New Business Development Executives work to connect with, court and increase business leads. They are very persuasive and spend a lot of time communicating with potential clients. They discuss the products and service of their business hence they have to be very knowledgeable about the company.

A New Business Development Executive usually performs many of the following tasks:

•  Generating business leads
•  Liaising with sales and marketing teams
• Keeping appointments
• Making calls
• Attending company meetings
• Continuing education
• Finalizing deal proposals
• Managing change control processes
• Overseeing cost model development
• Evaluating strategic plans
• Investigating new business opportunities

• Being intelligent
• Being driven
• Being a hard worker
• Being ambitious
• Being articulate
• Being able to communicate verbally and n written form
• Being motivated
• Being able to conduct presentations
• Being a team player
• Organization
• Prioritization
• Being technically minded
• Time management
• Being discrete

A Bachelors Degree in Business is very helpful to people who want to pursue a job as a New Business Development Executive. People who attain a higher degree such as a Masters Degree are usually the first in line to be employed.