Business Development Manager

Cision employs the brightest, most passionate people in the tech industry. We’d love for you to join our growing team! We invest in our people through training and professional development while supporting you along the way—all so you can meet your career goals. To us, the most important measure of our success is yours.
As Business Development Manager, you will target various companies and PR agencies in the Italian Market, presenting Brandwatch tools and 3rd parties social services involved.

What you will do:

•  Use your solution selling expertise to identify the business potential, respond to customer needs, and manage sales activities;
• Actively seek new sales leads and opportunities within the client organization;
• Identify the necessary decision makers and influencers of a prospective deal and understand the clients path to close;
• Negotiate sales solutions and cycles with a variety of C-Suite Executives;
• Grow and develop an accurate customer/prospect pipeline through creative prospecting into medium-size and Enterprise accounts;
• Create and maintain a sales pipeline to ensure over-achievement and deliver a reliable forecast on an ongoing basis;
• Exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual targets.

What you will need:

• 3+ years of experience in Market research, insights, enterprise software and/or professional services;
• Ability to build collaboration among different business units to maximize sales opportunities;
• Experience selling SAAS solutions;
• An understanding of how organizations leverage data and insights;
• Ability to engage, present and build relationships with executive leaders and stakeholders.

As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter. Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com. Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.
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