About this role:

Our Business Development teams play a critical role in expanding Gartner s presence across the global market. Gartner Business Development Executives strategically acquire new clients by cultivating trust-based relationships with C-level executives to understand their mission critical priorities, then uncovering opportunities to deliver client-value through the lens of the industry in which they operate. Gartner Business Developers own and drive the full sales cycle, from identifying prospects to closure. They then transition new clients to the account management team for ongoing value delivery.

Our Business Development teams are relentless about building trust-based, value add relationships with clients, delivering long-term client value, and building their book of business over time. Business developers are results driven, client committed, and highly cooperative.

Business Developers will be given a territory of Large Enterprise prospects, which may be completely new prospects with no existing spend or could be clients within other Gartner areas. In our End-User Large Enterprise segment, Business Developers work with prospects with +$1bil in annual revenue. In our Technology Vendor Large Enterprise segment, Business Developers work with prospects with +$500mil in annual revenue.

What you will do:

- Seek out and drive new business opportunities with new-to-Gartner organizations across your territory, from initial client outreach to close,



targeting Large Enterprise C-Level stakeholders.

- Convert viable prospects into active Gartner clients, owning the full sales conversation and negotiation, through to the transition of new clients to the account management team.

- Align the right combination of insight, guidance and practical tools to bring value to the partnership.

- Continually build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities to deliver against your sales metrics ensuring KPI s are met.

- Quota responsibility for your assigned territory.

- Manage complex high-revenue sales across matrix and diverse business environments.

- Own forecasting and account planning on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.

What you will need:

- 5+ years B2B sales experience, preferably within complex, intangible sales environments.

- Business development or new client-acquisition experience in a selling role highly desired

- Experience selling to and/or influencing C-level executives.

- Proven track record meeting and exceeding sales targets.

- Proven ability to own, manage, and forecast a complex sales process.

- Willingness to conduct travel as needed.

- Bachelors degree preferred

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📌 Business Development Executive, LE/GE, GTS (Bengaluru)
🏢 Gartner
📍 Bengaluru