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The Head of Business Sales is responsible for leading a sales development team responsible for booking meetings for the sales team. This role combines sales leadership with hands-on commercial execution, balancing revenue delivery with team development and operational excellence. You will oversee the execution of 8 SDR’s initially, designing sales strategies, coaching and mentoring senior sales professionals, and collaborating with cross-functional leaders in Marketing, Product, Sales Research, and Customer Success to deliver exceptional client outcomes. Operating effectively within a matrix organization, you will leverage strong stakeholder management skills to align global and regional priorities, drive collaboration, and ensure consistent execution across functions and geographies. This is a visible role suited to a commercially astute, data-driven sales leader with deep experience in S, business development ideally in analytics, or information services and a proven ability to build trusted relationships at C-level. The team the Head will be responsible for will be solution selling using technology and AI to help drive successful outcomes.
Job Responsibility:
Develop and execute GlobalData’s business development sales strategy to achieve revenue, growth, and profitability targets
Lead, inspire, and coach a team of Enterprise and Senior Enterprise Sales Representatives, ensuring consistent performance, accountability, and professional growth
Drive executive engagement with C-suite decision makers, developing trust-based relationships that lead to strategic partnerships
Build a performance culture based on consultative, solution selling and measurable commercial outcomes
Foster cross-matrix collaboration between sales , product specialists, marketing, and customer success to deliver integrated client solutions
Partner closely with the Marketing and Strategy teams to align demand generation and account-based marketing programs to enterprise objectives
Provide executive oversight on key client engagements, supporting senior sales professionals in complex negotiations and C-suite discussions
Define and monitor KPIs across pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and conversion metrics
ensure consistent use of CRM systems (Salesforce)
Act as a bridge between commercial operations and product innovation translating client feedback into actionable insights for product development and strategic planning
Champion the use of digital and social selling techniques, encouraging data-driven prospecting, content-led engagement, and personal branding across the team
Represent GlobalData at industry events, executive roundtables, and client forums to strengthen market visibility and thought leadership
Collaborate with HR and Learning & Development to attract, onboard, and retain top enterprise sales talent
Work very closely with the account management team on handovers
Requirements:
Experience leading business development teams. Minimum 3 years experience
Demonstrated track record of exceeding revenue goals through consultative and strategic sales approaches
Someone who can demonstrate a playbook for leading Enterprise sales teams
Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, coach, and develop senior sales professionals
Experience operating within a global, matrixed organization, balancing global priorities with local execution
Commercially astute, analytical, and results-oriented, with strong strategic planning and forecasting capabilities
Expertise in social selling techniques, leveraging platforms such as LinkedIn and data-driven engagement tools
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at C-suite level
Comfortable engaging in complex, multi-stakeholder deals and enterprise level contract negotiations
Proficiency with CRM tools (Salesforce, Gong) and a data-driven approach to pipeline management and performance analysis
Willingness to travel internationally (up to 40–50%) for client meetings
What we offer:
uncapped commission scheme
benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more