Gartner is a leading company that guides enterprise leaders with actionable insights. They are seeking a Business Development Executive to strategically acquire new clients, manage the full sales cycle, and build long-term client relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Seek out and drive new business opportunities with new-to-Gartner organizations across your territory, from initial client outreach to close, targeting Large Enterprise organizations
- Convert viable prospects into active Gartner clients, owning the full sales conversation and negotiation, through to the transition of new clients to the account management team
- Continually build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities to deliver against your sales metrics ensuring KPI’s are met
- Quota responsibility for your assigned territory
- Manage complex high-revenue sales across matrix and diverse business environments
- Own forecasting and account planning on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis
Requirements:
- 5+ years' B2B sales experience, preferably within complex, intangible sales environments
- Experience selling to and/or influencing C-level executives
- Proven track record meeting and exceeding sales targets
- Proven ability to precisely manage and forecast a complex sale process
- Willingness to conduct travel as needed
- Business development or new-client acquisition experience in a selling role highly desired