Business Development Executive

Play your part in growing one of the fastest-scaling consultancies in Europe and MENA (50% YoY)

• Are you a self-motivated relationship-builder who thrives on opening doors and creating opportunities?

• Do you thrive on traveling, working, attending events and driving opportunities across the Europe, with focus on Nordics and the UK, partnering with world-class brands that demand bold capabilities and iconic impact?

• Are you driven to grow a consultancy internationally and strategically while accelerating your own professional trajectory?

In this role, you will:

• Drive Growth:
  Proactively identify and open new opportunities across the Nordics, UK, and Central Europe markets, driving our pipeline and MEDDPICC qualification processes. Oversee growth and business development initiatives, ensuring achievement of set targets and pipeline metrics.

• Scout and Connect:
  Build and proactively manage a pipeline of opportunities with prospective clients who seek our capabilities to solve their challenges. Research target accounts, identify decision-makers, and initiate conversations that lead to qualified opportunities.

• Set the Stage:
  Open conversations around how we can solve prospective clients' challenges, conducting qualification meetings that explore fit and opportunity. Secure and coordinate high-impact meetings between prospects and our consulting leadership team.

• Lead Outbound Campaigns:
  Execute targeted outbound campaigns across email, LinkedIn, and industry events that grab attention and drive engagement. Develop and implement strategies that promote business growth and expand our footprint in key European markets.

• Support Digital Outreach:
  Support outreach efforts on digital channels—LinkedIn, industry communities, and targeted platforms—to capture leads, nurture relationships, and reinforce our positioning as leaders in radical thinking and creative firepower.

About You

• You'll have 3+ years relevant business development experience in a consultancy, engineering or technology business or other related area, with demonstrable metrics in driving new business

• You'll have a Bachelors degree in at 2:1 or above grade in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Technology, Management or relevant related area.

• You'll be skilled at building relationships across cultures and markets, turning conversations into opportunities with senior decision-makers.

• You'll bring stellar communication skills in English, with Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian a strong advantage, capable of cutting through the noise and articulating complex value propositions with clarity and impact.

• You'll excel in organisation, managing multiple leads, campaigns, and stakeholder relationships with meticulous attention to detail.

• You'll be tech-savvy, with hands-on experience in HubSpot and leveraging LinkedIn Sales Navigator and other digital tools for prospecting.

• You'll have knowledge of the Nordics, UK, and Central European business landscapes, including key industries, decision-making cultures, and market dynamics.

• You'll be driven, ambitious, and ready to make a significant impact in a fast-paced, high-performance environment serving blue-chip, well-known clients

Benefits

• Great package including pay, share options/dividends and incentives dependent on experience.

• Fully paid-for European and Worldwide travel, including annual travel cards.

• Flexible and dynamic remote working.

• Accelerated learning and development through our Advancement and Development framework.

• Long service and performance related awards

• Opportunities to showcase your achievements on our circuit of industry events.

• Access to our network of partner discounts.

About Us

We're an award-winning consultancy known for combining bold strategic thinking, engineering excellence, and outstanding technical artistry to tackle the world's toughest challenges. Leaders call us when they need to invent, innovate, reimagine the future, elevate capabilities, and ignite change.

Leading companies and initiatives across Europe, Asia and the GCC trust us to bring to bear focus and firepower to drive impact in high-stakes projects in complex contexts.

Collectively, our awards include Awwwards, Cannes Lions, Cresta Awards, D&AD Pencils, Digital Experience Awards, German Design Awards, HMI Europe Awards, IF Design Awards, Marketing Week Awards, Recruitment Marketing Awards, RedDot Awards, Third Sector Awards, and Webbys.

In our fifth year of rapid growth and expansion, we're seeking an ambitious Business Development Executive to spearhead our lead generation efforts across the Nordics, UK, and Central Europe, and play a key role in introducing our proven capabilities to new markets.

Benefits

• Competitive Package:
  Pay packages regularly benchmarked at or above the market, aligned to experience, ensuring you're rewarded for your impact.

• Accelerated Advancement and Development:
  Onboarding into our comprehensive framework, offering clear pathways for rapid career progression, structured capability development with regular reviews, access to courses, and strong mentoring opportunities.

• Global Travel:
  Global travel opportunities, including a personal Annual Travel Card topped up each year, plus access to partner travel bonuses.

• Flexible Working:
  Hybrid or remote working arrangements with the option to work a 4 or 5 day week, allowing you to balance work commitments with your personal life.

• Exclusive Events:
  First access to passes and tickets for industry, arts, sports, and entertainment events we partner with.

• Wellbeing and Family Support:
  A range of wellbeing provisions including health and wellness resources, flexible parental time off, support for family travel

• Annual Bonuses:
  Performance-based bonuses aligned with company success, paid annually.

For more information about the role, please contact Thomas Netterfield