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Business Development Manager - Japan
We're looking for a Business Development Manager candidate to join our team in Tokyo or Osaka, Japan (hybrid work model).
You will report to the Country Manager.
This is a business-to-business sales environment that requires positioning a technology solution to both IT and non-IT/LOB groups. You will focus on identifying business need while also conducting information-gathering to help pre-qualify opportunities for the sales organization through phone and email contact.
Your Role Responsibilities? Here's What You'll Do
- Use your prospecting and account reach skills, to achieve monthly, quarterly, and yearly pipeline and forecast goals as well as other defined goals
- Identify qualified sales opportunities in large, enterprise accounts
- Interact with IT and business decision makers via telephone and email
- Update lead and prospect activity in salesforce.com to ensure effective lead management
- Set qualified introductory meetings for the sales team
- Nurture early phase opportunities for future pipeline potential
- Exceed weekly, monthly, quarterly lead development quota
- Devise digital marketing ideas and outbound campaigns to drive lead nurture and customer engagement
- Prompt and accurate documentation of customer contact and activity data in SFDC, including details such as names, titles, contact information, opportunity value, product specifics, sales stages, probability, business challenges, and future commitments
What We'd Like to See
- Use of initiative and judgement to defined objectives
- Understanding of the role and applying knowledge to complete a variety of related tasks
- A successful accomplishment of individually assigned tasks and great collaboration with others to achieve team objectives
- An acquired exposure to hybrid deployment of software solutions, SaaS, Cloud, AI and Data Management
Role Essentials
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience in a similar role
- Strong and enthusiastic communication skills, with excellent listening and writing abilities
- Self-motivated and able to thrive in a results-driven environment
- A reliable team player personality
- Proficient in standard corporate productivity tools (email, voicemail, MS Office, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, SaleLoft)
- Sales training and salesforce.com experience
- University degree or equivalent work experience
Perks & Benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, and wellness benefits (Paid parental leave, adoption benefits, life insurance, disability insurance and 401k plan or international pension/retirement plans
- Flexible time-off policy and hybrid working practices
- Equity opportunities and an employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- Comprehensive Mental Health and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefit
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