Energy Business Development Executive

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Energy Business Development Executive, you will be an integral part of the Sales Organization, reporting to the Energy Industry Partner. Your responsibilities include executing business development activities in North America (United States and Canada) by selling ISG’s services to Oil & Gas and Chemical prospects, identifying opportunities for new offerings and products, and meeting individual sales and revenue targets. This role requires selling professional services, building relationships with senior management, and managing a specified list of current accounts. Additionally, the role involves generating visibility by participating in conferences, events, and other sales opportunities.

Must have:

10+ years of industry experience in sales management
Experience meeting annual sales and revenue quotas
Proven ability to land new business
Extensive network of contacts
High energy and professionalism
Effective team-seller

Good to have:

MBA or other advanced degree(s)
Preferred residency in Texas

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Description

Energy Business Development Executive - United States & Canada

Wanted: dynamic and creative individuals ready to connect with a like-minded team. You’ll enjoy all the autonomy you need to help our clients make their digital infrastructure faster and more effective. Free reign for free spirits doesn’t mean you’ve got to go it alone. Over 1400 teammates from around the globe are eager to help you out when things get down to wire. Their expertise will put you on the winning path and keep you there. So, get ready to kickstart your career with a team that’s connected – connected by freedom.

Position Overview

ISG is a leading technology research and advisory services firm supporting private and public sector organizations to transform and optimize their enterprises through consulting with a focus on digital business transformation, operational excellence, and automation. Our Sales Organization supports the world's leading Energy organizations (Oil & Gas and Chemical companies) by helping them optimize their internal operations, modernize their legacy environments via digital transformation, design the right technology ecosystem and meet ever-increasing customer expectations whilst ensuring regulatory compliance and control.

Responsibilities

As an integral part of the Sales Organization, this position reports to the Energy Industry Partner, and will have a bifurcated set of responsibilities.

Execute business development activities in the North American region (United States and Canada) by actively selling ISG’s range of services and capabilities to Oil & Gas and Chemical prospects across the Energy industry serviced by ISG. This will include new logo sales efforts and working closely with existing Account Owner / Business Development Executives to drive revenue and margin growth, expanding account penetration with the specified account portfolio through contact and relationship building
Identify opportunities for new offerings and products for ISG and assist in the development of associated sales and marketing materials for new and existing products.
The position carries individual sales and revenue targets. The role requires a proven ability to sell professional services including consulting services such as Strategy and Assessments, Solution Design and Implementation projects, Sourcing, and Managed Services. Additional sales capability integrating Cybersecurity into digital consulting (enterprise agility, cloud, platform transformation etc.) and automation solutions is highly desired
Ability to establish relationships and sell to senior management including CISOs, CROs, CIOs, COOs, and CEOs and others
Manage and grow a specified list of current accounts
Generation visibility by participating in conferences, events, webcasts, writing articles, blogs, etc. and other sales generating opportunities as required
It is expected that the successful candidate will be able to:

Identify sales opportunities with both existing and new clients, across the entire ISG service portfolio
Work with ISG colleagues to develop appropriate solutions
Lead and support sales pursuits
Close sales

Meets and exceeds annual sales, revenue and pipeline building performance quotas
Actively call on prospects/clients to identify, qualify, manage and close opportunities in new and targeted existing accounts
Create and manage a robust pipeline of qualified new business opportunities sufficient to meet annual quotas
Translate strategic objectives into market-specific messaging and go-to-market efforts
Actively support the development of new ISG offerings and solutions based on market insights and client / prospect needs
Demonstrate strong business management including market calling, prospect selection, activity tracking, and reporting
Determine optimal prospect / client contact strategies and develop approaches to achieve stated new business / account goals
Provide market expertise and direction to ISG’s Events & Marketing teams to maximize lead generation and professionally manage follow-up
Apply expertise to sales process management, contact management, and organizational effectiveness
Participate in service & technology provider dialogues for lead generation
Regularly update the ISG sales pipeline system(s) for reporting purposes

Required Skillsets

This primarily remote role requires 25–50% on-site client and prospect engagement in the U.S. and Canada, as needed
Preferred residency in the state of Texas (Dallas, Houston, or Austin areas) but not required
10+ years of industry experience working in a strategic/targeted account sales environment managing “global” Clients and selling large consulting /professional services engagements
Successful and demonstrable experience carrying and meeting an annual sales and revenue quota for personal production
Extensive experience landing new business with new prospects to grow client and revenue bases
Extensive existing network of contacts and potential clients to be leveraged by ISG in this new role
High energy and level of professionalism in working the market and building and cultivating relationships
An effective team-seller, who can collaborate and orchestrate the roles of ISG Subject Matter Experts and leadership in a sales pursuit
Able to understand and communicate the unique value proposition for each ISG service and solution
Able to align client & ISG strategic objectives as well as ISG integrated offerings to help achieve client’s business goals
Deep understanding of factors impacting the industries in which ISG operates and how ISG can help address the client’s associated business imperatives
Strong listening and consultative problem-solving skills with an ability to visualize and shape large integrated offerings from ISG
Best in class executive “C” level sales & communications skills. Able to converse in business value terminology and appreciate nuances in the Energy industry
Creative and strategic thinking with an ability to create and execute effective account plans, as well as plans to bring in new logos
Effective leadership skills with demonstrable sharing of best practices
Sincere integrity and ethics, which builds trustworthy relationships internally and externally with an unspoken commitment to follow-up and follow through
Proven communications skills for both writing, speaking and presentation
Ability to convey a professional, polished image and the highest of professional ethics while maintaining a strong company attitude
Additional key traits and characteristics include empathic, transparent, and eager to succeed
Demonstrate strong knowledge with MS-Office suite of software applications and tools, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Project, MS-Outlook

Education

Bachelor of Arts or Science degree in a technical or scientific field
MBA or other advanced degree(s) desirable

At ISG, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our clients, and our communities. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. ISG is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The more diverse and inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

The duties and responsibilities described in this job description may not be a comprehensive list. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time and/or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

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