Business Development Manager, Corporate - Boston
About The Position
Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours. Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions. To support Ideals' rapid growth in the US, we are looking for our first Business Development Manager / Enterprise Account Executive to focus on our Corporate segment in Boston. You’ll join a team of 20+ Key Accounts teammates in the US. Unlike our advisory-focused motions, you will sell directly to a wide variety of enterprise corporations across diverse industries (such as energy, pharma, biotech, and telecommunications). As a quota-carrying strategic seller, you will grow revenue, acquiring new enterprise accounts and expanding existing ones. You will act as an impactful industry expert, generating demand, navigating complex 6- to 9-month sales cycles, and often displacing incumbent vendors through deep discovery and consultative selling. Compensation package: 50% base salary; 50% performance-based variable.
Requirements
- 4–7 years of demonstrable quota-carrying success in B2B sales
- Proven track record of managing lengthy or complex enterprise sales cycles
- Significant experience selling directly to C-level executives (CxOs) and multi-threading within large enterprise organizations
- Clear understanding of, and practical experience with, consultative sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC/MEDPIC, SPIN, Challenger)
- 4-year university degree (bachelor's)
- Exceptional business communication skills, enabling you to execute executive storytelling, challenge the status quo, and handle complex contracting negotiations
- High learning agility, analytical thinking, and commercial curiosity to quickly grasp the nuances of various corporate industries
- High AI fluency and advanced CRM tracking skills
- Native-level proficiency in English
Nice To Haves
- Fluency in an additional language
- Background in SaaS, financial technology, or information security sectors
- Familiarity with enterprise M&A use cases and corporate compliance workflows
Responsibilities
- Proactively build and manage a pipeline focused on the acquisition of new strategic enterprise accounts (new logos)
- Conduct solution-based sales engagements, including client meetings, executive presentations, and product demonstrations (face-to-face and virtual)
- Maintain "White Space" analysis and execute strategic initiatives to upsell and cross-sell within the existing customer base
- Develop and deliver comprehensive business cases that quantify the cost of inaction and address customer priorities, pain points, and ROI
- Structure, negotiate, and close complex deals, guiding corporate clients step-by-step through enterprise procurement, security compliance, and legal processes
- Orchestrate multi-threading strategies to navigate enterprise politics, establishing strong relationships with C-Suite executives and key stakeholders across various verticals
- Keep an accurate track record of personal sales activities in the CRM, including methodical mid- and long-term forecasting
- Provide relevant customer feedback to the product development team and collaborate with Customer Success, Marketing, and Inbound Sales to maximize revenue and customer satisfaction
Benefits
- Remote-first flexibility to shape your ideal workday
- Home workplace budget
- Co-working expense coverage
- Individual IT budget for extra equipment
- Top-tier tech and AI-powered tools
- Access to Ideals Academy with numerous courses
- Investment in external learning and development activities
- Guidance in Personal Development Plan creation
- Professional literature and subscriptions coverage
- Support of your passion as a speaker or writer
- Internal talent mobility opportunities
- 100% employer-paid health insurance for US employees with a 401(k) match program
- Mental health activities reimbursement
- Funding for sports competitions
- 20 business days of annual leave
- Paid health-related time off
- Budget for meetups with your local team
- Generous internal referral program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
