Business Development Executive
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Proactively identify and engage prospective customers across your territory through cold calling, personalized outreach, networking, and multi-channel events to build high-quality pipeline. Own performance by consistently meeting goals for outreach activity, meetings booked, and qualified opportunities created while researching accounts to craft tailored messaging. Collaborate closely with sales, research, and marketing teams to align on account strategy and surface market insights from prospect conversations to refine go-to-market approach. Maintain accurate records of all prospect activity and pipeline data in Salesforce. This role requires resilience and comfort operating in a high-volume environment where building pipeline takes consistent effort and initiative.
Required Qualifications
- 1–3 years of experience in a BDR, SDR, or similar outbound sales role
- ideally in financial services
- ideally in Government industry
- A track record of meeting or exceeding activity and pipeline generation targets
- Self-starter with a high sense of urgency
- Confidence in cold calling and high-volume outreach environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skill
- You know how to earn a reply and guide a conversation
- Familiarity with Salesforce or a comparable CRM
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- High emotional intelligence and the ability to build rapport and handle objections professionally
- Coachability and a growth mindset
- You actively seek and apply feedback
- Curiosity about how businesses operate
- a genuine interest in solving customer problems
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