Business Development Representative
Type: Full-time
Languages: English & German required (fluent)
Travel: EU/EEA travel for client meetings and industry events
About R17 Ventures
R17 Ventures is a performance marketing and growth agency helping ambitious brands scale online.
We work at the intersection of performance marketing, strategy, creative, technology, AI, and commercial growth. Our focus is simple: helping clients grow revenue, improve profitability, and build stronger digital businesses.
We are looking for a Sales Executive / Business Development Manager who wants more than a classic sales role. This is a chance to build relationships with exciting brands, shape growth partnerships, and grow with a fast-moving company and wider group.
The Role
You will own your own sales pipeline from first contact to signed contract. You will identify, approach, pitch, and close new clients, mainly in the DACH and broader European markets. This role is ideal for someone who is ambitious, structured, and commercially driven. You should enjoy building relationships, understanding business challenges, and selling high-value services, not just products. Compensation will include a strong commission component, so this role is designed for someone who is motivated by performance, ownership, and upside.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and manage your own pipeline from outreach to signed contract
- Proactively identify and approach mid-market and enterprise prospects
- Sell performance marketing, growth, and digital services to ambitious brands
- Lead discovery calls and understand each client’s business, revenue goals, and growth challenges
- Work with internal specialists to create strong, tailored proposals
- Present commercial offers, negotiate terms, and close deals
- Keep HubSpot accurate with clean pipeline data and realistic forecasting
- Represent R17 at industry events, client meetings, and networking opportunities across Europe
- Use AI tools to work faster, smarter, and more creatively - while applying good human judgment
What We’re Looking For
Essential
You should bring:
- 3+ years of B2B sales experience, ideally selling services such as marketing, consulting, digital, creative, SaaS implementation, or similar
- Experience selling to mid-market or enterprise clients
- Strong understanding of performance marketing, growth marketing, or digital business models
- Ability to manage the full sales cycle independently
- Experience using HubSpot or a comparable CRM
- Fluent English and German, spoken and written
- Strong commercial thinking: you can connect marketing activity to revenue, margin, and business impact
- A structured, self-motivated approach to remote work
- A genuine interest in helping clients grow, not just closing deals
Nice to Have
- Existing network of marketing or business decision-makers in DACH or Europe
- Previous experience in a performance marketing, growth, digital, or creative agency
- Knowledge of Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok Ads, or e-commerce growth
- Additional European language, especially French or Italian
Why Join R17? At R17, you will not just “do sales.” You will help shape how we grow.
We offer:
- Competitive base salary
- Strong sales commission component with meaningful upside
- 25 days annual leave
- Remote-first flexibility
- A high-trust culture with ownership from day one
- Direct exposure to senior management and strategic decisions
- Opportunity to grow into senior sales, partnerships, country development, or broader group-level roles
- A fast-moving environment where AI, automation, and new technologies are part of how we work
- A team culture that values initiative, speed, curiosity, and accountability
This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to build a career in sales, growth, and digital business, with real room to grow as the company and group expand.
How You’ll Be Measured - Success in this role will be measured by:
- New business revenue (primarily)
- Quality and value of closed deals
- Pipeline health and velocity
- Conversion from pitch to close
- Accuracy of forecasting
- Quality of client handover and onboarding
To Apply
- Apply directly on this job posting and complete the application form. If you havent heard back from us within two weeks please consider your application unsuccessful