Careers

Careers

 

Today, more than 25 service providers across 20 countries serving over 500 million subscribers are driving revenue growth and increasing customer loyalty with Defne’s solutions and services. Expertise on IN, IVR, and messaging combined with a wealth of skilled resources, allows Defne to provide reliable and scalable solutions that seamlessly integrate with existing customer infrastructure.

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We put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We hire people who can push boundaries and take risks that will benefit our customers as necessary. We offer a challenging work environment that offers our employees them opportunities to grow both individually and professionally.

 

At Defne, you will be working with some of the best leaders in the business, to deliver solutions and services that meet our customers’ demands and enhance the communications life-styles of subscribers globally.

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Current Job Openings - June 2019

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

 

Mid to Senior Level

Based in Istanbul, Turkey 

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Job Description

We are seeking a Business Development Manager with minimum five years of experience in telecommunications industry with technical background. He/she will be responsible for account management and business development activities in assigned accounts in Turkey and in other countries. He/she will manage relationships with current customers and prospects and improve relationship with decision makers and influencers at telecom operators to close commercial negotiations.

 

Taking responsibility for building a strong pipeline, he/she will generate new business relationships for the company utilizing he/her expert sales skills to deliver industry recognition and profitable revenue growth.  Location is in Istanbul, and he/she will frequently visit current customers and prospects in Turkey and abroad.

 

Main Responsibilities

• Find and create sales opportunities and turn them into Purchase Order

• Receive business and technical requirements of customer, prepare commercial proposal and coordinate with technical team to prepare technical solution for proposals

• Communicate with current customers and prospects regularly to find out customers’ needs and possible collaboration fields

• Maintain and improve good relationship with customers

• Lead commercial and technical negotiations with respective influencers and decision makers for customer contracts

• Plan business development strategies for existing customer base and leads

• Work towards agreed on sales and business development performance and KPI goals

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Desired Skills and Experience

• Fluency in Turkish and English, oral and written, required.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Telecommunications industry especially in Mobile, VAS, IVR, Messaging, IN, and OSS/BSS fields

• Account management and business development experience is required

• Technical background is an advantage

• Results-driven personality, with energy, commitment and a strong drive to succeed

• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize workloads whilst maintaining attention to detail and meeting agreed deadlines

• High level of self-confidence, self-motivation and engagement

• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills

• Proactive and creative in developing solutions with a high-level understanding of technical requirements of mobile operators

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Experience of analyzing data to produce meaningful reporting

• Open minded and goal-oriented team Player

• MS proficiency (MS Power Point, Excel, Word)

• University Degree

• No restriction to travel

 

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