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Trainee Business Development Executive – Digital Recruitment Solutions

Location: Winnersh, Berkshire with potential for 1 day WFH
Company: WhatJobs

About Us:

At WhatJobs we power one of the world’s fastest-growing job search platforms — WhatJobs? . Since launching in London in 2011, we’ve grown into a global brand used by millions of job seekers across over 70 countries. As we continue expanding across Europe, Asia, North America, and beyond, we’re looking for ambitious sales talent to grow with us.

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about digital media, recruitment, or online sales? Do you have a drive to succeed and a hunger to learn? This Trainee Business Development Executive role is your gateway into the fast-paced world of digital recruitment sales.

Working remotely within a dynamic international team, you’ll learn how to build relationships with recruitment agencies, employers, and job boards. Through hands-on experience, mentoring, and cutting-edge tools, you’ll develop the skills needed to become a top-performing Business Development Executive.

What You’ll Do:

• Learn how to identify and reach out to potential clients in the recruitment and job advertising sectors.
• Support in pitching our digital recruitment solutions to decision-makers.
• Assist with creating outbound sales campaigns using platforms such as Apollo , LinkedIn , and email tools.
• Help maintain accurate records in HubSpot CRM.
• Track performance metrics, helping you understand how to measure success.
• Join weekly training and sales team calls to build your knowledge and confidence.

Who We’re Looking For:

• You may be a recent graduate , have some early sales experience , or be transitioning into a sales career from another industry.
• Excellent communication skills – confident speaking to new people and building rapport.
• A genuine interest in online media , recruitment , or digital business .
• Self-motivated, coachable, and eager to take initiative.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and open to feedback.
• Fluent in English; other languages are a bonus.

What You’ll Get:

• Full sales training and onboarding , plus ongoing support from experienced mentors.
• Access to best-in-class tools: HubSpot , Apollo , AI sales assistants , and more.
• A structured career progression path into a full Business Development Executive role.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing global company making a real impact.
• Competitive base salary plus performance-related commission as you progress.

Why Join WhatJobs?

At WhatJobs?, you’ll be more than just a number — you’ll be a valued team member helping to shape the future of global recruitment. We foster growth, reward effort, and give you the tools and autonomy to shine. If you’re excited by the idea of working in a high-growth tech company and launching your career in business development — this is your chance.

How to Apply:

Send us your CV and a brief cover letter telling us why you’re interested in sales and what draws you to WhatJobs. We’re hiring now and reviewing applications as they come in.

Job Title: Business Development Executive – Digital Recruitment Solutions

Company Overview:
What Digital Group stands at the forefront of the online job search industry, continually evolving since its launch in London in 2011. Our flagship platform, WhatJobs?, actively engages millions of job seekers around the globe every minute. With ambitious expansion plans across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, we are seeking high-performing sales talent to help take our brand to the next level.

Role Overview:
As a Business Development Executive, you will take ownership of driving new business across your designated territory. You’ll operate independently in a high-performance, fully remote sales environment, using cutting-edge tools and techniques to attract and close digital recruitment clients. This is not an entry-level role — we're looking for commercially minded professionals who can prospect, sell, and deliver value with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prospect, pitch, and close new business across recruitment agencies, job boards, and direct employers.
• Build and manage a hybrid book of new and existing clients.
• Create and execute outbound sales campaigns using Apollo, LinkedIn, email automation, and AI-driven prospecting tools.
• Analyze sales and performance data to monitor ROI and campaign outcomes.
• Maintain rigorous CRM hygiene and activity tracking in HubSpot.
• Provide weekly written updates and monthly KPI presentations to the leadership team.
  
  

Key Qualifications:

• Minimum 2–5 years’ experience in job board sales, digital media, or recruitment.
• Demonstrable ability to hit sales targets and manage commercial accounts.
• Strong understanding of metrics such as CPC, CPA, ROI.
• Proficiency in HubSpot and outbound platforms (Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).
• Native speaker of local language and fluent in English.
  
  

Personal Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial, self-managing and highly motivated.
• Confident, persuasive communicator and negotiator.
• Analytical and organised, with strong attention to performance data.
• Proactive problem-solver with a natural sales instinct.
• Team player who thrives in a flexible, hybrid international environment.
  
  

Training and Development:
You’ll receive onboarding and training from senior team members, access to sales collateral, pitch guidance, and regular support calls. At WhatJobs, we focus on helping sales talent develop rapidly and move up into more senior roles based on performance.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with high commission potential.
• Fully remote and asynchronous work environment.
• Exposure to a growing international brand with global reach.
• Access to top-tier tools including HubSpot, Apollo, and AI content generators.
• Strong internal support from marketing, product, and delivery teams.
• A direct impact role with real ownership.
  
