Sales & Business Development Manager

Rome, Italy | Full-time Skylife is a fast-growing luxury hospitality and travel company operating across Italy, managing a curated portfolio of properties and creating tailor-made experiences and concierge services for an international clientele. We are looking for a Sales & Business Development Manager to join our team. This is a highly commercial, hands-on role for someone who is proactive, ambitious and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You will work across both B2C sales and B2B business development, with one clear objective: generate new business and grow revenue.

What you'll do
• Manage incoming guest and client enquiries, understand their needs and turn them into bookings and sales.
• Proactively propose experiences, concierge services, transfers, private chefs, tours, activities, villas and other travel services to existing and prospective clients.
• Build relationships with guests before, during and after their stay, identifying opportunities to cross-sell and create additional value.
• Develop new B2B partnerships with hotels, travel agencies, travel advisors, tour operators, wedding planners, corporate travel companies and other luxury businesses.
• Constantly identify and approach new potential clients, partners and revenue opportunities.
• Manage the full sales process, from prospecting and first contact through follow-up, negotiation and closing.
• Develop repeat business and referrals from existing clients and partners.
• Help identify and launch new products, partnerships and commercial channels for Skylife.
• Maintain an organised sales pipeline and consistently follow up on opportunities.
• Work closely with the wider Skylife team while taking strong individual ownership of commercial results. Who we're looking for You have 2–3 years of professional experience in sales, ideally within hospitality, luxury travel, concierge services, real estate, tourism or another high-end service business. You are naturally commercial. You don't wait for opportunities to arrive: you look for them, create them and follow them through to completion. You should be:
• Fluent in Italian and English
• Confident selling and communicating with international clients
• Experienced in sales, negotiation and closing
• Comfortable with outbound prospecting and business development
• Highly proactive and comfortable proposing new ideas
• Extremely organised with follow-ups and pipeline management
• Comfortable working on multiple clients, opportunities and projects simultaneously
• Able to perform in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Commercially minded, with a strong understanding of revenue and margins
• Comfortable using CRM and digital sales tools
• Flexible when required, as hospitality does not always operate on a traditional 9-to-5 schedule The mindset we're looking for We want someone who naturally asks: What else can

we offer
this client? Who should we be speaking to next? Where is the next €10,000, €50,000 or €100,000 of business coming from? This role is for someone who enjoys selling, building relationships and turning ideas into revenue. Why Skylife You will join a young, international and entrepreneurial team working across luxury hospitality, travel and real estate. The role offers significant responsibility from day one, direct exposure to international clients and partners, and the opportunity to grow quickly alongside the company. Based in Rome
- partially or fully Full-time Fixed salary + performance-based commission and bonuses.
• To apply, send us your CV together with a short introduction explaining why you think you would be a strong fit for Skylife.