hipages Group
Business Development Manager
To help tradies streamline and grow their business and delight their customer
Sales and customer success
Full-time
Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why hipages Group
We are an Australian-owned, ASX listed tech company and the leading online tradie marketplace in Australia. Ranked #2 Best Places to Work in Australia, we offer meaningful, impactful work collaborating and innovating with the best and brightest in a transparent, supportive and fast-paced work environment.
Inspired and driven by our purpose of transforming the trade industry, building better lives for everyone, hipages Group operates via three technology-enabled platforms; hipages, Tradiecore, and Builderscrack (NZ) with ~300 team members across Australia, China, Philippines and New Zealand.
The hipages team create effortless solutions that help tradies streamline and grow their business and delight their customers.
About the role
About the Role: Are you ready to take your sales career to the next level? Join our vibrant, high-energy business development team at hipages and help revolutionize the way tradies do business! As a Business Development Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving new business, growing relationships with key decision-makers, and shaping the future of the hipages platform for SME trade businesses. If you’re passionate about sales and love the thrill of closing deals, this is the role for you!
This isn’t just another job—this is your chance to take charge, make a real impact, and build your own portfolio while working in a fast-paced, fun, and highly rewarding environment. Whether it’s through calls or face-to-face meetings, you'll be empowered to go after new opportunities and exceed your targets. Let’s dive into what a typical day could look like for you:
Hitting daily targets (and your personal bests!):
- Close deals, sign up tradies to our platform, and watch your commissions soar with uncapped potential.
- Your daily, weekly, and monthly targets? They're your chance to exceed expectations and earn exciting incentives!
Build meaningful relationships:
- Connect with SME trade businesses, over the phone or face to face. Listen to their challenges, and provide solutions with the power of the hipages platform.
- Turn a “no” into a “yes” with your knack for handling objections and make lifelong connections with tradie customers.
Own Your Sales Process:
- Qualify leads, follow up on prospects, and pitch our platform's incredible benefits with confidence.
- As you build your pipeline and grow your portfolio, you’ll see your hard work pay off as you deliver real value to tradies.
Compliant and High-Quality Interactions:
- Engage customers by following scripts, ensuring every interaction is top-notch and compliant.
About You: We want a go-getter, someone who’s excited by challenges, has a natural flair for sales, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Whether you're on the phone or meeting clients face to face, you’re always thinking two steps ahead and closing in on your goals.
What makes you the perfect fit:
- You’re a sales superstar who loves the thrill of the chase and turning prospects into loyal customers.
- You know how to build rapport quickly and can adapt your approach to meet each customer’s unique needs.
- You’re not just tech-savvy; you’re always up for learning new systems and improving your game.
- You love working in a team environment, but you also have the drive to achieve individual success.
Bonus points if you have:
- Salesforce experience (but if not, don’t worry—we’ll help you learn).
- A positive attitude and the ability to bounce back from challenges with ease.
Why you’ll love it here:
- Uncapped commissions, amazing incentives, and the chance to earn equity through our Employee Share Program.
- High-performance culture with weekly and monthly rewards and recognition for your hard work.
- Extra leave benefits like birthday, anniversary, and volunteer leave, plus up to 5 days of negative leave—because we know work-life balance is key.
Take a look inside our home: Offering an inspirational ‘home away from home’, our commitment to being a Great Place to Work means you will feel comfortable being your authentic self and get to do your best work everyday. Our medium company size means you get the best technology and tools to work with AND get to directly contribute to our product, service and/or customers. Our investment into continuous career development for everyone and a coach-style of leadership means a huge 85% of our team report they consider their direct leader ‘a great leader’ with 86% of the team saying hipages is a Great Place to Work!
Excited yet? There’s more!
- A close-knit diverse family of bright, respectful, collaborative team members who love to solve problems and jump on new opportunities;
- Agile, cross-functional teams who value teamwork - from Hackathon to team off-sites, to product roadshows, you get to experience it all;
- Competitive salary and benefits (including additional paid leave for birthdays, volunteering, service anniversaries and parental leave), plus our Employee Share Ownership Program means we’re all owners of hipages;
- Daily continental breakfast, fresh fruit and snacks;
- Inspiring home-away-from-home office and location - based in the heart of Sydney CBD, only a few steps from Town Hall or Gadigal Stations, with multiple indoor and outdoor collaboration and social areas;
- High-touch personalised investment in your continuous career development;
Social connection focus: Friday socials, 2x big company parties per year and regular and fun teaming activities -we work hard but play hard too!
What you'll be responsible for
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Outbound Prospecting
Generate new sales opportunities and move them through the funnel by drafting outreach messages and sequences, and identifying the needs of customers
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Lead Qualification
Determine which prospective customers are most likely to purchase the organization's product/service, using a lead specific qualification framework
Skills you'll need
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Resilience
Bounces back from stressful experiences while being optimistic, emotionally aware, and adapts to change
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Results orientation
Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them
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Verbal communication
Speaks clearly to convey information effectively to a target audience