Velir is an established mid-sized agency with a top-tier portfolio of clients, ranging from the world’s largest non-profits to Fortune 500 brands. As of 2023, Velir acquired Brooklyn Data Company, a premier data and analytics consultancy focused on leadership, process improvement, implementation, and advanced analytics.
At Velir, we believe people are our greatest asset. Our culture is built on a foundation of trust, collaboration, and continued improvement. We strive for excellence in everything we do, embracing challenges as opportunities for growth. Our success is driven by a shared passion for making a positive impact on our customers, our communities and each other. We are a remote first company that offers competitive pay and excellent benefits.
The Director of Business Development, Data Solutions plays a strategic role in scaling our business. As a key player within our Sales organization, you are accountable for the overall Brooklyn Data relationship with key accounts within your territory, as well as building and maintaining relationships with strategic partners within our ecosystem. This role demands a successful track record navigating complex sales cycles, team based selling and proven experience building strategic relationships with decision makers and champions.
Brooklyn Data Co, A Velir Company, is revolutionizing how our clients use data and artificial intelligence. As the premier services provider specializing in data application and data platform services, we partner with the leading technology companies across the modern data stack to deliver cutting-edge solutions. We are technology evangelists around critical ecosystem tools like Snowflake, dbt, Sigma & Fivetran. We are passionate about helping global enterprises overcome their toughest challenges by building data enriched solutions and applications and then getting these solutions into production.
Responsibilities- Co-Sell with Snowflake as well as other ecosystem partners to sell transformative data services and solutions into key accounts.
- Execute against lead generation activities (i.e. cold calls, email, social, regional events, etc.) to grow market share and awareness within your region
- Partner with our functional Data Teams to effectively scope and present solutions to prospects, clients, and key stakeholders.
- Manage overall accountability for the Brooklyn Data brand to your accounts, including all sales, delivery, and overall customer success for accounts with your region.
- Navigate complex organizational structures to identify key stakeholders, champions, and budget owners across various lines of business within an account.
- Maintain accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and deal updates.
- Exceed quarterly/annual sales targets for data engineering, analytics and managed services goals.
- 5+ years of B2B sales experience selling managed cloud services and/or Data Analytics, Cloud Data Services, Machine Learning, Data Science, Managed Services or Digital Transformations
- Experience co-selling with Snowflake, Azure, AWS, and related platforms is highly desired
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
- Ability to craft proposals, SOWs, negotiate contracts, deliverables and pricing
- Enthusiasm to work in a fast paced, dynamic startup environment
- Ability to work cross-functionally, and be inclusive in your sales process
- Possess natural curiosity about your customer and their business
- Proven track record of sourcing, negotiating and closing enterprise sized deals
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Frequent sitting at a desk performing work on a computer
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Please note that compensation packages are finalized after the interview process is concluded. We use a competency-based approach to base pay, which means it is based on the competencies and skills demonstrated for this role.
- Take the Long View - Ensure the company is built to last
- Be Courageous - Make the right decisions even when they aren't the easiest decisions
- Be Genuine - Bring honesty and authenticity to all that you do
- Work with Focus + Passion - Display purpose and pride in your work and never stop learning
As an equal opportunity employer, we are firmly committing to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our hiring efforts. We recognize that we need team members from all backgrounds and experiences to successfully shape a positive employee experience as well as deliver our product and service solutions. To that end, we actively seek candidates who can bring diverse experiences and backgrounds to our team. We know that complex factors and systemic bias can get in the way of us meeting strong candidates, so please don't hesitate to apply even if you're not 100% sure.
At this time, Velir does not sponsor candidates and unfortunately cannot accept those on OPT or CPT.
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