Business Development Manager
Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic Business Development Manager to identify, prospect, and acquire new clients requiring IT staffing and recruitment services. The ideal candidate will manage the complete sales lifecycle from market research to deal closure and account growth. This role requires strong expertise in IT staffing, excellent relationship-building skills, and a proven track record of achieving sales targets.
Responsibilities
- Identify, prospect, and acquire new IT staffing clients
- Manage the complete sales lifecycle from lead generation to deal closure
- Build and maintain long-term client relationships and account growth
- Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition team to ensure fulfillment
Required Skills
- Minimum 3 years of Business Development in IT Staffing or Workforce Solutions
- Full sales cycle management experience
- Strong understanding of IT recruitment lifecycle and technical requirements
- Proficiency with CRM platforms like Salesforce, HubSpot, or Zoho
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Identify, prospect, and acquire new clients requiring IT staffing and recruitment services.
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline through cold calling, email campaigns, LinkedIn outreach, referrals, networking, and lead generation activities.
- Conduct discovery meetings to understand client hiring needs and workforce challenges.
- Present staffing, recruitment, RPO, and staff augmentation solutions to prospective clients.
- Prepare proposals, negotiate commercial terms, and successfully close new business opportunities.
Sales Cycle Management:
- Market research
- Prospecting
- Lead generation
- Cold outreach
- Client meetings
- Needs analysis
- Solution presentation
- Proposal preparation
- Contract negotiation
- Deal closure
- Client onboarding
- Account growth
Client Relationship Management:
- Develop long-term relationships with clients through exceptional account management.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client concerns and business opportunities.
- Identify opportunities for upselling and cross-selling recruitment and staffing services.
- Ensure high levels of client satisfaction and retention.
Collaboration:
- Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition team to understand hiring requirements.
- Coordinate recruitment delivery and ensure timely fulfillment of client positions.
- Monitor hiring progress and maintain regular communication with clients throughout the recruitment process.
Market Intelligence:
- Stay updated on IT hiring trends, recruitment market conditions, and competitor activities.
- Identify new industries and business opportunities for expansion.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of Business Development experience specifically within IT Staffing, Technical Recruitment, Executive Search, RPO, Staff Augmentation, or Workforce Solutions.
- Proven success in new client acquisition within the staffing or recruitment industry.
- Demonstrated experience managing the full sales cycle, from prospecting and lead generation through closing and ongoing account management.
- Strong understanding of the IT recruitment lifecycle and technical hiring requirements.
- Experience selling one or more of the following: IT Staffing, Technical Recruitment, Staff Augmentation, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Managed Recruitment Services, Workforce Solutions.
- Excellent negotiation, presentation, and consultative selling skills.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience using CRM platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, or similar.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Highly motivated, target-driven, and capable of working independently.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting local and international clients.
- Existing network of hiring managers, HR leaders, procurement teams, or decision-makers within organizations hiring IT professionals.
- Experience working closely with IT recruiters or delivery teams.
- Track record of consistently achieving or exceeding sales targets.
- Experience selling to enterprise or mid-market clients.