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Senior Bdm - Public Sector

LexisNexis South Africa·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Internship
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About the Role

  • As a Senior Business Development Manager - Public Sector, you'll drive revenue growth across government departments, regulators, and state-owned enterprises. You'll lead complex sales opportunities, build strategic customer relationships, and coach sales professionals across the public-sector team.
  • This is a senior individual-contributor role with no direct people-management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Drive new business acquisition, renewals, and account expansion across the public sector.
  • Lead complex, high-value government sales opportunities and negotiations.
  • Build strategic relationships with government departments, regulators, and public institutions.
  • Navigate public-sector procurement processes, tenders, and long sales cycles.
  • Coach Account Managers and Business Development Managers to strengthen sales execution and deal conversion.
  • Manage pipeline quality, opportunity qualification, and revenue forecasting.
  • Identify opportunities aligned with government funding, procurement requirements, and customer needs.
  • Partner with internal teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
  • Ensure compliance with procurement regulations, pricing, and commercial governance.

Requirements

  • Extensive B2B sales experience and a record of delivering public-sector revenue growth.
  • Experience selling to government, state-owned enterprises, or public institutions.
  • Knowledge of public-sector procurement, tenders, and budgeting cycles.
  • Success managing complex, high-value, multi-stakeholder sales opportunities.
  • Experience in technology, legal technology, enterprise software, or information services.
  • Strong pipeline management, forecasting, and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to coach and influence sales teams without formal authority.
  • Strong commercial judgement, stakeholder engagement, and ethical selling practices.

At a glance

Company

LexisNexis South Africa

Location

Gauteng, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

October 14, 2026