Business Development Manager
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20 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Reporting To: Commercial Lead / Founders
Location: London (must be able to attend events in-person meetings and occasional office days)
Type: Permanent
Salary: 50000 base performance-based bonuses
Mode: Hybrid (primarily remote with required in-person activities)
Company Brief:
The Client is a fast-growing VC-backed UK startup on a mission to transform how businesses hire exceptional tech talent.
Using an AI-powered matching platform they help companies connect with world-class developers and tech contractors faster smarter and more efficiently - whether building an MVP or scaling after investment.
They are trusted by leading venture capital firms and work closely with ambitious early-stage companies across Europe.
Job Purpose:
To drive the Clients commercial growth by sourcing engaging and converting prospective startup and scale-up customers. You will represent the Client within the London startup ecosystem build strong relationships with founders and decision-makers and create high-quality opportunities that fuel revenue growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Source identify and engage prospects across startup and scale-up ecosystems through targeted outbound sales efforts.
- Convert interest into qualified meetings with founders HR leaders C-level executives and enterprise clients.
- Maintain consistent communication through thoughtful follow-up and high-quality touchpoints.
- Represent the Client at industry events networking meetups startup gatherings and VC-linked sessions across London.
- Build strong awareness and relationships within the tech and VC community.
- Track all outreach conversations and opportunities using HubSpot.
- Collaborate with leadership to refine messaging outreach strategies and commercial processes.
- Contribute to the Clients long-term commercial playbook and support scaling initiatives.
Skills & Experience Required:
Essential:
- Previous experience in talent tech recruitment platforms or HR-tech solutions.
- Proven experience selling to founders HR leaders or C-level executives in tech.
- Strong understanding or network within the startup and VC ecosystem.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to represent the brand professionally in external-facing settings.
Nice to Have:
- Experience working with or selling talent platforms.
- Background in tech sales.
- Existing network among startup communities accelerators and VC-backed companies.
Step Ahead is acting as an Employment Agency. Step Ahead is committed to preventing discrimination in its recruitment practices by stimulating genuine equality of opportunity.
This means that everyone is treated solely on the basis of competence and merit regardless of age gender marital status sexuality ethnicity racial religious or disability considerations and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Experience
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Cold Calling
- Account Management
- Territory Management
- Salesforce
- Affiliate Marketing
- CRM Software
- negotiation
- Lead Generation
About Company
We work across sectors to match people & jobs, combining expertise in recruitment, employability & training. The uniqueness of Step Ahead is its multiple provisions which enable us to provide the right solution to an individual’s problem or barrier.
