Senior Business Development Manager
Confidential
Posted: May 12, 2026
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Quick Summary
Senior Business Development Manager must be a key member of our sales and marketing team, responsible for developing and executing a business development strategy to drive revenue growth and expand our dealership network.
Required Skills
Job Description
The Opportunity
At DoneDeal Cars we are shaping the future of Ireland's car marketplace. Over 90% of Irish dealerships advertise on our platform, and dealers in our 2025 Dealer Survey voted us the number one place to sell cars — for leads, ease of use, ad-boosting tools, and customer service.
Our mission is to make buying and selling cars feel this good — for consumers and for our dealer partners. We are entering a strategic phase: launching a website product that will fundamentally change how Irish dealers compete online, and deepening our partnership with the dealers who drive the Irish motor industry.
As a Senior Business Development Manager, you will own a portfolio of high-value dealer relationships across the Midlands, Leinster and Dublin. You will lead account reviews, identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities, position our new website product as a strategic asset for your dealers, and represent DoneDeal Cars on the road across one of our most commercially significant patches.
The Patch
This is a Field Sales role covering the Midlands, Leinster (including Carlow and Kilkenny) and parts of Dublin. You will manage approximately 130 dealer accounts spanning independent dealers, franchise sites, and regional dealer groups. The territory is a mix of established relationships, growth opportunities, and competitive accounts where competitors foothold we want to challenge.
What will I be doing
Own Your Patch
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 130 dealer accounts across the Midlands, Leinster and Dublin.
• Conduct structured Account Reviews — face-to-face, top-to-bottom assessments of performance, feature adoption, ROI, and growth opportunities.
• Be the primary commercial point of contact for your dealers — known, trusted, and visible on the ground.
Drive Revenue Growth
• Deliver against monthly and quarterly revenue targets through package upgrades, feature adoption, and our upsell cycle.
• Identify and progress cross-sell opportunities including ad packs, bumps, spots, and emerging product lines.
Communicate Value
• Translate platform performance data — leads delivered, conversion, ROI — into commercial conversations dealers can act on.
• Address the perception gap: many dealers underestimate the value DoneDeal delivers. Your job is to make that value visible, in their numbers, in every meeting.
• Use peer benchmarking, performance trends and feature adoption data to anchor every Review in evidence, not relationship alone.
Strategic Contribution
• Bring patch-level insight into commercial strategy — what dealers are saying, what's working, what's at risk, and where competitors are gaining ground.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing and Customer Success on campaigns, feature launches and dealer-facing initiatives.
• Mentor BDM colleagues and contribute to the development of a high-performing, structured Field Sales function.