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Business Development Director Job Description
Responsible for the overall management of the business development team of a business, the prestigious role of business development director is often the face of sales within a company. Combining both managerial abilities with sales expertise, a business development director ensures that a business meets its sales targets whilst leading a team of business development professionals.
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The market for UK Business Development Directors is highly lucrative for experienced professionals with exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and deal-making skills. Although base salaries differ based on numerous factors, the possibility of bonuses, career advancement, and equity participation make it a financially enriching and thrilling field.
What Makes a Great Business Development Director?
The broad remit of business development directors means that the best candidates are real all-rounders with excellent business intelligence and interpersonal skills. Being able to lead the business development operations of a business whilst managing a team who are prospecting and converting deals takes a natural leader with great multi-tasking abilities.
Business development directors will usually still be in charge of the biggest deals of a business, so they’ll need to be natural salespeople who can lead a pitch and close a negotiation.
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Aaron Wallis is a specialist sales recruitment agency with years of experience in finding quality sales people for businesses across a wide range of industries. We’re constantly speaking to senior candidates with the calibre to be your next business development director – submit a vacancy or call 01908 061400 today.
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Rob Scott
Rob Scott is the Managing Director of Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment, a premier UK agency dedicated to connecting top-tier sales and marketing talent with diverse commercial sectors. With a career in sales recruitment spanning over 28 years, Rob has cemented his reputation as a definitive authority in the sales industry.
Before founding Aaron Wallis in 2007, he served as the Marketing & Sales Director for a £0.5BN recruitment group. A first-class History graduate with an MBA and a PgCert in Management Practice, Rob bridges the gap between academic rigour and practical market expertise. His insights, backed by some of the UK’s most extensive sales professional surveys, are frequently sought by global outlets including Forbes, The Independent, Medium.com, the FT, and Business Insider.
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