About the job
About the role
Acolad is seeking a strategic, results-driven Business Development Director to accelerate enterprise new business growth. In this role, you’ll develop and execute winning sales strategies, build and maintain a robust pipeline, and position Acolad’s solutions to solve complex, large-scale client needs in a highly competitive market. As a key liaison between prospective customers and internal teams, you’ll lead high-value, multi-stakeholder engagements by ensuring our capabilities align to enterprise requirements and deliver measurable outcomes. This is a senior-level opportunity for an accomplished enterprise sales leader with a proven track record of exceeding targets and closing complex deals.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic plan to achieve sales targets and expand our customer base.
- Partner with prospects and customers to understand their business needs and objectives.
- Effectively communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations.
- Understand category-specific landscapes and trends.
- Report and act on forces that shift tactical budgets and strategic direction of accounts and prospective accounts.
- Own and hit/exceed annual assigned sales targets for new business growth.
- Build and maintain pipeline to 3 x annual target and keep CRM and associated tools up to date
Requirements
- BA/BS degree or equivalent.
- 5-7 years of experience as a localization sales executive, sales manager or sales;
- Ability to communicate, present and influence all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level.
- Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close.
- Proven ability to position products against competitors.
- Demonstrable experience in net new sales, developing client-focused, differentiated, and achievable solutions.
- Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Customer centric selling an advantage.
- Advanced knowledge of all aspects of the localization process, including extensive knowledge of translation and workflow tools.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