  

Why WhatJobs?
Join us at a moment of significant global growth. With over 70 international markets active, WhatJobs is accelerating fast, and we want strong sales professionals along for the journey. We reward results, champion autonomy, and equip our team with the best tools available to win. If you're passionate about digital recruitment sales and want to work somewhere where your performance truly matters — this is the opportunity.

How to Apply:
Send your CV and a short cover letter outlining your relevant sales experience and what excites you about this opportunity. We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and looking to fill this role as soon as possible.

Job Title: Business Development Executive – Digital Recruitment Solutions

Company Overview:
What Digital Group stands at the forefront of the online job search industry, continually evolving since its launch in London in 2011. Our flagship platform, WhatJobs?, actively engages millions of job seekers around the globe every minute. With ambitious expansion plans across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, we are seeking high-performing sales talent to help take our brand to the next level.

Role Overview:
As a Business Development Executive, you will take ownership of driving new business across your designated territory. You’ll operate independently in a high-performance, fully remote sales environment, using cutting-edge tools and techniques to attract and close digital recruitment clients. This is not an entry-level role — we're looking for commercially minded professionals who can prospect, sell, and deliver value with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prospect, pitch, and close new business across recruitment agencies, job boards, and direct employers.
• Build and manage a hybrid book of new and existing clients.
• Create and execute outbound sales campaigns using Apollo, LinkedIn, email automation, and AI-driven prospecting tools.
• Analyze sales and performance data to monitor ROI and campaign outcomes.
• Maintain rigorous CRM hygiene and activity tracking in HubSpot.
• Provide weekly written updates and monthly KPI presentations to the leadership team.
  
  

Key Qualifications:

• Minimum 2–5 years’ experience in job board sales, digital media, or recruitment.
• Demonstrable ability to hit sales targets and manage commercial accounts.
• Strong understanding of metrics such as CPC, CPA, ROI.
• Proficiency in HubSpot and outbound platforms (Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).

Personal Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial, self-managing and highly motivated.
• Confident, persuasive communicator and negotiator.
• Analytical and organised, with strong attention to performance data.
• Proactive problem-solver with a natural sales instinct.
• Team player who thrives in a flexible, hybrid international environment.
  
  

Training and Development:
You’ll receive onboarding and training from senior team members, access to sales collateral, pitch guidance, and regular support calls. At WhatJobs, we focus on helping sales talent develop rapidly and move up into more senior roles based on performance.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with high commission potential.
• Fully remote and asynchronous work environment.
• Exposure to a growing international brand with global reach.
• Access to top-tier tools including HubSpot, Apollo, and AI content generators.
• Strong internal support from marketing, product, and delivery teams.
• A direct impact role with real ownership.
  

Why WhatJobs?
Join us at a moment of significant global growth. With over 70 international markets active, WhatJobs is accelerating fast, and we want strong sales professionals along for the journey. We reward results, champion autonomy, and equip our team with the best tools available to win. If you're passionate about digital recruitment sales and want to work somewhere where your performance truly matters — this is the opportunity.

How to Apply:
Send your CV and a short cover letter outlining your relevant sales experience and what excites you about this opportunity. We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and looking to fill this role as soon as possible.

Job Title: Business Development Manager – Digital Recruitment Solutions

Salary: £45,000 base + uncapped commission

Company Overview:
What Digital Group stands at the forefront of the online job search industry, continually evolving since its launch in London in 2011. Our flagship platform, WhatJobs?, actively engages millions of job seekers around the globe every minute. With ambitious expansion plans across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, we are seeking high-performing sales talent to help take our brand to the next level.

Role Overview:
As a Senior Sales Executive, you will take ownership of driving new business across your designated territory. You’ll operate independently in a high-performance, fully remote sales environment, using cutting-edge tools and techniques to attract and close digital recruitment clients. This is not an entry-level role — we're looking for commercially minded professionals who can prospect, sell, and deliver value with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prospect, pitch, and close new business across recruitment agencies, job boards, and direct employers.
• Build and manage a hybrid book of new and existing clients.
• Create and execute outbound sales campaigns using Apollo, LinkedIn, email automation, and AI-driven prospecting tools.
• Analyse sales and performance data to monitor ROI and campaign outcomes.
• Maintain rigorous CRM hygiene and activity tracking in HubSpot.
• Provide weekly written updates and monthly KPI presentations to the leadership team.
  
