Business Development Manager

As our Business Development Manager, you will...

You'll lead the charge in orchestrating inside sales efforts for our Life Science and Provider groups.  Your role is more than just selling; it's about driving growth, fostering genuine client relationships, and championing success. With a keen eye on short-term sales cycles and a commitment to tried-and-true value-selling methodologies, you'll be the trusted advocate our clients can't do without. If you're ready to lead, collaborate, and elevate, we can't wait to welcome you to our team!

Be Accountable and Responsible

• Leadership Luminary: Lead the performance marketing inside sales efforts, steering teams through short-term sales cycles with finesse and becoming the go-to advocate for our clients.
• Cross-Sell Champion: Collaborate on cross-selling opportunities with business development staff, with a laser focus on high-growth prospects across the agency.
• Value-Selling Virtuoso: Advocate for and utilize proven value-selling methodologies, ensuring consistency and scalability in progressing and closing business deals.
• Strategic Partner: Participate in driving a consistent account planning and business development process, ensuring seamless integration with ABM marketing efforts.
• Pipeline Prodigy: Engage in creating and managing Target Account Lists, working closely with salesforce.com to transition targets into an active pipeline.
• Integrated Sales Advocate: Partner with marketing to bring an integrated approach to events, CRM efforts, pipeline management, and sales forecasting.
• Collaborative Cultivator: Work hand-in-hand with the Business Development team to cultivate and lead agency efforts, ensuring collaborative success with clear roles and responsibilities.

These are the qualifications we are looking for

• 5+ years overall experience in selling performance marketing/digital marketing solutions  
• BA / BS degree preferred and/or equivalent work experience 
• Lead Conversion Maestro: Utilize your network of contacts and clients, collaborating with a Business Development Partner armed with tools like Saleforce.com, SalesLoft, Demandbase and LinkedIn Sales Navigator to create and nurture leads.
• Lead Conversion Alchemist: Convert these leads into active prospects and, ultimately, clients, working closely with the marketing team and the Business Development team to manage inbound lead activity from the website, outreach activities, events, and performance marketing-generated leads
• Salesforce Savvy: Harness the power of Salesforce.com reports, views, tasks, and dashboards to manage and prioritize opportunities
• Strategic Researcher: Collaborate with counterparts within the Life Science and Provider practice areas to identify target accounts from the Target Account List, requiring in-depth research and prospecting
• Marketing Aficionado: Attain an adept understanding of Life Science and Provider markets 
• Customer Experience Maestro: Our success is based on being knowledgeable at every touchpoint of the whole customer experience

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At MERGE, we’re committed to fostering an environment where our team members can thrive in both their careers and personal lives, ensuring they feel supported and empowered to succeed.

MERGE believes in transparency and equity. In accordance with state regulations, we’re proud to include salary ranges in our job postings to ensure fair compensation practices.

The salary range for this role is $65,300 - $79,000, based on the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.  

MERGE is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K, Lifestyle Spending Account, Employer Paid Life & Disability Insurance, Flexible Time off & Holidays plus many other benefits and rewards.

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