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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Keenfinity
Full-timejunior€65,000-75,000/year

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<p><strong>Join our Growth Team&#xa0;at&#xa0;ElectroVoice&#xa0;Dynacord!&#xa0;&#xa0;</strong></p><p>This&#xa0;Is not&#xa0;a Sales Job.&#xa0;<strong>It is&#xa0;a Growth Mission!</strong>&#xa0;&#xa0;This role&#xa0;is about creating and&#xa0;building&#xa0;markets.&#xa0;You&#xa0;will not&#xa0;inherit a&#xa0;territory;&#xa0;you will&#xa0;be empowered to go and&#xa0;create&#xa0;one!&#xa0;</p><p>We are expanding into entirely new markets for&#xa0;<strong>Professional Audio Technology</strong>, and&#xa0;we're&#xa0;looking for&#xa0;<strong>Business Development Managers</strong>&#xa0;who are willing to challenge conventional thinking and redefine how business gets done. You will&#xa0;identify&#xa0;untapped industries, create demand from the ground up, and introduce world-class audio solutions into markets such as golf &amp; leisure, hybrid workplaces, higher education, healthcare, hospitality, and smart. buildings, and emerging commercial environments.&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p>We are&#xa0;looking for relentless competitors who are energized by the challenge of creating opportunities, pioneering into new verticals and segments!&#xa0;People who thrive while facing adversity, who see obstacles as puzzles to solve, and who refuse to accept average results.&#xa0;This&#xa0;is not&#xa0;a role for someone who simply wants to hit&#xa0;quotas. This is for someone who wants to&#xa0;<strong>build something meaningful</strong>, earn without limits, and leave a lasting impact on a growing company.&#xa0;</p><p><strong>**Qualified candidates must be&#xa0;located&#xa0;near a major metro airport for frequent&#xa0;(up to 50%)&#xa0;travel as needed.&#xa0;</strong></p><p><strong>About the Opportunity -&#xa0;What You'll Do!&#xa0;</strong></p><p><strong>Build Markets&#xa0;from&#xa0;Scratch!&#xa0;</strong></p><p>Find opportunities others overlook. Open doors that have never been opened. Develop new verticals and&#xa0;establish&#xa0;our presence where competitors&#xa0;are not&#xa0;focused&#xa0;today.&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Sell Complete Solutions!&#xa0;</strong></p><p>Understand customer challenges and position integrated professional audio solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. This&#xa0;is not&#xa0;transactional selling—it is&#xa0;solution selling!&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Challenge the Status Quo!&#xa0;</strong></p><p>We are&#xa0;not looking for someone who simply follows our playbook.&#xa0;We are&#xa0;looking for someone who will challenge it, bring&#xa0;new ideas, and experiment with new outreach strategies.&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Build Relationships That Create Momentum&#xa0;</strong></p><p>Become the trusted resource customers call first.&#xa0;Develop executive-level relationships with consultants, architects, AV integrators, IT leaders, influencers, designers, and end users.&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Own Your Pipeline&#xa0;</strong></p><p>Prospect relentlessly. Generate demand and create opportunities. Navigate complex sales cycles and close new business.&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Help Shape the Future&#xa0;</strong></p><p>The insights you bring from the field will directly influence our products, go-to-market strategy, and expansion into new industries.&#xa0;</p><p><strong>Who Thrives Here?&#xa0;This role is built for people who:</strong>&#xa0;</p><p>Ideal candidates&#xa0;will enjoy&#xa0;building relationships across multi-level&#xa0;stakeholders&#xa0;and&#xa0;solving complex business problems and&#xa0;selling&#xa0;complete solutions. You will&#xa0;connect technologies,&#xa0;stakeholders, and business outcomes into one compelling conversation, have&#xa0;relentless energy every day&#xa0;and are&#xa0;fiercely competitive and genuinely want to outperform!&#xa0;</p> <p><strong>Job Qualifications and&#xa0;What We're Looking For:&#xa0;</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree&#xa0;in business,&#xa0;marketing,&#xa0;or communications;&#xa0;or 1-3 years of equivalent experience&#xa0;in professional sales with proven sales results.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Effective communication&#xa0;skills&#xa0;including&#xa0;the ability to negotiate, active listening, and rapport-building.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Ability to learn complex technical solutions and communicate business value.&#xa0;</li><li>Familiarity with CRM systems, social&#xa0;media,&#xa0;and sales tools.&#xa0;</li><li>Must have&#xa0;goal-oriented&#xa0;mindset, be&#xa0;innovate&#xa0;and challenge conventional approaches.&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced&#xa0;changing&#xa0;environment,&#xa0;and willingness to&#xa0;adapt.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Believe&#xa0;motivation&#xa0;and technical skills are essential.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Believe that extraordinary effort produces extraordinary results.&#xa0;</li><li>Want to build a career—not just have a job.&#xa0;</li><li>Innate desire and&#xa0;strong interest in&#xa0;prospecting and building a book of business.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</li><li>Entrepreneurial mindset with&#xa0;a strong desire&#xa0;to build something.&#xa0;</li><li>Creative prospecting skills across digital, social, networking, and traditional channels.&#xa0;</li><li>Highly organized with disciplined follow-through.&#xa0;</li><li>Comfortable&#xa0;operating with autonomy and accountability.&#xa0;</li><li>Coachable, curious, and constantly looking for ways to improve.&#xa0;</li><li>Ability to work onsite in Burnsville, MN;&#xa0;while&#xa0;this role is absolutely being with prospects and future partners, there will be times when presence in our office&#xa0;will be&#xa0;required.&#xa0;</li><li>Requires visual acuity to view a computer monitor and read documents, as well as the ability to communicate clearly in person and through digital platforms.&#xa0;</li></ul><p>Ability to&#xa0;maintain&#xa0;focus and productivity in a typical office environment with standard noise levels and ergonomic equipment.&#xa0;</p> <p>This role offers a competitive base salary of $65,000–$75,000, along with unlimited commission potential designed to reward high performance. Our Business Development team has the opportunity to directly impact their earnings through business growth and results. At 100% attainment, on-target earnings (OTE) range from $130,000–$150,000, with the potential to earn significantly more for those who exceed their goals. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, job location, etc.</p><ul><li>Reasonable accommodations may be made, to the extent they do not pose an undue hardship, to enable qualified individuals with covered disabilities to perform essential functions.</li><li>Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.</li><li>All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</li></ul><p><em>At Keenfinity we don’t just build innovative solutions — we shape a smarter, more connected world through technology.&#xa0;&#xa0;We value different backgrounds, ideas, and experiences and we’re committed to growing, learning, and celebrating success as one team. Everyone is welcome here — we foster an environment where everyone is respected, valued, and encouraged to be their authentic self.</em></p><p><em>Keenfinity is an equal opportunity employer, offering equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and can offer support, if needed. When everyone has a chance to contribute, we all do better.</em></p>