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Business Development & Solutions Executive

Parvana

Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 18 September 2026 (6 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 16 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This is a remote position.

Location: Johannesburg / London Work Type: Remote Job ID: J107268

About our client:

Our client develops and supports software and data solutions across a variety of industries. They want you to join their team and aid their team in maintaining their spot as a global industry leader. They offer a combination of plug and play products that can be integrated with existing systems and processes and can also be customised to client needs. Their capabilities extend to big data engineering and bespoke software development solutions are available as both cloud-based and hosted. Clients are international the work they do often hasnt been done before so this role is ideally suited to someone who finds joy in complex solutions design and who thrives on innovation.

What you will be doing:

Conduct researched personalized and targeted RFIs
Attend global innovation conferences be an active networker who enjoys both maintaining and building long term stakeholder relationships.
Run initial conversations to qualify opportunities and filter out bad-fit leads.
Use AI-assisted development tools to create rapid prototypes and collaborate with the delivery team for technical proof-of-concepts.
Own complex working opportunities and bids including response planning commercial modelling demo rehearsals and presentations.
Track every lead follow-up and next step in the CRM while being responsible for pipeline health reporting.

What our client is looking for:

6 - 9 years of relevant commercial sales pre-sales or business development experience.
Experience contributing to competitive RFP/RFI responses alongside strong structured writing skills for proposals and communications.
Demonstrated ability to generate outbound opportunities and discuss sales metrics relative to business growth.
Hands-on capability with AI-assisted prototyping and development tools (e.g. Claude Cursor v0).
Comfort managing industry events conference floors and disciplined CRM/pipeline tracking.
Advantageous background in capital markets structured finance commercial real estate or financial services technology.