  

Key Qualifications:

• Minimum 2–5 years’ experience in job board sales, digital media, or recruitment.
• Demonstrable ability to hit sales targets and manage commercial accounts.
• Strong understanding of metrics such as CPC, CPA, ROI.
• Proficiency in HubSpot and outbound platforms (Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).

Personal Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial, self-managing and highly motivated.
• Confident, persuasive communicator and negotiator.
• Analytical and organised, with strong attention to performance data.
• Proactive problem-solver with a natural sales instinct.
• Team player who thrives in a flexible, hybrid international environment.
  
  

Training and Development:
You’ll receive onboarding and training from senior team members, access to sales collateral, pitch guidance, and regular support calls. At WhatJobs, we focus on helping sales talent develop rapidly and move up into more senior roles based on performance.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with high commission potential.
• Fully remote and asynchronous work environment.
• Exposure to a growing international brand with global reach.
• Access to top-tier tools including HubSpot, Apollo, and AI content generators.
• Strong internal support from marketing, product, and delivery teams.
• A direct impact role with real ownership.
  

Why WhatJobs?
Join us at a moment of significant global growth. With over 70 international markets active, WhatJobs is accelerating fast, and we want strong sales professionals along for the journey. We reward results, champion autonomy, and equip our team with the best tools available to win. If you're passionate about digital recruitment sales and want to work somewhere where your performance truly matters — this is the opportunity.

How to Apply:
Send your CV and a short cover letter outlining your relevant sales experience and what excites you about this opportunity. We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and looking to fill this role as soon as possible.

• Lead Business Development Efforts: Secure new business opportunities, focusing on strategic growth within key markets and sectors. Drive revenue by identifying high-potential leads, preparing proposals, and negotiating contracts while achieving or exceeding sales targets.

• Prospecting and Qualification: Identify and reach out to potential customers, defining your ideal customer by profiling key demographics. Conduct di scovery cal ls and meetings to understand customer needs, challenges, and pain points, qualifying requirements at the early stages of engagement.

• Relationship Management: Build long-lasting relationships with C-suite executives and key stakeholders to ensure high-level satisfaction and trust. Engage and manage key partner relationships, introducing partners to customers at the right time.

• Proposal & Contract Negotiation: Prepare and deliver compelling proposals, presentations, and contracts that align with client needs and company goals. Negotiate terms and conditions at all levels, striving for the best outcome for both customer and company.

• Strategic Partnerships and Networking: Cultivate partnerships with external organizations and industry influencers to enhance business reach, revenue, and market position. Attend industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to promote the company and build relationships with potential clients and partners.

• Accountability and Reporting: Provide regular updates to the business regarding activities, sales forecasts, and strategic recommendations. Ensure CRM accountability, managing opportunities through the sales cycle, and providing clear weekly updates to key stakeholders.

• A track record of delivering new business telecoms sales/deals into midsized to large national businesses.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills

• Commercially savvy - adept at optimizing a diverse range of revenue-driving KPIs

• Proven track record to secure national telecommunication accounts to prospect, present and close sales.

• Experience in a matrix, complex, sales and customer focused organisation - and ideally comfortable exposure in a build and grow business environment.

• Resilient in the face of obstacles and experienced in working in a young business with rapidly changing capabilities and demands.

• Relentless focus on achieving sales results even in the face of obstacles and the challenges of a fast-evolving business.

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

• Identify , develop and acquire new customers and business for Sky Business with within our mid t o large customer sector leveraging our ever increasing portfolio of communication services .

• S upport and s uccessfully undertake sales campaigns at sector, vertical and customer level to drive lead generation and opportunities working with cross functional teams and partners .

• B uild a nd manage a continuous prospect pipeline with ratios to deliver and exceed sales targets.

• Be trading focused and commercially aware, you'll be continually looking for opportunities to drive profitability and faster growth for the business.

• Ensure new business customer wins are seamlessly onboarded and professionally handed over into the business .

• Partner with marketing and product management to trial and scale sales of new B2B products and value propositions (including new pricing and packaging).

• Maintain accurate and timely account pipeline and opportunity forecasts, deal status etc with real time updates and reporting on Salesforce.

• A track record of delivering high volume new business telecoms sales/deals into mid-sized to large national businesses.

• Commercially savvy - adept at optimizing a diverse range of revenue-driving KPIs

• Proven track record to secure national telecommunication accounts to prospect, present and close sales.

