German-Speaking Business Development Executive | Berlin | Hybrid

Requirements

Business Development Executive – German Speaking

📍 Berlin, Germany | Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Berlin office

Love the thrill of opening doors that weren’t open yesterday?

We’re looking for adriven, energetic Business Development Executivewho knows how to turn a cold prospect into a real conversation — and a real conversation into a qualified sales opportunity.

📍 Location & Working Arrangement

This role is based in Berlin and requires you to work from the client’s Berlin office 2 days per week.

You must therefore bebased in Berlin or within a commutable distanceand able to attend the office twice a week.

Please note:If you are based outside the UK, you will join the role as afreelance contractor, rather than as a UK employee.

This isn’t a role for someone who wants to sit back and wait for leads to arrive.

It’s for someone who enjoysprospecting, connecting, influencing and winning.

You’ll be joining one of our clients, an excitingtechnology-focused organisation, and playing a key role in building their pipeline across theGerman market.

If you’re naturally curious, commercially minded and motivated by seeing your name on the scoreboard, we want to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

You’ll be at the front line of new business — identifying the right companies, finding the right people and starting conversations that matter.

Your day will include:

• Hunting for new opportunitiesand identifying high-potential prospects across the German market.
• Creating conversationsthrough a multi-channel approach — telephone, email and LinkedIn.
• Engaging prospectsand building relationships from the very first interaction.
• Booking high-quality meetingsand creating Sales Qualified Leads for the sales team.
• Understanding prospect needsand qualifying opportunities against agreed criteria.
• Keeping the momentum high, managing a consistent volume of outbound activity while maintaining quality.
• Owning your CRM activityin Salesforce, ensuring account data, activity, qualification details and market feedback are accurate and up to date.
• Working closely with Enterprise Sales and Inside Salesto turn qualified opportunities into pipeline.
• Tracking your performance, understanding what works and continually improving your approach.
• Helping evolve the sales process, sharing market insight and ideas that can make the team even more effective.
• Hitting — and ideally smashing — your monthly qualified-lead targets.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who gets genuinely excited bynew business.

Someone who doesn't hear "cold call" and immediately reach for the coffee machine.

You’ll ideally have:

• 2+ years of B2B sales experience, with experience selling SaaS, IT technology or other B2B technology solutions.
• A genuine passion forprospecting and new business development.
• Experience withcold calling, email outreach, LinkedIn and account-based prospecting.
• A high-energy, resilient and positive attitude.
• The ability to handle ahigh volume of outbound activitywithout losing focus or enthusiasm.
• A competitive mindset — you want to win, but you also know how to be a great teammate.
• Strong commercial instincts and the ability to identify what makes a prospect worth pursuing.
• Confidence usingSalesforce or other CRM and sales-engagement platforms.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise when things get busy.
• The creativity to try something different.

Ready to make an impact?

If you're afluent German-speaking B2B technology salespersonwho loves the hunt, thrives on targets and wants to build something rather than simply manage what's already there,we'd love to hear from you.

Fluent German, spoken and written, is a non-negotiable requirement for this role.

📍 Important: This role requires 2 days per week in the Berlin office. Candidates must be based in Berlin or within a commutable distance.

🌍 Candidates based outside the UK will be engaged as freelance contractors.

Apply now — and let's start a conversation.

Benefits