Senior Business Development Manager (Automotive)

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom; hybrid workplace.

Company

hirify.global is a European automotive marketplace using technology, media, and automotive expertise to help people buy, sell, advertise, and lease cars.

What you will do

• Sign up independent motor traders and franchise dealer groups and drive adoption of the Sell My Car bidding and buying platform.
• Generate new business through high-volume cold outreach and inbound leads, primarily by phone, with field visits when needed.
• Identify upsell opportunities for transport, wallet, stock funding, and other services.
• Build long-term relationships and deliver persuasive pitches to GMs, group buyers, business owners, and sole traders.
• Collaborate with Account Management on account handovers and dealer reactivation.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and manage data effectively.

Requirements

• Experience in a similar role within the automotive retail industry is essential.
• Driven, hardworking, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-growing scale-up environment.
• Hunter mentality with a passion for prospecting and developing new partnerships.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, business development, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to adapt communication to different audiences and work with data to identify opportunities and risks.
• Ability to use CRM tools such as Salesforce.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid role with an annual scheme allowing work from abroad for one month.
• 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 days with length of service.
• Employee share options, pension contributions of up to 5% via Royal London, private healthcare, and life assurance of 4x annual salary.
• Parental, partner, and shared parental leave, plus fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies.
• Monthly mental wellbeing coaching, childcare support, learning and development budget, and a £500 home office budget.
• Inclusive culture focused on fair recruitment and valuing diverse identities, backgrounds, and experiences.

Hiring process

• Introductory call with the Talent Partner.
• Skills-based interview with the Team Manager and Head of Department, followed by a role-based task interview with the Team Manager and Director.
• Values interview.