About the role:
The Manager, Business Development will lead, coach, inspire andย continuously upskill a team ofย talentย Business Development Representatives (BDRs) toย exceed pipeline generation goals ensuring business growth strategies are met.ย The Manager, Businessย Developmentย will thriveย atย building and growing a world class business development team, focused on high performance.ย The ideal candidate is a proven high performerย who understands EdTech or SaaS salesย and has successfully led a team of business development professionals. This person hasย an entrepreneurial spirit who exceeds quotas, develops people, and innovates processes to maximize efficiency and business outcomes.ย
Major Responsibilities (How Will I Make an Impact?):ย
- Recruit, develop and coachย aย teamย of Business Development Representatives (BDRs)ย whose role consists of prospecting, opportunityย identificationย and pipeline generationย
- Coach and develop BDRs into candidates for future Account Executive (AE) and Client Sales Executive (CSE) rolesย
- Deliver ongoing training on sales prospecting,ย discovery,ย email outreach, and outbound callingย
- Coach individualย BDRs through call shadowing, role play, and performance reportingย
- Guideย and manageย prospect research andย list-buildingย activitywith the teamย
- Maintain a culture of accountability, hard work, and innovationย ย
- Define, measure,ย monitorย and reportย performance metricsย forย BDRsย linked to lead generationย (e.g., call/email activity, response rates, leads generated, lead quality, ultimate lead-to-close)ย
- Ability to make sense of data sets to analyze team performance, build a point of view and shareย key dataย with key stakeholdersย
- Maintainย accurateย andย timelyย forecast data and be able toย identifyย opportunities for continuous improvementย
- Exceed monthly, quarterly, annual activity and pipeline targets, across all marketsย
- Workย cross-functionallyย with sales and marketing to create and implement programsย and communicate on campaign performance.ย
- Manage the inbound pipeline and working closely with Marketing to ensureย timelyย response and tracking of campaign performanceย
What you will bring to the role:ย
- Proficient in negotiation techniques, capable of structuring and closing mutually beneficial deals.ย
- Skill in leading and motivating a high-performing business development team to achieve goals.ย
- Ability to lead and inspire a high-performing business development team, fostering a collaborative and results-driven culture.ย
- Clear and effective communication, both verbal and written, for negotiation, relationship-building, and collaborationย across all levels and functions.ย
- Lead by example and a willingness to get into the trenches with the front line.ย ย
- Skilledย with outbound/cold prospecting and working with inbound leadsย
- Experience training, mentoring, and growing an outbound process.ย
- Acumen with Artificial Intelligence tools
Experience and Education Recommendations:ย
- 3+ Years of experience leading high-performing sales development teamย
- 2+ years of experience selling software and SaaSย
- Salesforce experienceย isย a must,ย Sales Engagement tool, 6sense or anย equivalent platform experience a plusย
- Mustย possessย a good understanding of best practice for running Businessย Developmentย teamsย
- SaaS experienceย requiredย with knowledge of the learning technology industry a plusย
- Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing,ย Communicationย or equivalentย
This position is to fill an existing vacancy.