• Melbourne CBD (Collins St) + hybrid
• National client base
• 4-day week
• $100K base plus commissions

Communication & Media Manoeuvres exists for the moments when the stakes are high, and reputations are on the line - boardrooms, town halls, investor briefings, regulatory hearings, media interviews, crisis events, and the big internal moments that define leaders. For over 20 years, CMM has trained many of Australia’s high-profile leaders and iconic organisations, and a big part of their proof is client longevity - people stay with them for years, often across entire executive careers.

CMM’s edge is their team: former journalists, corporate affairs leaders, communications practitioners, professional speakers and accredited executive presence assessors - people who’ve performed “live” in high-stakes environments and coach from real experience. And this is your opportunity to lead the charge in all things business development…

Who are you?

You will more than likely come from a background of selling professional development programmes at the senior level. You like complex conversations where the need isn’t always obvious at first - because the risk is often hidden behind confidence, reputation, stakeholder pressure, media exposure, or a leader who’s been promoted faster than their communication skills have caught up.

You’re someone who can open doors with calm authority and move people from “we’re fine” to “we can’t afford to leave this to chance”.

A good week for you includes:

• Reconnecting with your network and reactivating relationships with smart timing and respectful persistence
• Doing proactive outreach that creates curiosity without being pushy
• Running sharp discovery calls where you listen for stakes: reputation, risk, confidence, influence, credibility and performance under pressure
• Shaping tailored program pathways that make the decision simple and the outcome obvious
• Progressing multiple opportunities through a considered sales cycle, without losing momentum or warmth
• Building relationships that turn into years of repeat engagement

The opportunity

This is a true sales role. Your mission is to grow revenue by selling CMM’s executive communication programs into organisations that want leaders who can influence, persuade, and perform under pressure.

You’ll lead business development for CMM’s flagship program The Executive Communicator™ - and related offerings - introducing leaders and leadership teams to a clear pathway that lifts presence, credibility, message discipline and stakeholder impact.

What you’ll be selling

CMM delivers modular executive programs that can be tailored to a leader’s actual forums and real-world pressures - stakeholders, media, crisis, presentations, inquiries, and on-camera/online environments.

• The Executive Communicator™ can be structured for individuals or small groups and built as a practical, outcomes-driven pathway that may include:
• Executive stakeholder communications & key messaging – clarifying influence priorities, mapping stakeholders, developing key messages, and building confidence under questioning
• Presenting with presence, power and persuasion – structuring content that lands, delivering with authority, and performing in rooms that matter
• Workshop facilitation & moderation – running high-stakes sessions with control, clarity and momentum
• Senior executive media skills – preparing for interviews, staying on message, controlling the conversation, and strengthening credibility under scrutiny
• Senior executive crisis media skills – handling high-pressure scenarios with calm authority and structured response frameworks
• Senate Estimates / Government inquiry performance preparation – research, rehearsal and simulation-based preparation for intense public hearings and hostile questioning

These are premium engagements. You’re not selling a “course”; you’re selling a transformation in how leaders show up - and how organisations are perceived when it counts.

Why would you?

• You’re selling premium, high-trust programs with real impact and strong client loyalty
• You’ll work alongside a highly credible delivery team with lived experience in media, stakeholder and high-stakes communication
• The product suite has breadth — executive presence and presentation, stakeholder influence and messaging, media and crisis performance, and inquiry preparation
• You’ll be part of a values-led organisation with a strong reputation and a national footprint
• Role type: Part-time, 4 days per week
• Reporting to: General Manager
• Base salary: $100,000 (ex super) for 4 days per week
• Bonus/commission: to be confirmed
• Deal size: typically $5k–$30k
• Sales cycle: typically 4 weeks to 3 months
• Location: Melbourne CBD (Collins St) with hybrid flexibility

Interested? You know you are, right? So, why not go ahead and click on Apply Now, build your profile in our platform, complete a short 10-minute self-assessment that tells us a bit about your nature, and we'll be in touch? No need for a Cover Letter or a Resume.

Communication & Media Manoeuvres is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage both female and mature-aged applicants as equally as all other suitably experienced individuals to apply.

Every application will be acknowledged and every applicant will learn the outcome of their application.