Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Digital Forge is a forward-thinking market leader in Cybersecurity, Compliance, Risk Management, and Incident Response. They are seeking a Business Development Director who excels in prospecting and building relationships with IT Decision Makers and C-Level Executives to expand service offerings and win new business.
Responsibilities
- You are a tenacious, achievement driven, individual who is a charismatic person and craves prospecting for new opportunities, expresses boundless enthusiasm, and you are a forward thinking individual
- You effectively demonstrate a remarkable ability at opening doors to new opportunities and setting successful engagements
- You will be starting cold, that means cold calling and reaching out to IT Decision Makers, Upper Management professionals, and C-Level Executives from a vast cross-section of industries and varying composition
- You will be forming new relationships and engaging prospects to expand our service offerings and capabilities to win new business
- You follow-up on all sales to ensure retention, quality control, and development of new business
- You know how to prepare and formally present proposals to C-Level Executives, and IT Decision Makers
- You can establish trust, rapport and creditability with C-Level Executives across multiple industries and company composition
- You are skilled at identifying potential challenges in the sales cycle, before they occur, and adjusting course or providing alternative solutions, as necessary
- You possess solid listening skills with the ability to notice verbal and non-verbal signals displayed by prospective clients and adjust sales style and process to meet the needs of the prospective client
- You understand prospecting and how to convert opportunities to wins
- You have a strong understanding of sales techniques and strategies necessary to sell competitively and present the company’s value proposition to all types of audiences
- You can identify new client and sales opportunities, and will generate the required cold prospecting activities of phone calls, contacts, prospect engagements, and proposals to ensure quotas and sales goals are achieved monthly
- You know how to develop a pipeline of opportunities and targeted growth strategy to achieve annual new business objectives
- You are self-disciplined, diligent, and have GREAT work ethics
- You have the ability to overcome objections and skillfully close sales
Skills
- You demonstrate a technical, high level, aptitude or background in modern day technology foundations such as Cybersecurity, Compliance, Datacenter Operations, Virtualization, Network Infrastructure, and Cloud/SaaS
- You can effectively utilize a Client Relationship Management (CRM) system to plan and track sales activities in addition to understanding the importance of providing accurate sales forecasting and maintaining a realistic sales pipeline
- You demonstrate a proven ability to build lasting customer relationships
- You can demonstrate successful experience in selling to C-Level Executives
- You have experience successfully managing a varying schedule and meeting tight deadlines
- You have an ability to develop multiple tactical alternatives to drive strategic decision-making
- You possess exceptional written/verbal communications skills, presentation skills, organizational time management skills, and display strong customer-facing presentation skills
- You respond pro-actively and sensitively to the needs of prospects with a focus on achieving high levels of sales satisfaction
- Develops and maintains milestones and metrics to measure the progress of strategic plans, projects, and programs against organizational goals and objectives
- You follow-up on all sales to ensure retention, quality control, and development of new business
- You know how to prepare and formally present proposals to C-Level Executives, and IT Decision Makers
- You can establish trust, rapport and creditability with C-Level Executives across multiple industries and company composition
- You are skilled at identifying potential challenges in the sales cycle, before they occur, and adjusting course or providing alternative solutions, as necessary
- You possess solid listening skills with the ability to notice verbal and non-verbal signals displayed by prospective clients and adjust sales style and process to meet the needs of the prospective client
- You understand prospecting and how to convert opportunities to wins
- You have a strong understanding of sales techniques and strategies necessary to sell competitively and present the company's value proposition to all types of audiences
- You can identify new client and sales opportunities, and will generate the required cold prospecting activities of phone calls, contacts, prospect engagements, and proposals to ensure quotas and sales goals are achieved monthly
- You know how to develop a pipeline of opportunities and targeted growth strategy to achieve annual new business objectives
- You are self-disciplined, diligent, and have GREAT work ethics
- You have the ability to overcome objections and skillfully close sales
- You do not make excuses, you push forward
- Two (2) years or more experience in a business-to-business sales environment as an outside sales professional is preferred – but we are willing to help anyone with drive and ambition to bridge the gaps
Benefits
- UNCAPPED Comission and Performance Incentives
- Flexible hours and Remote Work Friendly
- Comprehensive Health Insurance
- Prescription Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Short-Term Disability
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Training
- Paid Certification Testing
Company Overview