Business Development Manager
About the Business
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com
About our Team
Are you looking to join an industry-leading sales organisation? Our sales team is dedicated to partnering with organisations to address and solve complex risk problems. At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, we pride ourselves in providing solutions that directly impact our customers' ability to mitigate and manage risk.
About the Role
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for achieving revenue targets and driving business growth through effective sales strategies, in collaboration with a Field Account Manager and Overlay Sales Specialists. You’ll be responsible for the creation of a sales strategy that will build pipeline and drive incremental growth while retaining an existing book of accounts. You will prospect within your assigned territory to develop a robust pipeline, manage territory business plans, and guide prospects through the sales cycle to contract and close while maintaining the ongoing relationship for retention, upsell/cross sell and strategic relationship management.
Responsibilities
- Achieving revenue targets and drive business growth through effective sales strategies.
- Converting leads to opportunities, ensuring timely and accurate maintenance of accounts.
- Logging customer activity and communications comprehensively within the CRM system.
- Submitting monthly forecast reports and regularly update the sales pipeline.
- Prospecting within the assigned territory to develop and sustain a robust pipeline.
- Developing and manage territory business plans that include new logos, cross-selling, upselling, and renewal opportunities.
- Guiding prospects through the sales cycle to contract and close, collaborating with presales and specialist teams as needed.
- Supporting customers through onboarding and implementation phases, in partnership with the Field Account Manager, ensuring a seamless transition and ongoing revenue life cycle management.
Requirements
- Able to demonstrate experience in business development and account management.
- Prove proficiency in CRM systems, particularly Salesforce.
- Have excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Display analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Have a proactive approach to identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.
Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here
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Skills Required
- Experience in business development and account management
- Proficiency in CRM systems, particularly Salesforce
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Proactive approach to identifying and pursuing new business opportunities
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
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