Job Description
Role Overview
- The Business Development Executive (BDE) would be responsible for driving revenue growth by identifying new opportunities, cultivating relationships, and closing deals.
- This is a feet on the ground role ideal for a self starter who thrives in ambiguity and loves building something from scratch.
Key Responsibilities
Market & Account Research:
- Map target industries, segments, and high value accounts.
- Profile key decision makers and buying committees
Prospecting & Lead Generation:
- Execute outbound campaigns (cold calls, emails, LinkedIn).
- Qualify inbound leads and referrals
Consultative Sales:
- Run discovery calls to uncover business pain points and objectives.
- Craft and deliver tailored presentations, demos, or proposals
Negotiation & Closing:
- Draft scopes of work, pricing proposals, and service level agreements.
- Negotiate terms to balance client satisfaction with company margins
Pipeline Management & Forecasting:
- Maintain a disciplined CRM (or spreadsheet) with deal stages, close deals, and win probabilities.
- Report weekly/monthly on KPIs (leads, proposals, conversion rates, average deal size)
Cross Functional Handoff:
- Coordinate with delivery teams to ensure seamless project kick offs.
- Gather post sale feedback and referrals
Continuous Improvement:
- Analyze win/loss data to refine messaging and targeting.
- Suggest new service packages or pricing models based on market feedback
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- 2–3 years of B2B sales or business development experience in a HR Consulting Industry.
- Proven track record of sourcing and closing new accounts.
- Strong CRM proficiency (Salesforce, HubSpot, etc.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Consultative selling mindset and ability to navigate multi stakeholder deals
- Self motivated, organized, and comfortable with ambiguity
- Existing network of relevant buyers (e.g HR leaders, corporate marketing teams.)
- Familiarity with offering services in HR consulting
- Data driven: comfortable tracking metrics and running basic analyses
- Entrepreneurial spirit: hands on, proactive, and willing to wear multiple hats.
Other Requirements:
- Work schedule: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm
- Work Mode: Full time remote but candidates should be based in Lagos.