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Business Development Manager

BehavioSec

BehavioSec

Sales & Business Development
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted on May 26, 2025

Business Development Manager
Dutch and English speaker

Do you enjoy having a Consultative approach towards sales and driving revenue?

Do you enjoy collaborating with teams and customers to deliver on common goals?


About the team

Nexis® Solutions, as part of LexisNexis and the global RELX corporate family, connects customers to market-leading data through a flexible suite of scalable solutions, including our award-winning, flagship Nexis® research platform. By enabling fast access to a vast universe of enriched data with intelligent technologies, Nexis Solutions empowers business, media, non-profit, government and academic organizations worldwide to quickly discover actionable insights that enable confident, performance-driving decisions.

About the role


We are looking for an Enterprise Business Development Manager to join our growing Benelux & Northern Europe sales team at Nexis Solutions. This is a permanent, full-time position. We are offering a competitive salary and high OTE potential, as well as great benefits and the chance to be part of our highly collaborative and innovative Nexis Solutions business supported by a successful local team.

You are responsible for growing Nexis Solutions business in Benelux & Northern Europe through prospecting for new clients and developing new business opportunities within the Enterprise segment. You ideally have domain knowledge of Risk & Compliance requirements and workflow to be able to leverage our unique news, company and patent data sets. Our solutions cover media and web monitoring as well as analytics solutions, including brand and reputation management, due diligence and compliance solutions including anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption, and other information research tools. You will effectively position and demonstrate our solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Proven track record of working successfully in a business development role in a challenging and commercially driven B2B sales environment within the Enterprise segment;
  • Tech/SaaS background;
  • Deep media & business intelligence and or KYC understanding;
  • World class selling skills (identify, develop, & articulate proposition/ consultative selling) as a “hunter” and sales ‘closer’;
  • Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining excellent customer relationships;
  • Applied knowledge of best practice sales techniques, including negotiation, presentation skills and general communication;
  • Significant Product and Workflow Expertise;
  • Employs a client centric, profit driven approach.

Requirements

  • You speak and write Dutch and English fluently;
  • Sales ability and persuasiveness;
  • Driving for results;
  • Negotiation skills;
  • Display solid, communication, organizational and time management skills;
  • Building trusting relationships;
  • Entrepreneurial spirit;
  • Flexibility and experience to work across a variety of sectors.

Work in a way that works for you


We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:


- Dutch Share Purchase Plan
- Annual Profit Share Bonus
- Comprehensive Pension Plan
- Home, office or commuting allowance
- Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
- Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
- Flexible working hours
- Personal Choice budget
- Variety of online training courses and career roadshows
- Wellbeing programs and gym facility in the office
- Internal communities and networks

- Recruitment introduction reward
- Work from anywhere

- Various employee discounts
-Employee Assistance Program (global)
-Annual Event

About the business


With more than 6000 customers in over 100 countries Nexis Solutions is the world’s leading provider of critical business information. In fact, we’ve been helping businesses make smarter decisions since 1976 by utilizing our unmatched collection of news and business information services.

We believe that success comes from working with diverse individuals, thoughts and backgrounds. In Nexis Solutions, we aim to ensure all cultural differences are valued and reflect the diversity of our clients, making LexisNexis a rewarding place to work. We strive to develop our diverse pool of talent with experiences and perspectives that create a culture of inclusion and empowerment; one that fosters innovation and increased business growth.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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