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Either there is not enough new business coming in, the conversations that are happening are not converting, or the people responsible for growth are too stretched across other responsibilities to give outbound the consistent attention it needs. Companies use RooCruit to find experienced Business Development Managers in South Africa who build and convert pipeline as their primary focus, whilst saving up to **50% on salaries** compared to hiring locally in the UK or US. We have recorded video interviews with a library of business development professionals actively looking for part-time and full-time remote work from **£14 – $17 per hour**. ## What a Business Development Manager does A Business Development Manager is responsible for generating new revenue for the business. That means identifying the right prospects, opening conversations through outbound outreach, managing those conversations through to a proposal or commercial discussion, and converting interest into signed clients. Depending on the business, that might involve cold outreach across email and LinkedIn, attending or following up from industry events, managing inbound leads that come through marketing, or a combination of all of these. What separates a strong Business Development Manager from a junior sales hire is the ability to own the full process with genuine commercial judgement. They are not just executing a script. They are identifying which opportunities are worth pursuing, understanding the competitive landscape well enough to position the business effectively, managing complex conversations that involve multiple stakeholders, and knowing when to push and when to give a prospect the space to make a decision. Where businesses feel the absence of this role most acutely is when growth becomes dependent on the founder or director being personally involved in every new business conversation. That model works up to a point and then it stops scaling. A dedicated Business Development Manager takes that responsibility off the people who should be running the business and puts it in the hands of someone whose entire focus is finding and converting the next client. ## Hire a Business Development Manager dedicated to your business New business development is a discipline that rewards deep product knowledge, accumulated market understanding, and a growing network of relationships within a sector. A BDM who has spent twelve months inside a business knows the objections, knows the competitive landscape, knows which types of prospect convert and which ones don't, and has started to build the kind of familiarity with the market that makes outreach more targeted and conversations more effective over time. When you hire through RooCruit, you get one Business Development Manager who builds that knowledge and stays with you. There is no agency cycling through SDRs on your account, no consultant who runs a new business campaign and hands over a spreadsheet, and no revolving door of sales hires who take six months to ramp and then leave. The BDM you start with is the BDM you keep. The clients who get the most from the arrangement are the ones who invest properly in the onboarding. Sharing the full picture of who your best clients are, why they chose you, what objections come up most often, and what the competitive landscape looks like gives your BDM the foundations to have better conversations from day one rather than learning all of it the hard way through lost deals. ## How RooCruit can help you find a Business Development Manager fast Hiring a Business Development Manager is one of the most consequential hires a growing business makes. This is someone who will be representing your business to prospects who have never heard of you, making a first impression in competitive situations, and having commercial conversations that directly affect your revenue. Getting the judgement, the communication style, and the commercial instincts right matters before they have spoken to a single prospect. That is why every candidate in our library has completed a recorded video interview before you see them. For a sales role, how someone presents themselves, how they handle a question they were not expecting, and whether they come across as someone a prospect would trust are all visible in a video interview in a way they simply are not on a CV. You get a clear read on whether this is someone you would be comfortable putting in front of your most important prospects before you have committed to a single conversation. Book a call with our team, share your brief, and we will match you with three suitable candidates within 48 hours. If the first batch does not feel right, we go back and find better ones. And if the right person is not already in our library, we will run a custom search at no extra cost. [Book a call](/book-a-call) ## Tasks our Business Development Managers assist clients with The business development managers in our library bring experience across a range of industries, deal sizes, and sales cycles. When you share your brief, we will match you with someone whose background fits the nature of your sales process and the type of clients you are trying to win. ### Outbound prospecting and pipeline building For businesses that need a consistent flow of new conversations, we have candidates experienced in building targeted prospect lists, running structured outbound campaigns across email and LinkedIn, and generating the volume of qualified conversations that a growing sales pipeline requires. ### Lead qualification and pipeline management For businesses with inbound leads that are not being followed up quickly or thoroughly enough, we have candidates skilled in qualifying opportunities, managing pipeline stages with discipline, and making sure no conversation goes cold because nobody had time to follow up. ### Proposal and pitch development For businesses where converting interest into a proposal is a critical stage in the sales process, we have candidates with experience developing compelling commercial proposals, tailoring pitches to specific prospect needs, and presenting solutions in a way that makes the decision straightforward. ### Stakeholder and complex sale management For businesses selling into organisations where multiple decision-makers are involved, we have candidates experienced in mapping stakeholder landscapes, managing relationships across a buying group, and navigating the kind of complex, multi-touch sales processes that require patience and strategic thinking as much as energy and enthusiasm. ### Partnerships and channel development For businesses looking to grow through referral partnerships, reseller relationships, or strategic alliances, we have candidates with experience identifying, approaching, and developing the kinds of