Business Development Manager (12 month FTC)

Target location: UK/Europe

Moodle with us!

At Moodle, we’re on a mission to empower educators and learners worldwide with open, flexible, and innovative digital learning solutions. As the world’s most customizable and trusted open-source LMS, we partner with schools, universities, and organizations in over 200 countries to create better learning experiences for millions. If you’re ready to make a real impact, and be part of a global movement shaping the future of learning, join us—let’s transform education together!

About the Role

The Business Development Manager, Technology Partnerships will drive growth across Moodle’s technology partner ecosystem, including Certified Integrations (CIs), Value-Added Resellers (VARs), and Moodle Marketplace solution providers. You will be responsible for sourcing and recruiting new technology partners, evaluating program fit, managing assessment, certification, and activation, and ensuring a smooth handover to account management. This role is critical to maximizing partner value, accelerating Marketplace adoption, and supporting Moodle’s strategic growth objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Identify and recruit new technology partners aligned with Moodle’s strategy.
• Achieve partner and revenue targets across CIs, VARs, and Marketplace programs.
• Represent Moodle at conferences and networking events to uncover opportunities.
• Target high-potential partners and markets.
• Manage partners from first contact through onboarding and program activation.
• Evaluate partner fit based on strategy, market presence, and customer alignment.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth assessment, certification, and activation.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure partners understand compliance requirements.
• Handover partners to account management for ongoing support and success.
• Monitor market trends, competitive landscape, and procurement channels to inform targeting and strategy.

Requirements

We’d love to meet you if

• You have a proven track record in sales, deal closing, and partner acquisition, ideally in EdTech or technology ecosystems.
• You are skilled at building and maintaining strong partner relationships and managing pipelines.
• You have excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• You are self-motivated, results-oriented, and organized, able to execute complex initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
• You are analytical, capable of interpreting market data and optimizing strategies.
• Desirable but not essential: Working knowledge of the Moodle ecosystem, technical understanding of LMS/integrations, experience drafting contracts.

Benefits

What's in it for you?

Moodle has a globally diverse team with over 280 team members in more than 25 countries around the world. We’ve built a passionate team of hard-working, driven and diverse people from all over the world, united by a shared belief in the ability of our platform to make a positive difference to our world. We respect our colleagues and value an open and innovative workplace, filled with integrity and of course a strong focus on education (yes, these are our company values!)

In addition to this you can expect:

• Taking on a genuinely flexible, distributed role, working from anywhere in the world

• A fantastic range of benefits, focusing on work-life balance, wellbeing and ‘choosing your own adventure.’
• Working with a global team on a worldwide platform and making a real difference.
• As a certified B Corp, we are proud to be part of a global community of mission-driven companies dedicated to using business as a force for good.

Learn more about Moodle

Moodle is the world’s most trusted online learning solution, with a growing ecosystem of products and services, including Moodle Workplace, Moodle App, MoodleCloud, and more. The engine of our ecosystem is Moodle LMS, the secure and customisable open source learning management platform used by well over 300 million learners worldwide.

Find out more about us on our website.

At Moodle we are an equal opportunity employer that actively supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We’re committed to fair recruitment and selection practices, ensuring we are drawing from a diverse range of sources to attract and select the very best person for the job. Learn more in our Diversity & Inclusion Charter.