Our Business Development teams play a critical role in expanding Gartner’s presence across the global market. Gartner Business Development Executives strategically acquire new clients by cultivating trust-based relationships with C-level executives to understand their mission critical priorities and uncover opportunities to deliver client-value through the lens of the industry in which they operate. Gartner Business Developers drive the full sales cycle, from identifying prospects to closure and transition of new accounts to the account management team.
Our Business Development teams are relentless about building trust-based, value add relationships with clients, delivering long-term client value, and building their book of business over time. While driven for results, they are also highly collaborative with account management teams in handing off business and ensuring an exceptional client experience.
Business Development Executives will be given a territory of Large-Enterprise prospects, which may be completely new prospects with no existing spend or could be clients within other Gartner areas. Clients of the Large-Enterprise sales teams +$1bil in annual revenue.
Convert viable prospects into active Gartner clients, owning the full sales conversation and negotiation, through to the transition of new clients to the account management team.
Continually build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities to deliver against your sales metrics ensuring KPI’s are met.
Manage complex high-revenue sales across matrix and diverse business environments.
5+ years’ B2B sales experience, preferably within complex, intangible sales environments.
Business development or new-client acquisition experience in a selling role highly desired.
Proven track record meeting and exceeding sales targets.
Proven ability to precisely manage and forecast a complex sale process.
Progression within Business Development Executive Roles:
Gartner leaders embrace this culture and are focused on helping associates achieve success in current role, as well as coaching associates to the next role or path, whether it be more senior BD levels, account management paths, or sales leadership.
Typical internal promotions include:
Business Development Director
Sales Manager
Most of our Sales Managers and Team Leads are hired internally as part of our progression path.
Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, and more!
Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities
The bar is unapologetically high. Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
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