Business Development Associate

IVP; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK is seeking a Business Development Associate to drive commercial success and support partner teams through strategic research and stakeholder mapping. Ideal candidates are ambitious, detail-oriented, and have some experience in sales. This role offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to growth across multiple markets.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in a sales or sales support related role.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Experience working in e-commerce highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive Klarna's commercial success by maximizing efficiency.
• Support Partner Success Teams with research on target companies.
• Help strengthen commercial pipeline by uncovering opportunities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ambition and drive

Sales oriented mindset

Ability to prioritize effectively

Adaptability

Tools

Google Suite

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Slack

Job description

What You Will Do

As a Business Development Associate, you will play an essential part in driving Klarna's commercial success by maximizing the efficiency and impact of our Partner Success Teams. This position combines strategic research, stakeholder mapping, and operational excellence to accelerate Klarna's go-to-market efforts and strengthen our partnerships across the UK, Ireland, and Southern and Western Europe. In this position, you will support Klarna's Partner Success Teams by researching target companies and mapping key stakeholders across multiple markets. You will help strengthen Klarna's commercial pipeline by uncovering high-value opportunities and providing insights that enable faster, more effective negotiations. Working closely with senior commercial teams and Klarna's C-level executives, you will contribute to shaping strategic partnerships that drive our regional growth. Through this experience, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of Klarna's go-to-market organization and build a strong foundation for future career development within our sales and commercial teams.

Key Qualities

• Someone with great attention to detail
• Ambitious and shows significant drive in everything you do
• Passionate about your job and enjoys a fast paced, international working environment
• Always desires to go above and beyond to produce the best results
• Someone who dares to challenge the status quo and be persistent
• Proactive by nature and comes up with new thinking and ideation that adds value and innovation to your team
• Someone with a strong ability to prioritize your work effectively in line with your targets
• A team player who is highly dependable
• Someone who is comfortable with change and can easily adapt to and embrace new tasks and challenges. We promise, you will not be bored.
• Someone who has an exceptionally sales oriented mindset

Awesome to Have

• 1-3 years of experience in a sales or sales support related role
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Experience using Google Suite products (Sheets, Mail, Drive) and LinkedIn Sales Navigator as well as Slack highly preferred
• Experience working in e-commerce highly preferred

Please include a CV in English. Curious to learn more about Klarna and what it's like to work here? Explore our career site!