Business Development Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Feb 2026 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Competitively rated role due to a robust benefits package and organizational culture focus alongside skill development opportunities.
- Harness strong benefits including health care and holiday allowance
- Engage in significant B2B roles addressing hiring needs
- Career growth opportunities within the recruitment sector
- Performance-based environment with pressure on results
Pros
- Strong benefits and hybrid working model.
- Established organization with significant market impact.
- Roles promising career advancement within B2B sales.
Cons
- Requirements might be unclear for some candidates.
- Sales may involve a stressful environment with targets.
- Less visibility on earnings potential.
Who it's for
Mid-level • Hybrid
Good fit
- Experienced B2B sales professionals
- Candidates wanting to shape hiring strategies
- Individuals looking to impact job placements.
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates in sales
- Those averse to target-driven roles
- Professionals desiring remote-only opportunities
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Company Description
Totaljobs is a leading online job board in the UK dedicated to connecting job seekers with their ideal employment opportunities. As a major player in the UK’s job market, we had a key role in facilitating millions of job placements across various sectors and industries.
We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global expert in job-tech platforms. Being part of a global team allows us to leverage cutting-edge technology, data, and industry expertise to enhance our services and continuously innovate our technology to meet the needs of the job market.
Job Description
Join our team and you’ll be responsible for working with a wide range of businesses to uncover and solve their hiring challenges. Your role will be to acquire new clients to increase Totaljobs market share. By developing a deep understanding of your prospects current and future needs you will be able to recommend the best of Totaljobs solutions to create both short- and long-term value.
Working in the Sales department you will work on the entire sales process from prospecting potential customers, outreach and selling our suite of online recruitment products through to client on-boarding into the account management team.
You will play a vital role as we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody.
Your responsibilities:
- Generate, negotiate, and close new business opportunities with key and SMB clients.
- Create compelling proposals that communicate our value and deliver to the client’s strategy and requirements.
- Gain a thorough understanding of key and SMB clients' current and future needs and their strategy and prepare customised solutions.
- Keep on top of industry and market trends to offer insights and expertise to our potential customers.
- Ensure that sales targets are met on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis through acquisition whilst regularly growing and converting a pipeline of new business.
Qualifications
- A proven B2B new business sales background.
- A strong objection handler with the ability to deconstruct customer issues and propose actionable solutions to enhance the customer process.
- In-depth understanding of the sales process, from needs identification and objection handling to negotiation and successful closure in the B2B landscape.
- Able to leverage and interpret sales statistics and ROI data from potential customers.
- Consistently exceed targets in a goal-driven environment with a proven track record.
Additional Information
We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:
- 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
- Private medical and dental healthcare
- Matching pension contribution of 4 or 5% (after 3 years of service up to 10%)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance Cover
- Cycle to work scheme
- Hybrid working model (3 days working from the office)
- Volunteering days
Our commitment
Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.
As a global business we further our DEI and sustainability progress by working with national and international bodies and are proud to have been recognised for our work - both locally and internationally, including:
- Armed Forces Covenant: Silver Award, Employer Recognition Scheme
- EcoVadis: Bronze Award
- Fertility Friendly Employer, accredited by Fertility Matters at Work
- RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability) Awards: Inclusive Technology Award 2024
- Stonewall: Gold Award
- Stonewall: Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)
