Business Development Manager – UK Region

The Business Development Manager – UK Region is responsible for business development and sales management for our PaaS hosted offerings.

This includes:
Contributing to the overall sales plan

Executing on lead generation strategies with the support of the SDR team

Collaborate on marketing campaigns with the support of marketing and pre-sales colleagues

Opportunity identification and business development through existing partners

Direct communication with mid to large organizations across sectors

It also includes working with our Sales Managers to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. This is a highly networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to meet challenging deadlines.

You must be comfortable working at a technical and management level, both internally and with clients. You will ideally be knowledgeable of the various flavors of hosting [Cloud, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS] offerings and the competitive environment. you also have the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.

This position requires traveling approx. 40% of the time. This is a remote job based in EMEA, ideally in the UK.

Main Responsibilities:
Achieve & surpass a quarterly quota

Communicate our product mission and functionality to prospective customers

Build a strong network and fine knowledge of large corporations (Fortune500) within your area

Nurture and engage your network and key account targets

Ability to develop and maintain relationships with C-levels individuals in large organizations

Demo and close business

Required Qualifications:
Capacity to work remotely or from home

Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience

Knowledge of hosting solutions (Cloud, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)

Ability to grow and nurture a network in your geographical area

Demonstrate prior success

Excellent teamwork skills

Demonstrate an ability to work autonomously

Preferable experience in eCommerce, retail, and/or publishing sectors

Excellent English and German written and verbal communication skills.

Additional European or Arabic languages are a plus

Apply if you:
Display a passion for what you do and a drive to improve

Display personal and corporate integrity

Sound Like a Good Fit? We’d love to talk to you!

About Platform.sh

Platform.sh is an idea-to-cloud application platform that simplifies cloud infrastructure.

We give developers the tools they need to experiment, innovate, get rapid feedback and deliver better-quality features with speed and confidence thanks to our unique rapid cloning technology.

Platform.sh serves thousands of customers worldwide including The Financial Times, Magento Commerce, Orange, Hachette, Ikea, Oxford University, University of British Columbia, Ubaldi, Unity, Pon Bike and The British Council.

We want people who are passionate, open, multicultural, friendly, humble and smart to join us and help this fast-growing, award-winning company to revolutionize the tech industry.