• Experience in a matrix, complex , sales and customer focused organisation - and ideally comfortable exposure in a build and grow business environment.

• Resilient in the face of obstacles and experienced in working in a young business with rapidly changing capabilities and demands.

• Relentless focus on achieving sales results even in the face of obstacles and the challenges of a fast evolving business.

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

• Seek new brands / logos for Sky Business and deliver and develop high volume telecoms (inc voice / Data & SDWan / Corporate business critical services) sales from mid to large sized national businesses with standardised and repeatable value propositions
• Successfully deliver sales campaigns into mid-market prospects / new business acquisition targets
• Support the build, running and growth of a fully managed prospect pipeline to deliver a high quality, solution-sale to over achieve pipeline ratio to closure
• Be trading focused and commercially aware, you'll be continually looking for opportunities to drive profitability and faster growth for the business.
• Be accountable for the ongoing account management and customer happiness of our Mid-Market accounts
• Partner with marketing and product management to trial and scale sales of new B2B products and value propositions (including new pricing and packaging)
• Maintain accurate and timely account forecasts, including regular updates of Salesforce to ensure pipeline is accurate
• To deliver high quality relationship management to a select portfolio of Accounts, incorporating a broad range of contacts including operational and senior management
• To build, update and develop complete and comprehensive account and prospecting plans covering all aspects of each account and incorporating a full sales strategy and plan to achieve revenue growth
• To create effective and efficient calling plans, ensuring that client meetings and internal meetings are undertaken as required

• A track record of delivering high volume new business telecoms sales / deals into mid-sized to large national businesses
• Commercially astute - comfortable with optimising a set of revenue driving KPIs
• Proven track record to secure national telecommunication accounts to prospect, present and close sales
• Experience in a matrix, complex delivery focused organisation - and ideally exposure to a fledgling or start-up business environment
• Resilient in the face of obstacles and experienced in working in a young business with rapidly changing capabilities and demands
• Relentless about achieving sales results even in the face of obstacles and the challenges of a fast evolving business

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

• Lead Generation & Prospecting : Leading the team to Identify and pursue new business opportunities by researching potential clients, industries, and markets.
• Moving at Pace: The ability to multitask at pace, identify quick wins within the prospect base, qualify and close.
• Accountability: Forecasting in this role is of vital importance, you will be expected to deliver a commitment for the team and play a pivotal role in driving sales to close.
• Sales & Revenue Growth : Develop and implement strategies to achieve sales targets, working closely with the wider business, providing feedback from customers and team, ensuring we are providing the right services and solutions to Mid Market customers.
• Proposal & Contract Negotiation : Prepare and deliver compelling proposals, presentations, and contracts that align with client needs and company goals.
• Reporting: Track and report on key business development activities, prospecting, sales cycle, and performance metrics.
• Team Leader Skills: Ability to manager a team and their performance. Define clear KPI's. Ensure expectations and objectives are set and understood. Be high motivated and motivate others, providing guidance and encouragement. Ensure team members take responsibility of their tasks.
• Resilience : Adjust strategies when needed, encourage creative problem solving.

• A track record of delivering high volume new business telecoms deals into Mid-Market business's
• Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Highly motivated with a results-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency in CRM software (e.g., Salesforce), Microsoft Office Suite, and other business development tools.

• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

• Lead Generation & Prospecting : Leading the team to Identify and pursue new business opportunities by researching potential clients, industries, and markets.
• Moving at Pace: The ability to multitask at pace, identify quick wins within the prospect base, qualify and close.
• Accountability: Forecasting in this role is of vital importance, you will be expected to deliver a commitment for the team and play a pivotal role in driving sales to close.
• Sales & Revenue Growth : Develop and implement strategies to achieve sales targets, working closely with the wider business, providing feedback from customers and team, ensuring we are providing the right services and solutions to Mid Market customers.
• Proposal & Contract Negotiation : Prepare and deliver compelling proposals, presentations, and contracts that align with client needs and company goals.
• Reporting: Track and report on key business development activities, prospecting, sales cycle, and performance metrics.
• Team Leader Skills: Ability to manager a team and their performance. Define clear KPI's. Ensure expectations and objectives are set and understood. Be high motivated and motivate others, providing guidance and encouragement. Ensure team members take responsibility of their tasks.
• Resilience : Adjust strategies when needed, encourage creative problem solving.

• A track record of delivering high volume new business telecoms deals into Mid-Market business's
• Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Highly motivated with a results-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency in CRM software (e.g., Salesforce), Microsoft Office Suite, and other business development tools.

• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences