Business Development Representative

Axiom

Belfast City District

Hybrid

GBP 26,000 - 38,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Axiom in Belfast (hybrid) is expanding its sales team and seeks a Business Development Executive to generate leads and set revenue opportunities for the sales organization.

The role focuses on connecting with sophisticated stakeholders, presenting Axiom's model, and driving meetings with Fortune 500 clients in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

Proven ability to generate and qualify leads.
Strong verbal communication and written communication skills.
Comfort engaging with senior client levels and executives.

Responsibilities

Identify potential client contacts and generate leads for meetings.
Explain Axiom's business model to prospects to secure meetings.
Conduct outbound calls and send strategic emails tailored to client needs.
Diagnose client business needs to ensure value in initial meeting.
Support Sales throughout the cycle and manage follow-up meetings.
Collaborate with marketing to create materials that engage prospects.

Skills

Lead generation

Outbound calls

Client engagement

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About Axiom:

As the leading alternative legal services provider globally, Axiom gives in-house legal teams on-demand access to top legal talent and lawyers — deployed when, where, and how clients need it, for up to 50% less than national law firms. Axiom's network of 14,000+ legal professionals includes 4,000+ lawyers with Fortune 500 experience, delivering AI-enabled legal services across more than 12 practice areas. Trusted by 75% of the Fortune 100 and thousands of mid-market leaders, Axiom ranks #1 among Alternative Legal Service Providers in 8 of 9 performance categories — including talent quality, breadth, productivity, and client experience — according to a top 5 global consulting firm. Across more than 3,000 engagements annually in 6 regions and 4 continents, 93% of clients rate Axiom lawyers as good as or better than top law firm attorneys, with 96% client satisfaction and measurable cost savings that reduce outside counsel spend without sacrificing quality. Stop overpaying for law firm work.

Start with Axiom.

Business Development Executive

Location: Belfast (hybrid working)

*Closing date Monday 28th September*

About Axiom:

Start with Axiom.

About the role:

As we continue our expansion, we're looking for a team member who can share Axiom's story with prospective clients and set up revenue-generating meeting opportunities for the sales team. This is a position for an aspiring sales professional who is excited to jump-start their career as a Business Development Representative. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to connect with sophisticated stakeholders, exhibits outstanding judgment, maturity, confidence, and professionalism, and thrives in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment within a close-knit team.

Specifically, this role will be responsible for:

Strategically researching/identifying potential client contacts, generating leads, and uncovering high-value opportunities
Communicating Axiom's business model to potential clients in an impactful way and demonstrating why a meeting with Axiom would be beneficial to their business
Driving business through outbound phone calls, preparing and sending strategic e-mails to prospective clients specific to their business or legal needs
Successfully diagnosing the client's key business needs to ensure a high quality of interaction in the first sales meeting
Supporting Sales in all aspects of the sales cycle, including scheduling follow-up meetings and managing the pipelines of completed meetings to ensure all prospective clients are being contacted throughout the year
Working with local and central marketing teams to create external marketing materials to engage prospective clients.

About you:

First and foremost, successful candidates must be fits for our unique operating environment and culture: high-growth, innovative, lean, and values-driven. As such, successful candidates must be ready to develop professionally, serious about pursuing a career in sales, and highly capable in each the following dimensions (among others): adaptability, curiosity, resourcefulness, analytical thinking/problem solving, proactivity, taking initiative, teamwork, thought leadership, credibility, and operating with/through a lean team.

Beyond these characteristics, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education:

Goal and action orientation, with a sense of urgency, drive, and commitment to routinely exceed monthly activity metrics
Exemplary service ethic when contributing to individual and team goals
Highly persuasive verbal communication skills, and excellent written communication skills
Poise, confidence, and maturity to interact with senior client levels
Tenacity and resilience with a will to keep going despite rejections
Forward-thinking and solutions-oriented approach at all times
Strong MS office skills
Bachelor's degree from an accredited school or equivalent experience

Our new hires:

Receive hands-on coaching from a direct manager and a mentor.
Embrace real responsibility: tangible meeting goals, relationships with executive-level clients at Fortune 500 companies, and leadership opportunities.
Nurture their ongoing career goals inside of a talent-incubating team that has boasted over 15 promotions in the past 2 years.

Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will attempt to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the application process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at benefits@axiomlaw.com and include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject line

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