Business Development Manager
Are you a professional, articulate and strategic newbusiness sales hunter, able to target, identify, and engage with key stakeholders? You ll have a track record of selling innovative software or hardware technology with a appreciation of long sales cycles, and thrive on opening doors, building influence, and winning complex deals. If you re motivated by growth, impact, and autonomy - this is the opportunity that will truly stretch and reward you.
BASIC SALARY: £55,000 - £60,000
BENEFITS:
£10,000 Bonus (capped, paid annually in December)
Company Car / Car Allowance of £550 Per month
Company Pension
22 Days Annual Holiday, increasing annually up to 25 Days
Flexible working option
Laptop and Mobile Phone
LOCATION: Home based, covering the UK.
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Watford, Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, Letchworth Garden City, Bedford, Welwyn Garden City, Hitchin
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Software, Hardware, Public Sector, Enterprise Sales, SAAS
You will join an established and experienced tight-knit team of 25 staff, your first 6 months will be spent training, learning on the job, and understanding our business model, industries, products, and building your sales pipeline.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Software, Hardware, Public Sector, Enterprise Sales, SAAS
As our Business Development Manager, you will be :
Pro-actively identifying, targeting, and securing new business (75%) and incoming leads (25%), across the UK Public Sector.
Leading the full sales cycle: lead generation, solution positioning, demos, bid / tender activity, and closing (from 1-12 months).
Mapping key stakeholders and build strong, lasting client relationships in a partnership approach through Proof of Concept, a partnership approach, and ultimately becoming a trusted advisor.
Collaborating closely with product and technical teams to shape proposals and demonstrations.
Targeting a variety of Local Councils, and National Agencies.
Orders values range from £6k - £200k recurring SAAS revenue.
Monitoring pipeline health, market trends and competitor activity to help refine strategy.
Within your first 12 months, international travel will be quite limited, and it will increase thereafter.
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Manager, Business Development Manager - Software, Hardware, Public Sector, Enterprise Sales, SAAS
To be successful in your application, you will have a proven hunterstyle business development background, ideally selling IT software, hardware, digital solutions, or technical platforms.
In addition to this you will be able to demonstrate:
Strong experience selling into the UK Enterprise or Public Sector.
Comfortable with longer, consultative sales cycles (from 1-12 months), frameworks, and procurement pathways.
Highly selfmotivated, commercially sharp, and adept at building trust with senior stakeholders.
Ability to travel for client engagements when required.
OUR COMPANY:
With 40 years of proven industry leadership we are a specialist provider of advanced digital recording and evidential capture solutions, trusted by front line professionals across law enforcement, central government, and wider public services. Our products are relied upon in highstakes environments where accuracy, integrity, and reliability aren t negotiable.
As we continue to expand across the UK, we are hiring a Business Development Manager to drive new business growth in the public sector focusing on police forces, local councils, central government departments, emergency services, and local authorities.
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Enterprise Sales, Sales Manager, SAAS, Sales Executive, Account Manager, Sales Representative, Business Development Manager, Software, Hardware, Local Authorities, Public Sector.
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
REF: JK18431, Wallace Hind Selection