Business Development Representative MEA - London Based

SS&C Technologies; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and financial services company based in the UK is looking for a Business Development Representative (BDR) to generate and qualify leads for their sales team. Successful candidates will have experience in prospecting, a solid understanding of B2B sales, and strong communication skills. This hybrid role offers flexible working conditions and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Professional Development Reimbursement

Competitive holiday scheme

Comprehensive benefits for staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Three to five years of prospecting experience.
• B2B experience required.
• Familiarity with MAPs and CRM systems.

Responsibilities

• Generate new demand for the sales organization.
• Qualify leads against established criteria.
• Track and manage prospecting activities in the CRM.

Skills

Strong verbal & written communication skills

Active listening

Ability to perform prospect & account research

Discipline to maintain high activity volumes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Job description

Overview

SS&C is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company. Headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, SS&C employs 27,000+ people across 35 countries. Thousands of financial services and healthcare organizations rely on SS&C for expertise, scale and technology.

Job Description

Locations: UK | Hybrid

Get To Know Us

SS&C Blue Prism enables business leaders to navigate the roadblocks of ongoing digital transformation and reshape how work is done. We support organizations as they harness the power of intelligent automation with our comprehensive capabilities, accessible software, scalable digital workforce and a united vision behind innovation.

Why You Will Love It Here

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model

• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University

• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme

• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support staff wellbeing

• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to welcoming, celebrating and thriving on diversity

• Training: Hands-on, team-customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do

The BDR is responsible for identifying and developing new opportunities for the Sales Directors/field sales to pursue. BDRs generate demand primarily via outbound prospecting into assigned accounts, territories or buying centers. In addition to telephone, SDRs use a spectrum of tactics including email, social media and chat. In organizations with limited scale, BDRs also have responsibilities to further qualify inbound demand generated by marketing and scored using a marketing automation platform (MAP).

Your Responsibilities

• Generate new demand (e.g. individual leads and/or buying groups) for the sales organization to pursue

• Qualify demand (e.g. individual leads and/ or buying groups) against established criteria before passing a lead to account directors/field sales as Sales Accepted Leads (SALs) or qualified demand units

• Discover, validate and reach out to additional personas typically involved in a buying decision to determine possible buying groups for delivery to field sales

• Nurture predetermined groups of prospects back from field or channel sales by using multiple touch tactics (e.g. telephone, email, social)

• As a secondary responsibility – where specified by the organization – process inbound demand using a range of tactics (e.g. telephone, email, social)

• Comply with all demand management– related service-level agreements

• Provide accurate weekly forecasts to marketing and sales on the volume of qualified demand expected to reach the SAL stage or qualified demand stage

• Track and manage prospecting, qualification and nurture activities in the company’s sales force automation (SFA) system

• Reach and have meaningful, productive conversations with individuals representing the buyer personas targeted by the organization

Dimensions of the Role

• Organisational interlocks: Field Sales, Channel Sales, Pre-Sales, Field Marketing, Marketing Operations, Sales Operations, Product Marketing, Product Marketing

• Technologies Supporting the role: Salesforce, SalesLoft, LeadIQ, Lusha, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, full Microsoft Office suite

• Success Metrics: Accepted & Converted Sales Accepted Leads (SALs), new opportunities & influenced opportunities

• KPIs: Number of appointments set, percentage of set appointments accepted by sales, percentage converted to opportunities, opportunity value generated from demand passed, revenue value achieved from demand passed, call quality with target buyer personas and buying groups & activity levels

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree desired

• Three to five years of prospecting experience, depending on the complexity of the product/solution being sold, as well as the level of prospect being called (e.g. IT buyer vs. CXO)

• B2B experience

• Familiarity with MAPs and CRM systems

• Experience in an industry with a significant volume of customer/prospect interaction

Additional Skills, Experience, Languages

• Strong verbal & written communication skills

• Active listening to assess prospect needs & opportunities

• Ability to articulate a high-quality value proposition on every call

• Ability to perform prospect & account research to prepare for calls

• Ability to use existing and emerging social media tools to monitor targeted accounts and buying groups, and identify trigger events for follow-up

• Discipline and energy to maintain high activity volumes (e.g. a minimum of 30 outbound calls and 25 additional outbound touches per day)

• A desire for a career in tech sales and ambition to progress

• Speaking another language other than English would be beneficial, but not essential

Knowledge

• Telephone prospecting techniques

• Email prospecting techniques (based around personalization & targeted outreach)

• LinkedIn Sales Navigator & social selling techniques

• SalesLoft & SFDC experience

• Lead management processes

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable diverse perspectives. SS&C is committed to a diverse workforce and equal employment opportunity.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C. If applicable, to apply, please use our Careers page on our corporate website at www.ssctech.com/careers.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work, proof of address, and other checks where permitted by local law. The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable law.