Business Development Advisor

An overview of your day-to-day

• Play a key role in identifying business opportunities, making changes to the decision-making process and coordinating service proposals.
• Use your knowledge of the field and analytical skills to suggest approaches and methodologies to respond to calls for tender and other business opportunities.
• Actively participate in creating service proposals, including the technical and financial aspects.
• Help stakeholders identify development approaches and business strategies and create new tools.
• Help consolidate development approaches by ensuring the application and evolution of our standards and procedures.
• Promote our service offer internally and implement activities to reinforce our business development capacity using your know-how and relationship skills.
• Promote DID to funding agencies and partners at workshops and other events.
• Develop strategic partnership with potential decision-makers for canvassing opportunities.

Are you the person we're looking for?

• You have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• You have at least 6 years of experience in business development. If you acquired your experience in the international business sector, you may be the perfect candidate!
• You have hands‑on experience in business strategy and market analysis.
• You have a natural talent for creating, writing and synthesizing information.
• You’re known for your leadership skills, team spirit and ability to build strong business relationships.
• You’re fluent in 2 of the 3 languages spoken at DID (French, English and Spanish).
• Your understanding of the business environment and your customer service skills help you quickly determine the organization’s needs and issues in complex situations and within tight deadlines.
• You see a problem as an opportunity to find the right solutions using ingenuity and creativity.

By working in international development, you get to build relationships and collaborate with colleagues and partners around the world. For the past 50 years, we have all shown ingenuity and open‑mindedness and have used DID's collective intelligence to make a daily difference in people's lives while developing professionally and personally.

Founded in 1970, Développement international Desjardins (DID) is a Desjardins Group component whose goal is to strengthen the inclusive financial sector and provide populations of developing and emerging countries access to secure, diversified financial services that fit their needs.

Action oriented, Business insight, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning

Trade Union (If applicable)

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

Cooperative and international development (FG)