Sr. BDA

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Business Development Executive to join our sales department. The ideal candidate will possess a good technical background, coupled with exceptional communication skills and a proven track record in lead generation and conversion. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving business growth by identifying, qualifying, and developing leads, and effectively proposing technical solutions to potential clients.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Identify and research potential leads through various channels, including online research, networking, and industry events.
• Lead the end-to-end process from initiation to closure of deals, including communication and follow-up with leads via email, phone, virtual, and face-to-face meetings.
• Collect and analyze client requirements, and collaborate with business analysts, solution architects, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Account Management, and Tech teams to develop project pitches, estimations, and formal proposals.
• Prepare RFP/RFQ documents and engage in negotiation and agreement of estimates.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with leads, ensuring utmost satisfaction throughout the sales process.
• Maintain accurate records of all lead interactions and activities in CRM systems like HubSpot.
• Work closely with internal teams, including Marketing, Legal, Finance, Account Management, and Technical, to manage sales workflows and operations.
• Participate in inbound leads assignment, project requirement gathering, platform analysis, and successful handover to the client experience team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set client expectations and ensure seamless communication between technical teams and clients.

Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a business development or sales role, preferably within the IT consulting or software services industry.
• Proven track record of lead generation and conversion, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in CRM systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong technical acumen, with familiarity in IT consulting and software services.
• Proactive, results-oriented, and self-driven individual with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in pre-sales activities, documentation, and negotiation processes is highly desirable.
• Ability to understand client needs, propose technically sound solutions, and align project efforts with client expectations and development team capabilities.

Your job as a business development manager is to identify sales leads, pitch our product to new clients and onboard them, and maintain a good working relationship with new contacts/schools. Communicating new product developments to prospective clients.

1. Meeting schools and onboarding them
2. Creating and managing top level sales funnel and generate leads
3. Organize and coordinate operations in ways that ensure maximum productivity
4. Managing customer and channel affiliated relationship with client
5. Conducting demos and presentation of the product
6. Monitor sales, marketing & operational activities; implement strategies to maximise channel sales & collections as well as smooth operations.
7. Review your own sales performance, aim to meet or exceed targets
8. Gather market and customer information and provide feedback on the same

Why you?

1. 5 + years experience in a sales role with schools, preferably in edtech and having a client base ( having direct relationship with the school management) of around 100-150 schools in their region.
2. B.tech/MBA degree.
3. Detailed understanding of the principles of sales
4. Strong communication skills
5. Proven track record in achieving sales quotas
6. Open to travelling.

Perks:

Apart from very competitive compensation, you will:

1. Work in a high paced growth environment
2. Work with a very experienced team

Must have attributes:

1. Extreme sense of ownership
2. Bias for action
3. Ability to change the preempt and iterate the course of action to achieve targets.

We are looking for a resilient, empathic business development executive to contribute to the growth of our company. You'll be responsible for finding and retaining clients, encouraging extant clients to purchase added services or products, and remaining abreast of changes in consumption. You will also be required to build capacity in staff through regular training and mentorship.

1. Contacting potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings.
2. Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives.
3. Researching organizations and individuals to find new opportunities.
4. Increasing the value of current customers while attracting new ones.
5. Generating new business opportunities and closing them.
6. Finding and developing new markets and improving sales.
7. Developing quotes and proposals for clients.
8. Developing goals for the development team and business growth and ensuring they are met.
9. Training personnel and helping team members develop their skills.
10. Maintain knowledge of all services and products offerings of the company.
11. Arrange meetings for senior management with prospective clients.
12. Follow company guidelines and procedures for the acquisition of customers, submission of tenders, finalize and close deals, etc.