commercial partnerships that create new revenue streams without requiring a proportional increase in direct sales effort. ### CRM and sales reporting For businesses that want better visibility of what is actually happening in the pipeline, we have candidates who manage CRM diligently, maintain accurate pipeline reporting, and give leadership a clear and honest view of where the new business numbers are heading. ## Why choose a Business Development Manager in South Africa Business development is a role where the ability to build credibility quickly, communicate a value proposition clearly, and hold your own in a commercial negotiation are the skills that determine whether conversations convert. Those capabilities depend on confident, fluent English and a genuine understanding of how UK and US businesses buy, make decisions, and evaluate suppliers. That is not something that can be approximated. South African business development professionals have grown up communicating in English and working with Western-facing businesses across a wide range of sectors. They understand the commercial culture, the communication expectations, and the pace of a sales process in the markets your business operates in. Prospects on the other end of a call or an email do not feel like they are talking to someone outside their market, because in every meaningful sense they are not. Beyond the communication dimension, the talent pool has genuine commercial depth. You will find business development managers who have built and converted pipeline for UK SaaS businesses selling into enterprise accounts, generated new revenue for professional services firms in competitive markets, and developed partnership networks for technology companies targeting the US market. They understand what good business development looks like at a strategic level, not just an activity level, and they know the difference between a busy pipeline and a productive one. ### Native English First-language fluency for UK and US audiences ### GMT+2 timezone Full overlap with UK, comfortable with US East ### Commercial depth Enterprise, SaaS, professional services experience ## Business Development Manager Pricing The right engagement structure for a Business Development Manager depends on the nature of your sales cycle and the volume of new business activity you need. Businesses with longer, more complex sales cycles often find that a focused part-time BDM who owns the prospecting and early-stage pipeline works effectively alongside a senior person who handles the later commercial stages. Businesses with shorter sales cycles and higher volumes of prospect conversations typically benefit from a full-time commitment. Part-time ### 4 hours per day 80 hours per month £1,350 / $1,750 per month Equivalent to **£17 / $22 per hour** Full-time ### Full hours 160 hours per month £2,150 / $2,750 per month Equivalent to **£14 / $17 per hour** Business Development Managers are available from 4 to 8 hours per day. The prices shown above are the average rates for Business Development Managers and are for illustration purposes only ## What our clients say We are trusted by hundreds of agencies and companies to find their remote talent. "Their knack for pairing suitable candidates has significantly benefited us. We're eager to maintain a long-term partnership with Roocruit." Michelle Homesmart "A really simple way to recruit good talent without the fuss or long-term contracts. Flexibility to suit my business was a major draw." Martin Team Umbrella "My Roocruit assistant is of a much higher quality than I've had from other agencies before, and I couldn't be happier." Mike AquAid "We loved being able to view pre-recorded video interviews of the candidates before scheduling in-person meetings." Megan Trebletree "Their knack for pairing suitable candidates has significantly benefited us. We're eager to maintain a long-term partnership with Roocruit." Michelle Homesmart "A really simple way to recruit good talent without the fuss or long-term contracts. Flexibility to suit my business was a major draw." Martin Team Umbrella "My Roocruit assistant is of a much higher quality than I've had from other agencies before, and I couldn't be happier." Mike AquAid "We loved being able to view pre-recorded video interviews of the candidates before scheduling in-person meetings." Megan Trebletree "Their knack for pairing suitable candidates has significantly benefited us. We're eager to maintain a long-term partnership with Roocruit." Michelle Homesmart "A really simple way to recruit good talent without the fuss or long-term contracts. Flexibility to suit my business was a major draw." Martin Team Umbrella "My Roocruit assistant is of a much higher quality than I've had from other agencies before, and I couldn't be happier." Mike AquAid "We loved being able to view pre-recorded video interviews of the candidates before scheduling in-person meetings." Megan Trebletree "This is a slick operation. Hannah who is helping us, is outstanding, flexible and very good value." Matthew The Virtual Panel "We've got three excellent placements, would recommend them highly!" Asif Disruptiv Media "The hardest part was choosing between several excellent candidates." James Crossover Communications "Roocruit is a true expert at providing top-shelf professional services talent." Doug Wendt Partners "This is a slick operation. Hannah who is helping us, is outstanding, flexible and very good value." Matthew The Virtual Panel "We've got three excellent placements, would recommend them highly!" Asif Disruptiv Media "The hardest part was choosing between several excellent candidates." James Crossover Communications "Roocruit is a true expert at providing top-shelf professional services talent." Doug Wendt Partners "This is a slick operation. Hannah who is helping us, is outstanding, flexible and very good value." Matthew The Virtual Panel "We've got three excellent placements, would recommend them highly!" Asif Disruptiv Media "The hardest part was choosing between several excellent candidates." James Crossover Communications "Roocruit is a true expert at providing top-shelf professional services talent." Doug Wendt Partners ## Business Development Manager FAQs ### What does a Business Development Manager actually do day-to-day? ### Do they handle the full sales cycle or just the early stages? ### What sectors do your candidates have experience in? ### Do they work to targets? ### Who pays the specialist — us or RooCruit? ### What if the candidate is not the right fit? ## Finding the right Business Development Manager is FREE with RooCruit Getting started is completely free. Book a call, share your brief, and we will send you video profiles of pre-vetted Business Development Managers within **24 hours**. 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