Business Development Manager

Salary Competitive

Frank is changing students’ lives for the better. We do this with a disruptive twist through co-creation with good companies and our owners – the students. Since 2013 Frank has grown from an idea into a 15 person innovation hub based in the heart of Helsinki.


In August 2016 we introduced the first digital student card in Finland, which now has over 50 000 users and was awarded as the Best Mobile Utility Service in Finland 2016. In May 2017 we were awarded as the Best Performing Team in Blue Arrow Awards. Now we are taking things to a whole new level. Thus, we are looking for a tech-oriented

Business Development Manager to join our team!

We at Frank believe in learning by doing, but for this position you should already have some experience about

  • Business development & strategy
  • API solutions or SaaS businesses
  • Sales and / or account management

Your main responsibilities will be

  • Develop and maintain strategic relations with key accounts and strategic partners
  • Establish new partner relations by finding innovative ways of cooperation
  • Take overall responsibility in figuring out business solutions that work both to partner’s, user’s and Frank’s advantage
  • constantly monitor the market trends and technology, and implement relevant findings to our partner solutions
  • work in close cooperation with our Product Manager

What we expect from you

  • Proven ability to convert ideas into action and successful results 
  • Excellent sense of – or willingness to figure out – what our users (students) want and need
  • Ability identify user needs and business potential with existing or yet to be developed solutions
  • Understanding of complex business processes and ability to navigate easily between technical and business requirements
  • Innovative can do attitude
  • Sharp sales and negotiation skills, without neglecting the ability to listen
  • Commitment to our company values: 1) student comes first, 2) be frank, and 3) do, learn, repeat
  • Fluent English and Finnish

We offer competitive salary and benefits, 15 awesome colleagues and a chance to make a concrete difference through your work. We are on a strong growth track and heavily developing our service, so you won’t run out of new things, dilemmas, opportunities and also partners to work with. Frank serves the students in Finland, which is the most interesting and fast moving group of 0.5 million individuals to work for and with. Our office is located in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki.

We’re ready to seal the deal as soon as the right person is found, so don’t hesitate to apply immediately! However, we’re expecting applications latest by 16th of June.

If you’re not the one we’re looking for but know someone who might be, hook us up! We’re ready to make it worth your while.

For more information please contact:

Head of People Operations Sara Härmälä +358 40 589 7819 

Head of Sales Kari Laurikainen +358 50 563 3428.


Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Working at
Frank Students

We are changing students’ lives for the better. We created the first mobile student ID in Finland and today our app has over 140 000 users from all around the country. We've served more than 1500 student discount campaigns from nearly 1000 partners. We also have an API product called Frank Connect for student verification. Come help us build new products for our student users in Finland! We are a dynamic and open team - like a highly motivated group of friends working together. In normal times we do weekly team lunches and about once a month get-togethers around games, hiking, movies or other experiences. At Frank, everyone knows everyone at the office, and if you want to pull together an afterwork, a team football session or an art gallery visit Frank has got your back. We are located in central Helsinki. Do, learn, repeat!  We don’t support hierarchic organization structure – at Frank everyone can share their ideas and contribute to improving our product. We value everyone’s expertise and insights. We trust our team to do their best, from where they want, when they want. We want to do, learn, repeat – failing is a normal part of learning as well.

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