About this role
Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
Bring your passion for winning new business to our team, and you’ll reap the rewards. As a Manager of Business Development, you’ll establish influential relationships with key partners and senior-level contacts, demonstrating the value of Amex GBT’s suite of business travel software and services.
What You’ll Do
Actively prospect and conduct deep discovery with key decision makers to understand their needs
Develop and maintain a deep knowledge of Amex GBT's core products, solutions, and customization capabilities, their value, and differentiation compared to the market
Showcase our competitive advantages and value proposition by delivering compelling, data driven presentations, demonstrations, proposals and RFIs/RFPs to executive level audiences
Grow Amex GBT's portfolio and revenue through contract negotiation and closing new customers
Ensure a smooth and coordinated client experience by onboarding new customers in partnership with implementation team
Achieve monthly/quarterly sales goals and transaction targets while always acting with integrity
Collaborate with internal teams to drive new sales
Maintain accurate records, document value, and respond to prospects’ questions
What We’re Looking For
2+ years of consultative selling experience within the tech/SaaS industry
Proven sales achievements, and consistently exceeds targets
Tech-savvy, and able to effectively use industry standard tools (CRM, pipeline management, proposal management, and sales enablement tools)
Strong prospecting and prioritization skills
Driven and dedicated to exceeding goals
Able to quickly adapt to different situations
Sophisticated analytical and financial skills
Tenacious networker who loves establishing, maintaining, and expanding business relationships with all seniority levels
Able to travel 25-50% of the time, and work remotely
Location
London, United Kingdom
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
And much more!
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.
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What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!
Other facts
About American Express Global Business Travel
Business travel doesn’t just move people from A to B, it helps ideas and innovation move forward, too. And with the most valuable marketplace, software, and services in travel, there is nowhere they can’t go with American Express Global Business Travel. With us, your Great Ideas Travel.
GBT Travel Services UK Limited (GBT UK) and its authorized sublicensees (including Ovation Travel Group, Egencia and CWT) use certain trademarks and service marks of American Express Company or its subsidiaries (American Express) in the “American Express Global Business Travel” and “American Express GBT Meetings & Events” brands and in connection with its business for permitted uses only under a limited license from American Express (Licensed Marks). The Licensed Marks are trademarks or service marks of, and the property of, American Express. GBT UK is a subsidiary of Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (NYSE: GBTG). American Express holds a minority interest in GBTG, which operates as a separate company from American Express.
What you'll do
- The Sales Manager will actively prospect and conduct deep discovery with key decision makers to understand their needs while showcasing Amex GBT's competitive advantages. They will also grow the portfolio and revenue through contract negotiation and ensure a smooth onboarding experience for new customers.
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