Business Development Manager

Your Role

Megaport is experiencing exceptional growth in France, we are looking for driven individuals who want to influence that growth, and who are excited at the opportunity to further develop and expand Megaport in the French market. We want you to build a reputation for being an expert in the field of SDN, cloud interconnection and SD-WAN. 

Reporting directly to the VP Sales EMEA, the role will help us to continue to expand our direct and indirect relationships with businesses in France, by promoting and selling our unique value proposition. If you’re seeking an opportunity that provides the ability to influence and drive impact, and be part of a rapidly growing, collaborative and agile sales organization this role is for you. It is important to note this is a direct contributor role and not a people management position.

What You’ll Be Doing

Direct:

• Create, develop and secure new business through direct prospecting in dedicated territory.

• Develop a direct enterprise customer engagement program using existing resources. 

• Research current business drivers, their business strategic objectives, internal investment areas and key stakeholders to inform the client account strategies.

• You will be required to use the information gathered on target markets, potential clients and the most favourable business models, and partner with the sales management and marketing teams to define the most effective strategies to penetrate markets effectively.

• Collaborate with members of the sales management, solutions architects and marketing teams to create go-to-market campaigns and programs that will be used to target potential markets and clients within those markets.

• You will support sales and solutions engagements to ensure go-to-market is understood and executed.

• Contribute to the pre-sales process by working with the relevant internal stakeholders to craft the best solution design for the client when required.

Indirect:

• Recruit, onboard and develop scalable channel partners to generate new business in existing accounts and new markets.

• Establish a trusted advisor relationship with partners by demonstrating a strong understanding of their businesses.

• Engage in technical conversations with partners; execute complex technical designs for them; learn and maintain in-depth knowledge of Megaport’s products and solutions, and be able to engage in technical discussions with our customers, prospects, and prospective partners.

What We Are Looking For

Self-motivated, results-driven, with strong demonstrable prospecting, qualifying and closing skills.

Strong knowledge of the French IT ecosystems.

Direct and indirect sales experience selling ‘as a service’ or network solutions. 

Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple business units, partners and solution teams in complex engagements.

Established partner network in France, demonstrated ability to build and maintain executive-level relationships with customers, partners and internal team. 

Ability to articulate a high level of understanding of data networking, cloud computing and virtual private networking.

Consultative selling skills and a proven track record of consistently achieving or exceeding revenue targets.  

Demonstrated ability to perform periodic business forecasting with a high degree of accuracy.

Entrepreneurial mindset; flexible and adaptable, able to learn new things quickly. 

Comfortable working in a flexible and remote, globally distributed work environment with the ability and willingness to travel up to 40% of the time.

Native French speaker with business-level proficiency in English required.

What We Offer

Flexible working environment – a remote-first culture with coworking options available
Generous leave plans – including, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program
Health and wellness support – through a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives
Comprehensive learning support – generous study and training allowance plus paid study leave
Creative, modern workspaces – designed to inspire when you're not working remotely, plus access to coworking spaces via our global WeWork membership if you work remotely, but like to get out of the house sometimes
Motivated, inclusive team – work alongside industry experts and fresh talent
Recognition programs – celebrate achievements with our Legend and Kudos award

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