B4B Business Development Manager (Hybrid) Lagos

Bolt (formally Taxify) is one of the fastest growing startups in the world with over 30M happy customers in 30+ countries, from Europe to Mexico to Africa. We’re building a ride-hailing app to connect millions of riders and drivers around the world to make travel easier, quicker and more reliable. We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

 Job Title: B4B Business Development Manager

Location: Lagos (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-time About the role

We’re looking for an experienced B2B Business Development Manager to join our Bolt for Business team in Nigeria. You’ll drive our sales growth, reach out to businesses, meet clients, pitch, negotiate, and close deals for mid-sized businesses. As a B2B Business Development Manager, you'll have an in-depth understanding of SMB and SME clients, establish strong connections, and confidently demonstrate the features and benefits of our B2B offering. This role is a good match for you if you have sales experience in a fast-paced company and are keen to be part of a team responsible for amplifying Bolt for Business's success and supporting our ambitious growth and expansion plans.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Managing the sales funnel, including processing leads, prospecting, cold calling, closing deals, and building up a well-balanced pipeline while ensuring qualitative top-of-funnel inputs and high conversion rates to meet the output goals. Setting up thought-through outreach strategies to establish strong customer relationships with medium businesses and ensuring the successful completion of newly acquired deals. Achieving growth and hitting sales targets (leveraging the benefits of an uncapped commission scheme) by implementing effective strategies, identifying and targeting potential customers, and analysing and optimising performance. Sharing regular updates on the overall business progress and successes with the management team. Providing market feedback to the Product team and playing an essential role in developing our solutions based on businesses' needs. Monitoring emerging markets, identifying new opportunities, and promptly responding to market shifts and challenges by removing existing obstacles.

About you

You have at least 3 years of experience in fast-paced B2B sales, with strong professional expertise in selling business services to SMEs and mid-sized businesses. Having a degree is advantageous. You’re passionate about sales and consistently achieve ambitious targets, driven by a results-oriented mindset and a commitment to exceeding expectations. You have a proven track record of sourcing and successfully closing mid-market clients and excel in driving revenue growth. You can effectively communicate in English, efficiently network, and build meaningful relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You demonstrate a highly data-driven, analytical mindset and are an experienced CRM user (preferably Salesforce) who can examine data to optimise your activities. Your hands-on work demonstrates a high level of initiative in actively seeking solutions to challenges and a strong sense of ownership.

Why you’ll love it here

Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities. Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you. Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks. Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge. Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings. Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days.

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