Diamond Search Recruitment are delighted to be representing our client, the market leader in conveyancing products and services and constantly expanding into new sectors, creating fantastic opportunities for positive, team-orientated and self-motivated people.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Development Director. We are looking for a hunter, who wants to achieve, succeed, win new business and reap the rewards! Someone with experience and confidence liaising at C-Suite level, winning high value corporate accounts. This is a highly autonomous role.
If you want to be part of a dynamic, fast-growing company, We encourage passion, ambition and collaboration, both in our performance as a team and individually. New ideas are encouraged.

The Opportunity This is a new role, being introduced to work with potential clients to grow our presence as a Service and Insight provider to businesses, wishing to harness the power of data and technology to grow their business or tackle their strategic objectives.
It’s an exciting time for you to join us with this role, harnessing this new approach to selling intelligence and advisory services directly. This opportunity sits exclusively within the team and will work closely with the Sales Director, deputising as required with line management, mentoring and leadership. You will have significant input in the strategic direction of the business, the market sectors we currently serve and will support our expansion into adjacent markets. You will be responsible for winning new business through consultative selling with new customers and will work against new business targets each year. You will be expected to generate new leads, tracking these through Salesforce, and manage relationships, and customers outside of the RFP process, positioning us as the preferred supplier of choice and key advisor for RFP processes (without giving away any specialised knowledge in the process). You will work with the other Sales teams within the team and across the team to leverage multi-channel deals, working collaboratively with peers.
The role will involve:
Winning new business each year, aligned to our market strategy
Developing & fostering relationships with both new and existing customers
Supporting other sales leads towards Group sales targets
Developing and growing existing contact schedules and build out a new pipeline of opportunities where potential win rate is <60%
Reviewing potential leads with Sales Director and Managing Director to agree which leads are worth pursing and converting from low potential to high potential of maturity.
Maintaining all sales leads on Salesforce to maintain all information in current form
Maintaining a calendar of all expected workshop/POC/consultation
Agreeing with SLT and LIG (via SLT) which RFP’s will be pursued to ensure lowest rate of wasted time for bids About You You will have previous experience in a senior consultative sales role with excellent knowledge of the legal sector, real estate and property landscape, and Legaltech/Proptech markets. Being an expert communicator is key in this role with superior analytical and problem-solving skills.
You will also have/be:
Experienced in Property and Land Use/Development/Climate Change/CRE/Legal
Strong written and oral communicator, able to engage customers through both means to win significantly high valued bids (whether TCV c.£50M or £100k).
Commercially astute
A strategic thinker
Excellent planning and time management
Previous experience of mentoring/coaching people
2:1 or higher University Degree or equivalent experience
Experience of Salesforce is an advantage
We offer a range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth, including:
Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
Annual Lifestyle Allowance: £300 to spend on an activity of your choice
Pension Scheme: Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and up to 10% thereafter
Private Health Insurance: Provided by Vitality
Group Income Protection Scheme For a confidential discussion please contact us today! Diamond Search Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency regarding this vacancy