Sales & Business development job descriptions
Sales roles open and grow revenue. Describe your offer, your market, your sales cycle and how deals are tracked.
Business developer
New leads, meetings and partnerships.
- Identify and qualify new prospects and partners.
- Run outreach and first meetings.
- Build proposals and negotiate terms.
- Keep the CRM accurate and forecast pipeline.
- JuniorWorks on well-defined tasks with regular review; learns the tools and the domain.
- MidOwns features or deliverables end to end; asks for help on complex trade-offs.
- SeniorLeads complex work, makes trade-offs, reviews others and mentors.
- LeadSets direction for a team or a domain, plans the work and grows people.
- PrincipalShapes practice across teams and long-term choices; trusted advisor to leadership.
- Open a new market in Germany
- Outbound programme for a fintech product
- CRM clean-up and reporting
- Partner programme launch
- Fixed-price missionA defined deliverable, split into milestones; FreelanX holds the funds and releases each approved milestone.
- Day or hourly rateOngoing or uncertain scope, with a budget cap and regular milestones.
- Employee through FreelanX EORA long-term role abroad: FreelanX EOR is the legal employer, from $499 per employee per month.
- How do you qualify a lead in the first call?
- Tell me about a deal you lost and why.
- How do you organise a week of prospecting?
Median day rate in USD of the profiles of this role on FreelanX, by seniority, computed in your browser from the directory.
[Company] · [Seniority] · [Location and time zone] · [Freelance mission / Employee through FreelanX EOR]
New leads, meetings and partnerships. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- Identify and qualify new prospects and partners.
- Run outreach and first meetings.
- Build proposals and negotiate terms.
- Keep the CRM accurate and forecast pipeline.
- Prospecting
- Partnerships
- Negotiation
- B2B sales
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Market entry
- Cold outreach
- Lead generation
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Account executive
Demos, proposals and closing deals.
- Run the sales cycle from discovery to signature.
- Demonstrate the product around the customer's problem.
- Negotiate pricing and contract terms within the rules.
- Forecast accurately and hand over to customer success.
- JuniorWorks on well-defined tasks with regular review; learns the tools and the domain.
- MidOwns features or deliverables end to end; asks for help on complex trade-offs.
- SeniorLeads complex work, makes trade-offs, reviews others and mentors.
- LeadSets direction for a team or a domain, plans the work and grows people.
- PrincipalShapes practice across teams and long-term choices; trusted advisor to leadership.
- Open a new market in Germany
- Outbound programme for a fintech product
- CRM clean-up and reporting
- Partner programme launch
- Fixed-price missionA defined deliverable, split into milestones; FreelanX holds the funds and releases each approved milestone.
- Day or hourly rateOngoing or uncertain scope, with a budget cap and regular milestones.
- Employee through FreelanX EORA long-term role abroad: FreelanX EOR is the legal employer, from $499 per employee per month.
- How do you run a discovery call?
- A prospect asks for a 30% discount at the last minute: what do you do?
- How do you build a forecast you trust?
Median day rate in USD of the profiles of this role on FreelanX, by seniority, computed in your browser from the directory.
[Company] · [Seniority] · [Location and time zone] · [Freelance mission / Employee through FreelanX EOR]
Demos, proposals and closing deals. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- Run the sales cycle from discovery to signature.
- Demonstrate the product around the customer's problem.
- Negotiate pricing and contract terms within the rules.
- Forecast accurately and hand over to customer success.
- Closing
- Demos
- SaaS sales
- Negotiation
- MEDDIC
- Proposals
- Salesforce
- Enterprise sales
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Sales operations
CRM, sales process and reporting.
- Administer the CRM and keep data clean.
- Build sales reports and dashboards.
- Design territories, quotas and compensation plans with leadership.
- Improve the sales process and tools.
- JuniorWorks on well-defined tasks with regular review; learns the tools and the domain.
- MidOwns features or deliverables end to end; asks for help on complex trade-offs.
- SeniorLeads complex work, makes trade-offs, reviews others and mentors.
- LeadSets direction for a team or a domain, plans the work and grows people.
