Business Development Executive - Growing Tech Startup

Cardiff City Centre

Talent Tent is working with a growing fintech in Cardiff to find two Business Development Executives to support their growth, with start dates this summer.

• Basic salary of £28,000.

• On target earnings £50k (top performers have the potential to exceed this)

Key points

• Full time in office (Cardiff city centre)

• B2B role with a growing UK tech start up

• 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

• Lots of opportunities for progression with this award winning company

Are you motivated by targets, undaunted by challenges, and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, sales environment with lots of opportunity to make an impact?

If you’re looking for a role where hard work pays off where you have the opportunity to travel internationally a couple of times a year, and work with businesses worldwide to help them accelerate using technology, this could be the perfect fit.

The Role in a Nutshell

You’ll be making outbound sales calls, emails and contacts to car hire companies across the UK and abroad, booking meetings and doing platform demonstrations.

You will work with customers to help them choose the best technology package for them to grow their business.

This is an in-office role where resilience, rapport-building, and motivation are key to success.

Day to day, you will be;

• Identifying leads on a global scale, making contact, and starting the sales process

• Follow up warm and direct contacts from potential customers

• Take platform demonstrations to sales completions, hitting targets for conversions per month

• Travel nationally and internationally a few times a year representing the brand at events, conferences and trade shows

• Take a long term view on the sales process, and adjust it to make it as effective as possible

• Work closely with the founder, give feedback, and help make the platform and the team the best it can be

• Work closely with the customer team, to ensure a seamless transition from sales, to business as usual

You will be given your initial training, and then ongoing support in your role to ensure you flourish, and achieve your targets.

What experience do you need to apply?

You will need a background in targeted sales, preferably in a fast paced environment. This experience can be from selling on the phone, online or face to face.

What’s the reward?

Generous bonus potential which is uncapped with potential to exceed £50k OTE

• 25 days holiday (plus bank hols)

• Opportunity to grow with a scaling tech startup

• Benefits package

Recruitment Process

The whole process can move quite quickly depending on how responsive you are;

Online application (5 mins)

Phone call with one of the Talent Tent Team (30 minutes)

Video interview with the client HR team (30 mins)

In person Interview with client (60 minutes)