Business Development Strategist Africa at Africa Strategy Advisers

We are looking for a Business development Strategist & Growth Marketing Associate for tech startup that provides a marketplace for ideas and innovative crowd-sourcing solutions. For this role, you will work in an exciting and fast-growing innovation Platform as a Service Model that helps businesses fast track innovation and new product development

Responsibilities

• Identify high-potential businesses, verticals, and markets to develop and execute outbound sales strategies to onboard new clients and users to ideasmarketplace.co.
• Own and manage your sales pipeline from lead generation, pitching, negotiations, getting agreements signed up to handing over the deal to the Account Management Team.
• Explore the pain points of customers understand their needs and propose high-value solutions in a consultative sale style.
• Work closely with marketing, product, and other teams to develop and execute sales and marketing activities.
• Represent ideasmarketplace at conferences, client meetings, and other industry-related events.
• Learn about the Innovation as a service industry and how Ideasmarketplace provides a competitive solution to your potential customers.

Skills & Competencies Required:

• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent;
• 3 years of business to business (B2B) and experience working with a diverse team;
• Passionate for tech and innovation and loves the startup culture.