Business Development Executive - #1696517
This Is Prime
Salary: £25,000-£29,000 DOE + uncapped commission (£10,000 year 1 OTE)
Location: Leeds
Sector: Cyber security
Start date: ASAP
The Company:
Every day, there are 65,000 attempts to hack SMEs, around 4,500 of which are successful!
There's a business in Leeds that has developed a piece of software that prevents these attacks from happening!
The global cyber security market is projected to grow from $165.78 billion in 2021 to $366.10 billion in 2028 - there's no better time to be getting into this sector!
Founded in 2014 this business started with a team of just 4 people and as it stands, they are a team of 55 people. They are on a massive growth spurt and are looking to increase their team by 30 people this year!
Benefits/What You Get:
- Holidays - 24 days holiday that increases the longer you stay in the business. You also have the opportunity to buy, sell and carry over any holidays you may have.
- Progression - An extensive and supportive training programme that has the view of promotion in the first 12 months.
- Earning Potential - Huge earning potential with the majority of salespeople hitting the £35k+ mark in their first year.
- Socials - Monthly company socials with one of the most recent being go-karting.
- Benefits - Access to Perkbox.
- Development - This business will further develop you into a hugely valuable and sought-after asset, as every SaaS organization is on the lookout for experienced sales consultants with the know-how to win new business.
- Flexibility - You’ll have the opportunity to sell a truly unique technology within an unsaturated market and booming industry, so you’ll have a huge amount of flexibility with managing/growing your target companies, and the freedom to find a style that works for you.
The Role:
- As a salesperson within this business, your responsibilities will include prospecting new potential clients through a number of outreach methods such as cold calling, email, and LinkedIn.
- You’ll speak with IT/technology leadership and Heads of Information Security, with the view to arranging demos of the software or trials of the service.
- Learning and developing about the cyber security sector whilst producing 15 client leads per month.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Drive and determination - Sales isn’t easy. You'll be driven to build a successful career in tech sales in a niche industry that is constantly upscaling.
- Desire to progress - The goal is to make your way to the Senior Sales Team who earn around £55k-£90k OTE per year.
- Communication - It is important you have strong written and verbal communication skills as you will be conversing with Senior Heads of Security/Information daily.
- Intelligence - Ideally evidenced through a university degree. If you did not go to university, that's completely fine - we would still like to hear from you if you have the required aptitude.
With this role starting ASAP, apply today!
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