Director, Business Development

Motion; Alabama; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Vacation

Job summary

Motion is seeking a Director of Business Development to lead a high‑performing team across Birmingham, AL and Dallas, TX with some remote work. The role focuses on identifying large revenue opportunities, crafting disruptive value propositions, and aligning internal resources to win strategic accounts.

You will drive relationships with executive buyers, partner with field teams, and own the development of long‑term account strategies while managing a robust CRM pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in sales or BD leadership.
• Experience in leading teams and P&L ownership preferred.
• Proven ability to build strategic plans and win complex deals.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing BD team to accelerate growth.
• Identify and qualify prospects with significant annual revenue potential.
• Develop strategies to disrupt markets and create new demand.
• Tailor Motion's value proposition for each major account.
• Engage cross-functionally to ensure seamless customer journey.
• Maintain CRM pipeline and document critical customer insights.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic selling

Account management

CRM

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM

Job description

## Director, Business DevelopmentApply: Remote: Birmingham, AL, USA: Dallas, TX, USA: Full time: Posted Today: R26\\_0000030352**SUMMARY:**The Director, Business Development delivers a comprehensive analysis of the most challenging and rewarding business opportunities within targeted industry segments and develops an industry leading team to support organic growth.**JOB DUTIES*** Lead and build out a high performing team to leverage our strengths and align internal resources to accelerate growth within targeted industry segments for prospect customers.* Identifies and qualifies prospect customers who have the potential for significant annual revenue and are focused on a value-based buying culture.* Aggressively identifies opportunities for disruption, penetration and/or creating new demand.* Shifts from competing in the market to making our competition irrelevant through our robust value proposition and the ability to present oneself as a solution provider.* Identifies and builds strategies to develop prospect customers through the leveraging of our diverse competitive advantages and utilization of our strategic supplier partners.* Facilitates and tailors the value proposition offered by Motion to each potential customer.* Communicates how Motion delivers unique and relevant value to all members of the decision-making team and clearly articulates how it will positively impact their cost to produce.* Fosters an environment of active communication creating a shared strategy by working with and through our internal organization and field teams ensuring we complement each other in the market.* Utilizes Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to build a repository of knowledge to clearly communicate with all internal stakeholders, as well as document customer critical information.* Utilizes CRM system to document pipeline/funnel with key stages of the sales cycle and milestones, as well as blueprint the buying decision journey.* Utilizes marketing, industry, and internal data to support strategies and how to approach each customer/prospect as a unique opportunity.* Helps to establish a clear, long-term strategy of account ownership with respective customers/prospects and internal teams to complement a seamless transition to the supporting Field Sales Level or Corporate Accounts leader.* Remains actively engaged with Corporate Accounts to ensure continued alignment with prospect customers to deliver maximum value and foster a long- term mutually beneficial relationship.* Performs other duties as assigned.**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE**Typically requires a bachelor's degree and ten (10) years of related sales experience or an equivalent combination. Previous Division or Regional P & L responsibility preferred.**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES*** Ability to ask open-ended questions to better understand the customer's/prospect's perception of problems and how they value solutions.* Ability to develop and maintain meaningful customer relationships.* Ability to effectively research industries and markets.* Ability to inspire new ideas and perspectives to key decision makers.* Excellent team working skills.* Exceptional presentation and written and verbal communication skills.* Excellent time management and organization skills to set strategy and priorities.* Proactive and the ability to work under stressful and uncertain environments.**PHYSICAL DEMANDS:*** More than 50% travel required.**LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:** None required.**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:** 2-5 Direct Reports**BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:** No**COMPANY INFORMATION:** Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.**DISCLAIMER:** This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.