Business Development Associate

<p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Position Title: Business Development Associate </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Reports to: Sr. Director of Marketing </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Status: Full Time</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Description </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The Business Development Associate is responsible for pursuing and generating new business leads, identifying points of contact within prospective customers, and nurturing leads into opportunities. They will conduct research to identify prospective customers, utilize written communication and cold calls to access organizations, and assertively pursue leads to secure initial contact and establish relationships with new customers. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Responsibilities </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">The successful candidate will: </span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;" type="disc"> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Identify potential customers using prospecting databases, social media, networking, tradeshow and other methods.  </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Qualify/disqualify inbound leads from marketing campaigns. </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to drive new opportunities and vigorously pursue initial customer contacts and meetings.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Effectively sell Viant’s capability and service offerings to prospective customers</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Stay steadfast and overcome objections to set initial appointments and move prospects through the sales cycle.  </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Work closely with marketing to nurture leads and follow up on cold leads. </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Generate and maintain robust pipeline by consistently adding new prospects to the pipeline and driving consistent movement of prospects through the sales stages.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Prepare dashboards and present them to commercial leadership team. </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Maintain ongoing awareness of the competitive environment and other market conditions.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Regularly update and maintain leads in Salesforce/CRM.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Perform other duties as assigned</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Requirements </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Education/Certification </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">B.S. Degree in Engineering or Operations preferred </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"><br><strong>Experience </strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">1-3 years of business development and/or sales prospecting experience, including cold calling, researching, qualifying and nurturing leads, preferably within a B2B manufacturing environment.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">  Medical device experience a plus.  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"><br><strong>Skills/Competencies </strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. </span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;" type="disc"> <li style="color: black; line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Competitive drive and the ability to self-motivate to meet and exceed expectations.</span></li> <li style="color: black; line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Problem solving skills and the ability to find new ways to create value. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">  </span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Operates with a bias to action, positive can-do attitude and resourcefully innovate in a lean and fluid organization. </span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;" type="disc"> <li style="line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Technical aptitude and ability to learn and sell a portfolio of engineered products.</span></li> <li style="color: black; line-height: normal; background: white; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Strong commercial aptitude, including ability to understand customer needs and requirements, identify solutions, build long-term dynamic relationships. </span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM and ZoomInfo. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Travel </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Approximately 20% travel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"><br>Position location: Remote or at our Viant sites in Wilmington, MA, Grand Rapids, MI or Ft Wayne, IN (</span><a rel="noopener" href="https://viantmedical.com/about/locations/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">https://viantmedical.com/about/locations/</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">) </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;"><br><strong>About Viant </strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Viantis a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 7,000 associates across 25 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e2841;">Viant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Viant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.</span></p>

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