Business Development Executive (Large Enterprise), Gartner for Sales Leaders

Gartner, Inc.; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global research firm in the UK is seeking a Business Development Executive to identify and drive new business opportunities. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of B2B sales experience, ideally in complex sales, and fluency in German. You will manage high-revenue sales and build trust-based relationships with C-level executives. The company offers competitive compensation and a supportive hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

World-class benefits

Hybrid work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B sales experience, preferably in complex, intangible sales environments.
• Experience selling to DACH regions required.
• Experience selling to C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Seek out and drive new business opportunities.
• Convert viable prospects into active clients.
• Manage complex high-revenue sales.

Skills

B2B sales experience

German language proficiency

Complex sale process management

C-level executive influence

Job description

Our Business Development teams play a critical role in expanding Gartner's presence across the global market. Gartner Business Development Executives strategically acquire new clients by cultivating trust-based relationships with C-level executives to understand their mission critical priorities and uncover opportunities to deliver client-value through the lens of the industry in which they operate. Gartner Business Developers drive the full sales cycle, from identifying prospects to closure and transition of new accounts to the account management team. Our Business Development teams are relentless about building trust-based, value add relationships with clients, delivering long-term client value, and building their book of business over time. While driven for results, they are also highly collaborative with account management teams in handing off business and ensuring an exceptional client experience.

What you will do

• 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.

Qualifications and experience

• 5+ years' B2B sales experience, preferably within complex, intangible sales environments.
• Experience selling to DACH regions required.
• German language proficiency desirable.
• Business development or new-client acquisition experience in a selling role highly desired.
• 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.

About Gartner

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we\'ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That\'s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance. We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients. Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What we offer

• Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it\'s productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Awards and accolades

• Fortune World's Most Admired Companies 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.
• Forbes America's Best Employers 2018, 2019 & 2022.
• Forbes America's Best Employers for Diversity, 2020, 2021 & 2022.
• Forbes America's Best Employers for Women 2022.
• Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index Best Places to Work for LBGTQ Equality 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022.
• Disability Equality Index Award for Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021 & 2022.
• Newsweek America's Most Responsible Companies 2022 & 2023.