Junior Business Development Manager

At Urban Connect, we are shaping the future of corporate mobility. As a leading Swiss multimodal mobility platform for businesses, we enable shared, climate-neutral transportation. Our offering includes a diverse range of low-emission vehicles, from e-bikes to e-cars, all conveniently bookable via our award-winning app. Additionally, by integrating existing company’s fleets and partnering with SBB for conveniently providing public transport tickets within the same platform, we are revolutionizing the way people travel to work. With our smart mobility budget, we are not only shaping commuting habits but also the future of our cities.

As a Junior Business Development Manager at Urban Connect, you will not only represent our product to the outside world but also actively contribute to driving the mobility transformation forward. Your contribution is crucial to winning new customers, strengthening existing partnerships, and further improving our services.

Responsibilities:

You will manage your own pipeline of new, qualified, and interested leads and support the team in processing inquiries.

• Creating materials and pitch documents for customers.
• Conducting product presentations and demonstrations to highlight the value of our solutions.
• Generate new leads for Urban Connect through various channels, including email campaigns, events, or discovery meetings.

You are heavily involved in internal business development and can drive internal processes.

• Maintain and further develop our CRM tool.
• Maintain and develop our partnerships.
• You think proactively and reflect on sales processes, improve them when necessary and introduce new strategic and creative solutions to optimize existing approaches.

You are curious and excited about developing market knowledge and keeping abreast of industry trends, competitor activities, and new technologies.

• Work with the marketing team to increase the quantity and quality of leads.
• Provide feedback to the product development team based on customer needs and market requirements.

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Communications or similar fields, Master's degree is a plus.
• You have 1-2 years of experience working in a fast paced, dynamic environment such as start-up or consulting and / or in business development.
• You are flexible and prudent, enjoy working in a highly dynamic environment, and are able to adapt quickly to change.
• You can work well in a team, you are reliable, and you can get to grips with the start-up nature of the company, where employees also have to lend a hand in other departments of the company if necessary.
• You have a hands-on mentality, are emphatic, and motivate your team through your determination to achieve results.
• You have analytical skills and are confident working with data, deal with complexity with confidence, and are not afraid of big numbers.

Required:

• Business fluent in English and German.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of French.
• Advanced knowledge of CRM systems (e.g. HubSpot).

• You can expect an exciting and challenging role with a high degree of creative freedom in a sustainable and future-oriented startup
• A culture that puts people above processes and offers plenty of potential to develop in the areas you are passionate about and interested in
• Dynamic start-up team spirit and lots of team events
• Great working environment that takes the balance between performance and personal wellbeing very seriously
• Access to a company fleet of e-bikes, e-scooters and e-cars
• Attractive office - with table tennis table - in the Prime Tower in the heart of Zurich
• Competitive start-up remuneration package
• Opportunity to contribute to scaling a well-positioned company

Have we sparked your interest? Then please get in touch with us.