Business Development Executive

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 0–2 years

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Mode: Hybrid

Required Qualification : MBA (Marketing)

About the Role

We are looking for enthusiastic Business Development Executive to support our sales and business development initiatives. The BDE will be responsible for generating qualified leads through outbound calling, LinkedIn outreach, email campaigns, and other prospecting activities. The role will also involve engaging with prospective customers, understanding their business needs, and scheduling product demonstrations for the sales team.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct outbound calls to prospective customers and organizations.
• Identify and research potential leads using LinkedIn, company websites, databases, and other sources.
• Connect with decision-makers through LinkedIn outreach, email, and telephone communication.
• Clearly communicate the company’s products/services and their key benefits.
• Qualify leads based on business needs, interest, budget, and decision-making authority.
• Schedule product demos and discovery call for the sales team.
• Maintain accurate records of leads, conversations, follow-ups, and scheduled meetings in the CRM.
• Follow up with prospects through calls, emails, and LinkedIn messages.
• Achieve assigned daily and weekly outreach, lead-generation, and demo-booking targets.
• Coordinate with the sales and marketing teams to improve lead-generation strategies.
• Track and report outreach performance, conversion rates, and lead status.
• Stay updated on industry trends, competitors, and target customer profiles.

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed an MBA/ 1 yr experience, preferably in Marketing, Sales, Business Development
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable making outbound calls and speaking with prospective customers.
• Good understanding of LinkedIn and professional networking platforms.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to conduct online research and identify relevant prospects.
• Proficiency in MS Office or Google Workspace.
• Familiarity with CRM tools is an advantage.
• Self-motivated, target-oriented, and willing to learn.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Preferred Skills:

• Prior experience in tele calling, inside sales, lead generation, or business development is a plus.
• Knowledge of email outreach and LinkedIn prospecting tools.
• Experience using CRM platforms such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, or similar.
• Strong follow-up and time-management abilities.
• Interest in B2B sales and customer engagement.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Number of qualified leads generated.
• Number of outbound calls and LinkedIn outreach activities completed.
• Number of meaningful prospect conversations.
• Number of product demos scheduled.
• Lead-to-demo conversion rate.
• Accuracy and timeliness of CRM updates.