Business Development Manager - Public Sector :
Sales professional for an exciting company, with big ambition and a value driven purpose.
Commonplace connects people with the places they live, work or play to accelerate positive change. We do this because communities that host inclusive conversations also create trusted collaborations, which improve the quality of life and fabric of their neighbourhood.
We also know that our product delivers extraordinary engagement from communities and insights to our customers. But we’re moving fast - as are the expectations of our communities and customers. So we must evolve rapidly but with nuance; disruptively but with integrity; and most important of all - together with our team members, customers and respondents.
We are seen as a market-leader by our customers, but we have only scratched the surface of what is possible in the UK. This role is about developing new and existing relationships within the built environment mainly focused on, but not limited to; local authorities, developers, architects, planners and public affairs companies.
Having closed a Series A funding round, we are committed to future growth of 100% year-on-year, seeing revenues rise from £1.5M to £3.2M from July20 to June21.
We are looking for someone to help the development and growth of our work within the public sector; driving sales and the subsequent account management.
It will require people with an entrepreneurial spirit, who feel confident to advocate and articulate our purpose, and have good intuition for getting to the heart of problems, finding solutions, understanding what the public sector and local government in particular wants to get out of engagement in the built environment. Ideally you’ll have experience of how councils work.
You’ll have some understanding of the different roles played by frontline officers, senior leaders, elected members and the public. You’ll have an appreciation of the financial and political environment that they operate in.
You may have a commercial background, and be familiar with building a pipeline of prospects and customers; and have a track record of building revenue with existing customers, and of developing and closing new deals.
You equally may have a non-commercial background, but understand how relationship building, problem solving and inclusive conversations have a major impact on achieving positive change in the built environment and beyond.
This will all be built on the foundation of inquisitiveness, intelligence, excellent communication, and a passionate commitment to delivering an outstanding service to customers.
In return you will earn a competitive salary and generous OTE package, as well as the opportunity to become a shareholder in an ambitious, financially secure start-up with a values driven purpose. You’ll get a full induction to how we work, and have opportunities for personal development as you grow into your role and as the business does too.
We’ll expect you to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and behaviours:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Do you want to join our sales team? Then we'd love to hear from you!