Business Development Director - Commercial Services

Version 1; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee equity success scheme

Mentorship programs

Flexible working arrangements

Private medical insurance

Profit share scheme

Job summary

Version 1 is looking for a Business Development Director to drive engagement with private sector organisations across the UK & Ireland. The role involves developing new business pipelines and managing client relationships, with extensive responsibility for sales opportunities in the technology domain.

Candidates should have a solid history in solution-based consultative selling, especially to senior stakeholders. The position rewards tenacity and a proven track record in meeting sales targets, alongside offering a flexible and inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution-based consultative selling.
• Proven track record of leading digital transformation sales engagements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with C-suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and develop new business pipeline with private sector clients.
• Lead large-scale sales opportunities and manage client relationships.
• Deliver client-facing presentations and proposals.

Skills

Solution-based consultative selling

Senior stakeholder communication

Digital transformation sales

Relationship building

Influencing skills

Job description

Business Development Director - Commercial Services

Full-time

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep experts enable our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do:

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them; it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.

As a Business Development Director, you will proactively engage with private sector organisations (excluding Financial Services) across the UK & Ireland to understand their specific business challenges, needs and requirements. You will identify and shape client engagements to position Version 1 to uniquely meet these needs and the lead Version 1’s efforts to secure and deliver profitable business. You will prospect for business both independently and via or with partners to maximise lead generation, grow our business and build Version 1’s brand and reputation in our target markets. You will be a self‑starter comfortable having c‑suite level conversation to develop relationships that will deliver short and long term growth for Version 1.

Responsibilities

Prospect for, develop new business pipeline, and secure business with target private sector clients (Retail, Travel, CPG, Telco, Media, Tech) through a combination of new logo and new growth with existing customers.

Lead small through to large scale sales opportunities (7/8 figure sales opportunities) whether self‑generated by yourself, identified by our Commercial Growth team or introduced by one of our strategic partners.

Lead the development and delivery of client‑facing presentations, proposals and tender responses, working the wider Version 1 team including Partner Managers, Commercial Operations, Delivery Management and Capability Units.

Developing trusted and impactful relationships with channel partners (including AWS, MS, Oracle, Snowflake, Outsystems, Redhat, etc) to build effective collaborations, pipeline and new business.

Communicating effectively the value of Version 1’s products and services via lead generation, participation in events, client presentations and clearly written proposals.

Robustly qualify all customer sales opportunities to ensure they are winnable with clearly defined win strategy and differentiation.

Managing pipeline, financial forecasting, activity tracking, strategic and territory management to achieve financial KPIs.

Establish long‑term profitable relationships with senior‑level key stakeholders in strategic and designated growth accounts.

Collaborating cross‑functionally with colleagues within Version 1 to develop sales and marketing strategies to promote Version 1’s product and services.

You will be leading the execution of contracts awarded to Version 1 – client engagement, commercials, contracting, delivery practice engagement, and project mobilisation.

Qualifications

Display solid working history of solution‑based consultative selling to both technology and business stakeholders in private sector organisations up to CxO level.

Be knowledgeable of and able to converse with senior stakeholders on key business‑technology related topics relevant to a given private sector industry (Retail, Travel, CPG, Telco, Media, Tech and more).

Have proven track record in leading successful digital transformation sales engagements to private sector firms incorporating technologies and services across Applications, Data, AI and Cloud.

Demonstrate tenacity, drive and individual ambition to be successful in a sales environment.

Demonstrate a consistent track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets in a highly competitive environment (winning against large global systems integrators, major consultancies and large offshore consultancies).

Demonstrate the ability to develop and explain compelling value propositions based on technology and related services to senior level stakeholders.

Have experience of building and maintaining trusted client relationships which can be leveraged into your new role with Version 1.

Influencing skills: the ability to form and lead teams operating across a highly matrixed organisation, ensuring customer focused deliverables are delivered on time, coherently and with high quality.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage at all levels across an organisation internally and externally.

Good commercial awareness and sound understanding of project and business dynamics.

Why Join Version 1?

Share in our Success: Excellent base salary plus bonus & an opportunity to join our new V1 Equity success scheme.

Inclusive Culture: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Professional Growth: We offer peer mentorship programs and career development opportunities to help you reach your full potential.

Work‑Life Balance: We understand the importance of work‑life balance and offer flexible working arrangements.

Supportive Community: Join a team that values collaboration, respect, and mutual support.

We also offer a range of tech‑related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up‑to‑date with the latest technology.

We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivised certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.

Our employee‑designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth.

PLUS, many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

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