Regional Development Manager

Job Description:Location: IN, KY, WV, VA, NC, SCMust live in the above states to be considered. Please note the high travel requirements below. Company OverviewPerforming over 80 million locates annually, USIC is the most trusted name inunderground utility damage prevention. USIC also provides a full suite of utility services throughout North America. Our Mission: to deliver quality, efficient,safe, and innovative solutions to protect our partners’ infrastructure and critical assets. Our Culture is known as Living the SAFELIFE: Protecting Infrastructure, Protecting Our Communities, Protecting Ourselves.SummaryThe USIC Regional Development Manager (RDM) will lead new business initiatives across their assigned sales region which is critical to the growth plans for USIC. This important contributor to the USIC Sales team will incorporate USIC’s commercial strategies to increase new business opportunities across multiple platforms as “One USIC” to both utilities, large municipalities, and/or communications service providers. The RDM will leverage customer and industry relationships to promote the USIC brand and to develop value-added selling opportunities. Success requires a proven track record in the areas of territory management, pipeline development, prospecting / new business development, forecast accuracy, and exceeding quarterly sales targets.ResponsibilitiesAchieve company quotas for profitable sales bookings and new business revenue targetsAbility to understand the buying cycles in targeted accounts and align them to USIC’s sales strategy: prospect identification, relationship development, opportunity qualification, value-based proposal creation, accurate resource forecasting, strategic action planning, contract negotiations, focused deal closing, and service deliveryDevelop strategic account plans and overarching win strategies for assigned Sales Territories & Regional AccountsEffectively represent USIC and communicate its core value proposition, suite of offerings, and associated business impacts to utility and communications customers and prospectsTrack, analyze, and report relevant sales and pipeline metrics to communicate account progress and to efficiently utilize USIC organizational supportBuild, extend, and manage a diverse network of contacts including utility, telecom, and fiber executive stakeholders, key USIC partners, and industry consultantsSpearhead account expansion activity by driving effective cross-selling across USIC. Offer specialties to increase customer spend and attain greater “wallet share” for combined locating and advanced infrastructure services offeringsGather market and customer intelligence to help the organization develop and deliver expanded offerings around dedicated services and innovative, data-informed commercial modelsWork alongside USIC Marketing to develop commercial collateral, customer case studies, business presentations, etc. that advance commercial initiativesActively engage the customer community at industry events, conferences, and client meetingsRepresent the USIC organization in a manner consistent with its core values and team-based approach. RequirementsAbility to travel ~25-50% to customer locations and conferences3+ years’ experience working within the utility and/or communications industries5+ years of sales experience with a proven track record of territory management and new business developmentBachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferredPersuasive communication and presentation skillsExperience accessing and leveraging CRM and sales analysis tools (e.g. Salesforce)Market development and demand generation expertiseBackground in service industries, ideally with utility or infrastructure-related fieldsWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.