RISE is looking for a talented Senior Strategic Sales and Business Development who is passionate about driving growth and achieving sales targets. In this role, you will have the exciting opportunity to identify and execute new business opportunities that align with RISE's goals, while also driving the execution of new initiatives. Your responsibilities will include negotiating and closing business deals, managing the sales pipeline, and building a strong network of external partners. Join us at RISE and be a part of our dynamic team!
Duties and responsibilities
- Achieve growth and hit sales targets by identifying, researching, analyzing, and executing new business opportunities that align with RISE's goals.
- Drive execution of new business initiatives across RISE's platform, including Accelerator, Corporate Innovation Consulting & People Transformation, etc.
- Contribute to the ideation process to build the strategic plan for new and existing companies that address client's business challenges.
- Identify, negotiate, and close all business deals.
- Manage sales pipeline and influence lead sourcing process.
- Develop a network of external partners with key stakeholders across industries.
- Manage end-to-end communication across the internal team.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years experience in sales, B2B sales, business development, business analyst, management consulting, or partnership management.
- Successful experience in sales with a proven record of achieving or meeting sales targets.
- Excellent sales skills include the ability to create and manage the full sales pipeline, from prospecting to negotiation to deal closing.
- Self-motivation and an enthusiasm hunter mentality.
- Ability to think strategically and be able to work with uncertain and complex information in a fast-changing environment.
- Exhibit strong problem solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
- An interest in innovation, open innovation.
