Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- The role of the Business Development Leader is to manage and drive the sales effort across all Services
- and Solutions, Partnership and Alliances.
- A self-motivated hunter by nature – responsible for hunting NN logos in Retail and Consumer Services
- Experience of working with / selling to Retail and Consumer Services companies is a must.
- The candidate should have great networking skills and understanding of UK and European market
- which experience of signing FTSE100 or equivalent logos.
- Individual should have good knowledge of selling in the Consumer Services/ Retail and/or BFSI, proven track
- records to demonstrate this.
- Sales Strategy, Pipeline creation and Account planning ensuring a comprehensive sales strategy by
- sector built from the growth targets.
- Working in conjunction with the other Sales and Presales Managers/ Directors/ VPs to ensure key
- learnings and practices are embedded into the UK operation.
- Provide stakeholders and senior management with regular status reports and management information
- demonstrating performance and progress within the sales function.
- Excellent Stakeholder Management and Prior experience in dealing with varied stake holders at various
- levels.
- Individual should be able to independently manage the initial pitch meeting.
Skills and Experience
Self-starter
- Positive Approach and Strive for Growth.
- Experience of hunting NN logos that have scaled to annual revenue of 5-20M.
- Experience of managing at least one large Tier 1 client in the last 2 years.
- Proven experience of operating in markets and/or companies with significant levels of cultural
- diversity.
- Strong Communication and Negotiation skills and excellent skills to connect at C level.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Business-related discipline, computer science or engineering with an MBA
- preferred.
- Business Development Leader has responsibility to manage and lead sales effort with Net New
- prospects in UK and Continental Europe. Working closely with the regional leadership,
- solutions and delivery team, this individual will ensure creation and management of pipeline and taking
- potential opportunities through the sales lifecycle. This is a "business facing" role and requires the
- establishment and management of expectations within the firm and drive the pursuit and solutions team
- to achieve those expectations to a high standard.
- Strong Communication and Negotiation skills and excellent skills to connect at C level.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Business-related discipline, computer science or engineering with an MBA
- preferred.
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