Strategic Business Development Manager – USA

Our client provides businesses and organisations with insightful analysis on global economics, market trends, politics, and strategies for informed decision-making.

We are seeking ambitious sales ‘game changers‘ to help grow their footprint and client base  in the USA.  You will be a current top performer, ready to take the next step in your career and join a global leader in its field, representing a truly unique brand. You will join ready to develop a successful growth strategy in the Financial Sector. You will be expected to drive customer relationships, positive commercial outcomes and customer satisfaction.

You will be a highly driven, self-starting and accomplished business development manager with excellent presentation skills, strong consultative sales ability and an excellent understanding of the US Financial Sector and stakeholders. Your natural instinct to ‘hunt’ will be key to success in this role. We are looking for individuals who thrive in relentlessly pursuing sales success in a competitive and high-profile environment.

You will work with the leadership team and product team to define a strategy which will grow our client’s existing presence in several sectors.

Key Accountabilities:

• Take customers through the core benefits of what access to our client’s services can do for them in their roles
• Take ownership for the customer experience
• Meet and exceed revenue goals set by the business
• Feedback to the business, key themes and/or areas that are important to our mission and growth

In return they will offer you a variable compensation package which will truly reward you for the success you can achieve for our business.

How you will contribute:

• Qualify strategic selling opportunities and target markets/clients
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline by proactively driving activity via self-generated opportunities as well as by following up on marketing leads
• Personally develop, own and execute an ambitious new client acquisition plan in your territory
• Develop, manage and constantly improve on your personal lead generation through proactive networking via digital and face-to-face channels and events