- PrincipalShapes practice across teams and long-term choices; trusted advisor to leadership.
- Open a new market in Germany
- Outbound programme for a fintech product
- CRM clean-up and reporting
- Partner programme launch
- Fixed-price missionA defined deliverable, split into milestones; FreelanX holds the funds and releases each approved milestone.
- Day or hourly rateOngoing or uncertain scope, with a budget cap and regular milestones.
- Employee through FreelanX EORA long-term role abroad: FreelanX EOR is the legal employer, from $499 per employee per month.
- How do you make pipeline stages consistent across a team?
- Which reports would you build in the first month?
- How would you roll out a new CRM field to 50 sellers?
Median day rate in USD of the profiles of this role on FreelanX, by seniority, computed in your browser from the directory.
[Company] · [Seniority] · [Location and time zone] · [Freelance mission / Employee through FreelanX EOR]
CRM, sales process and reporting. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- Administer the CRM and keep data clean.
- Build sales reports and dashboards.
- Design territories, quotas and compensation plans with leadership.
- Improve the sales process and tools.
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Sales reporting
- Forecasting
- CRM administration
- Territory planning
- Process design
- Excel
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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7 more Sales & Business development roles
Each card copies a job description with the role summary, the skills and the practical details; write the outcomes in the bracket.
Target lists, outreach and qualified meetings.
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Target lists, outreach and qualified meetings. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Cold email
- LinkedIn outreach
- Lemlist
- Apollo
- Lead qualification
- Prospect lists
- Appointment setting
- Copywriting
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Growth and renewal of major accounts.
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Growth and renewal of major accounts. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Account management
- Upselling
- Renewals
- QBRs
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Enterprise accounts
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Partner programmes and co-selling.
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Partner programmes and co-selling. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Partner programmes
- Channel sales
- Co-selling
- Alliances
- Negotiation
- Marketplaces
- Reseller management
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Technical demos and solution design for deals.
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Technical demos and solution design for deals. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Solution design
- Technical demos
- RFP responses
- Proofs of concept
- SaaS
- Integration
- Discovery calls
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Onboarding, adoption and renewals.
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Onboarding, adoption and renewals. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Onboarding
- Adoption
- Renewals
- Gainsight
- Churn reduction
- QBRs
- Customer training
- Zendesk
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
Send a short note on a similar piece of work, with a link if you can share it, and your availability.
Remote selling by email, video and chat.
Customise it in the generator[Company] · [Seniority] · [Location and time zone] · [Freelance mission / Employee through FreelanX EOR]
Remote selling by email, video and chat. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Phone sales
- Video selling
- Qualification
- Follow-ups
- HubSpot
- Pipedrive
- Objection handling
- Closing
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Training and coaching for sales teams.
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Training and coaching for sales teams. [Add the context: the product, the team and why the role matters now.]
- [Add the 3 to 5 outcomes that matter most: what will be different after the mission or the first six months.]
- Sales coaching
- Playbooks
- Role plays
- Onboarding programmes
- Negotiation training
- Workshops
- Sales methodology
- Salesforce Administrator
- Salesforce, HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Negotiation, Pipeline management, CRM, Forecasting
- Start: [date]
- Duration: [length, or permanent]
- Location and time zone: [where]
- Languages: [languages]
- Budget or pay: [range]
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Questions about these roles
What does a business developer do?
New leads, meetings and partnerships. Identify and qualify new prospects and partners. Run outreach and first meetings.
What does an account executive do?
Demos, proposals and closing deals. Run the sales cycle from discovery to signature. Demonstrate the product around the customer's problem.
What does a sales operations do?
CRM, sales process and reporting. Administer the CRM and keep data clean. Build sales reports and dashboards.
Which other Sales & Business development roles can I hire on FreelanX?
Lead generation, Key account manager, Partnerships manager, Pre-sales consultant, Customer success manager, Inside sales, Sales trainer. Browse the profiles on the Sales & Business development category page.
Where do the day rates come from?
From the profiles of each role on FreelanX: the page computes the median day rate by seniority in your browser. Rates depend on country, experience and the mission; they are a starting point for your budget, not a quote.
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