Business Development Manager

Job Purpose

About RWS IP Solutions

RWS IP Solutions is the world’s leading provider of intellectual property support services. With over 60 years of experience, our leadership in high quality patent translations, foreign patent filing, IP research and patent renewal services is unrivalled. Combining expert patent translators and advanced technology ensure translations of the highest consistency and quality.

We help streamline clients’ internal processes, providing flexible, cost-effective foreign filing services reducing the administrative burden associated with protecting IP on a global scale. We offer patent renewals and recordals services, as well as the widest range of IP research services on the market. RWS IP Solutions supports its clients throughout the entire IP lifecycle, from concept to commercialisation. RWS clients include many of the world's best known brands, and 18 out of 20 of the world’s largest patent filers.

For further information, please visit: RWS IP Solutions

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Drives revenue growth of IP solutions by meeting or exceeding new logo customer goals on monthly and quarterly basis.
• To maintain/grow existing customer uplift base through long-term relationship and build an
• extensive pipeline of new opportunities.
• To contact new leads generated from marketing campaigns, exhibitions, conferences, seminars, customer enquiry and online usage data, analyse information requirements and maximize new business revenue.
• To be proactive in the self-generation of new leads to maximize new business revenue through regular calling of newly identified prospects (Hunting).
• Account management, and growth through upsell and cross-selling activity.
• Builds strong “trust” relationships with clients, creating trust and confidence at multiple levels, including users, key contacts, managers and business leaders, to increase revenue and sales opportunities.
• Work with Manager to develop a strategy plan for the region which includes an analysis of revenues/solutions, strategy for growth, objectives and implementation schedule.
• To liaise effectively with internal departments to maximize sales opportunities, including Product Development, and to keep up to date with existing and new services and marketing/sales campaigns.
• To maintain and update sales progress reports and other administrative reporting mechanisms according to agreed timeframes.
• Ensure you have a strong understanding of competitor products and services and how we can successfully position ourselves against them.
• To take responsibility for identifying training and developmental needs for yourself on an on-going basis.

Skills & Experience

• Experience selling in the IP space in a solution sales capacity.
• Understanding of sales in a service, workflow and content technology environment strongly preferred.
• Strong execution focus and ability to develop solutions and strategies to further accelerate growth in untapped markets.
• A university degree in relevant course work AND 3+ years proven sales experience working for an IP information/software/services company, with a strong aptitude for technology.
• Experience conducting effective product demonstrations & sales presentations.
• Ability to build & maintain relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Experience working in a team sales environment.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate easily & interpersonally with Senior Executives and C-level decision makers.
• Capable of thinking creatively and making independent decisions.
• Effective time management skills.
• Well organised and disciplined with regards to policy, procedure and standards.
• Can set priorities and be flexible in changing environment.
• Ability to report and project accurately and according to agreed timeframes.
• Ability to identify problems and apply creative solutions.
• Confident, outgoing personality.
• Travel requirements.

Life at RWS

Life at RWS- If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS.

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right - Partner, Pioneer, Progress - and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

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