reshaping the labour market and becoming the world’s leading job platform. 

This is a 12 month FTC and can be based at any of our UK offices; London, Glasgow Manchester or Portsmouth.

Join our team and you’ll be responsible for ensuring that approvals, pricing and discounts are controlled to enable the best commercial decisions to be made. Working in the Commercial Enablement department, you will also gain knowledge of competitive pricing strategies to ensure that our sales teams are fully equipped to maximise all available revenue opportunities, monitoring and reporting on these. You will play a vital role as we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody. 

Your responsibilities:  

• Responsible for all new business approvals and policing.
• Work closely with Sales and Sales managers on complex deals, renewal proposals and potential new business deals.
• Monitor, report and audit on pricing, discounts and quotes.
• Identify areas of opportunity in collaboration with SLT and Sales & Client Strategy Team.
• Provide regular training to new joiners and support with ad hoc training as required.

• Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of sales processes and/or sales operations.
• Analytical thinker with a strong attention to detail.
• Salesforce & Excel skills.
• Comfortable in policing sales pricing and discounts.

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays   
• Private medical and dental healthcare   
• Matching pension contribution of 4 or 5% (after 3 years of service up to 10%)   
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 
• Life Assurance Cover  
• Cycle to work scheme   
• Hybrid working model  (3 days working from the office)
• Volunteering days   
• and you can bring your dog to the office on Mondays and Fridays!   

Our commitment 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.  

As a global business we further our DEI and sustainability progress by working with national and international bodies and are proud to have been recognised for our work - both locally and internationally, including:  

• Armed Forces Covenant: Silver Award, Employer Recognition Scheme 
• EcoVadis: Bronze Award 
• Fertility Friendly Employer, accredited by Fertility Matters at Work 
• RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability) Awards: Inclusive Technology Award 2024 
• Stonewall: Gold Award 
• Stonewall: Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)