Business Development Manager

We are looking for a commercially driven and ambitious

Business Development Manager

to help grow DN Media Group’s corporate subscription business.

This is a new-business-first sales role. You will create new opportunities, open doors at the C-level, and convert prospects into long-term customers across DN Media Group's portfolio of publications and services. This role is for someone who gets their energy from solving a prospect’s needs, is relentless about finding the next opportunity, and closing deals.

Success in this role requires persistence, commercial curiosity, strong relationship-building skills and a genuine desire to create value for customers. You will work closely with colleagues across Corporate Sales, Marketing and Product teams, contributing to both sales growth and long-term customer development.

Your responsibilities

Drive corporate subscription growth

Proactively identify and develop new business opportunities across DN Media Group’s portfolio of publications and services, collaborating with the Events, Ads and Marketing teams

Generate new sales through proactive outreach, lead follow-up and relationship building.

Consistently meet or exceed revenue targets and activity KPIs, while accurately forecasting your results.

Sales Execution

Manage and develop a portfolio of corporate customers through renewals, upselling and ongoing account development.

Build strong relationships with decision-makers and key stakeholders.

Understand customer needs and recommend relevant subscription solutions and services.

Sales execution

Engage and build trust with C-level and senior stakeholders, understanding their strategic priorities.

Multi-thread across organizations to build consensus, de-risk deals and implement company-wide agreements from the get-go.

Position DN Media Group's content, insight and market intelligence as a strategic asset.

Prepare proposals, presentations and commercial recommendations.

Maintain a high-quality sales pipeline and accurately forecast revenue using sales methodologies such as MEDDIC.

Represent DN Media Group professionally and contribute to a positive customer experience across all touchpoints.

Your background

We are looking for someone who is naturally curious, hungry to win, and energized by selling into senior levels of an organization.

Experience

Experience from B2B sales, with a proven track record of developing new business opportunities and winning enterprise customers.

Track record of consistently meeting or exceeding new business sales targets.

Experience selling to C-level and senior stakeholders, with strong multi-threading skills as standard practice.

Experience from media, information services or subscription-based businesses is an advantage.

Experience working with sales methodologies such as MEDDIC or MEDDPICC is a strong plus.

Experience with tools such as HubSpot, Apollo.io, Sales Navigator or similar is an advantage.

Profile

Genuinely curious: you ask great questions and love learning what makes a business tick.

Hungry and goal-oriented, with a competitive drive to win and a resilience that thrives on rejection.

Growth mindset and a desire to continuously improve and develop.

Excellent communication skills and comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels, through phone, email and in-person

Structured and proactive, able to manage a demanding pipeline of multiple live opportunities.

Understanding of industries such as shipping, energy or seafood is beneficial.

DN MEDIA GROUP ASIA PTE. LTD.

Leading. Insightful. Current. News-worthy. Engaging. Thoroughness. Exclusive.

The above terms sum up what DN Media Group aims to be for its readers and customers. They set the tone for our journalism, they guide how our editors prioritise the daily flood of news and they underpin the confidence we want our customers to have in our products.

DN Media Group is a leading news provider both in Norway and globally within the select segments where we operate. This position has been built by understanding what is important to our readers, focusing on that and let that define our products.

Our publications do not try to be all things to all people, but are always insightful within the select fields they cover. We cover a wide geographical area, but are highly focused when it comes to subject matter. Our journalists are experts in their areas and this is reflected in our publications. They do not just report what happens, but also provide insight into why it is happening.