Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FedEx Dataworks operates as an entrepreneurial growth business within FedEx, developing new ways for organizations to unlock value from data, technology, and logistics intelligence. The Business Development Manager will help scale Meridian by building and refining its commercial model, cultivating enterprise relationships, generating market validation, and driving customer adoption. The role leads strategic customer engagements and collaborates with technical and commercial teams to create customer success stories, market insights, and repeatable growth processes.
Responsibilities
- Prospect Research: Conduct market research to help identify potential customer or partner leads
- Bridge Product, Platform & Customer: Drive cross-functional collaboration within value delivery pods, working hand-in-hand with solution engineering, product, and platform teams to transform customer feedback and technical requirements from active pilots into actionable enhancements
- Build Playbooks: Identify and document best practices, repeatable processes, and success stories from your pilot portfolio to help build the foundational commercial blueprint
- Identify New Opportunities: Partner with fellow BDMs to evaluate prospective enterprise partners, ensuring a steady funnel of high-quality candidates for the pilot pipeline
- Data & CRM Support: Assist in maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of prospect interactions and pilot program data within our CRM system
- Articulate the Vision: Effectively engage and communicate the compelling vision of co-creation and joint innovation to procurement, data science, and supply chain leaders and decision-makers within partner organizations
Skills
- *For All Levels -* Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Supply Chain, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) is required
- *Business Development Manager I* – 0-2 years of relevant experience or internships in fields such as business analysis, sales support, market research, or related area
- *Business Development Manager II* – Two (2) years of experience in business development, inside sales, market research, or a related role (experience in logistics, tech, or supply chain is a significant plus)
- *Business Development Manager III* - Four (4) years of experience in business development, inside sales, market research, or a related role (experience in logistics, tech, or supply chain is a significant plus)
- *For All Levels -* This position requires travel
- * **Strategic Solution Specialist:** You bring expertise in enterprise data-to-insights-to-action signals and insights intelligence, decision-orchestration, enterprise ontologies, and supply chain products to guide complex enterprise transformations
- * Relationship Builder: You are a skilled relationship manager who can independently navigate complex enterprise organizations and secure buy-in from multiple cross-functional stakeholders
- * Ambiguity Adaptable: You thrive in fluid, fast-paced environments. You don't need a pre-existing playbook to be successful—you enjoy helping to write it
- * Collaborator: You have a proven track record of working closely with technical teams (Solution Engineering, Product, Engineering, Data Science) to solve complex customer challenges
- * Execution-Minded: You possess a strong balance of strategic thinking and relentless execution, capable of managing project details without losing sight of the big picture
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