Business Development – Solutions Executive

🕒 September 15

🌐 South Africa, United Kingdom – Remote

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Parvana

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Parvana is an IT recruitment specialist, focusing on the fields of Software Development, Finance, and Telecommunications. With a presence in both South Africa and the United Kingdom, Parvana offers a global perspective in delivering personalized and efficient recruitment services. Their dedicated team of skilled professionals assists candidates with CV preparation, interview coaching, and career advice, ensuring a value-added experience in the job market.

📋 Description

• Conduct researched, personalized, and targeted RFIs • Attend global innovation conferences • Build and maintain long-term stakeholder relationships • Run initial conversations to qualify opportunities and filter out bad-fit leads • Use AI-assisted development tools to create rapid prototypes • Collaborate with the delivery team on technical proof-of-concepts • Own complex working opportunities and bids, including response planning, commercial modelling, demo rehearsals, and presentations • Track leads, follow-ups, and next steps in the CRM • Report on pipeline health

🎯 Requirements

• 6 - 9 years of relevant commercial, sales, pre-sales, or business development experience • Experience contributing to competitive RFP/RFI responses • Strong structured writing skills for proposals and communications • Demonstrated ability to generate outbound opportunities • Ability to discuss sales metrics relative to business growth • Hands-on capability with AI-assisted prototyping and development tools, e.g., Claude, Cursor, v0 • Comfort managing industry events and conference floors • Disciplined CRM and pipeline tracking • Background in capital markets, structured finance, commercial real estate, or financial services technology is advantageous

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