Business Development Manager - Deliveroo for Work
Milan · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Milan
About Deliveroo
- Deliveroo for Work (DfW) is on a mission to deliver amazing experiences in the workplace and improve employee wellbeing. We bring the neighbourhood to the office, partnering with thousands of companies across Europe — from tech startups to global law firms — to manage corporate catering and employee food perks through a centralized, high-growth platform.
- This position is based in Milan with a hybrid working model, and will report to the Corporate Commercial Lead Italy, as part of the wider DfW EU team.
- We are a global team, with DfW colleagues based across 6 countries. The growth opportunity within the Italian market is huge, with 2026 being a crucial year to scale the business so this role offers the chance to make a real commercial impact.
About the role
- Deliveroo is looking for a Corporate BDM to join the Milan team as an integral part of the Deliveroo for Work (DfW) B2B sales team in Italy.
- The primary responsibility is signing up new corporate clients, driving incremental revenue, and focusing heavily on outreach within the Italian market.
- This position is based in Milan with a hybrid working model and reports to the Corporate Commercial Lead Italy.
Responsibilities
- Growing a comprehensive sales pipeline in Italy by identifying and building relationships with senior stakeholders working at companies across different sectors and industries.
- Prospecting through B2B lead-gen databases, combined with cold-calling, email outreach, and networking, events, and referrals.
- Creating bespoke pitch decks and commercial quotations based on specific client use-cases, and handling commercial negotiations to convert target accounts.
- Owning the full sales cycle end to end, from prospecting through to closing and client activation.
- Hitting assigned monthly & quarterly KPIs including calls, meetings, activation rate, and revenue.
- Guiding new accounts through onboarding, overseeing amazing order experiences, and working closely with the Account Management team to ensure seamless handovers and client retention.
- Utilising Salesforce, Google Sheets, Looker report, and present on sales performance, pipeline, and growth strategies.
- Assisting with ad hoc tasks that fall under DfW's scope, such as attending trade events, supporting marketing activations, providing data reports, and chasing overdue client invoices.
- Being proactive in helping to improve sales processes and tools, and shortening the sales cycle.
Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Italian and English are a must.
- 3+ years of B2B sales experience, with a demonstrated track record of driving revenue growth through a consultative and data-driven approach.
- Structured and analytical mindset, able to manage long, multi-stakeholder corporate negotiations through to close and to prioritise a pipeline.
- Resilient and comfortable handling objections and rejection - cold outreach is a core part of this role.
- Skilled at navigating multi-stakeholder corporate sales, engaging procurement, legal, HR, and finance contacts alongside the primary decision maker.
- Strong commercial curiosity - genuinely interested in understanding a client's business in order to tailor solutions.
- Strong cross-team collaborator, able to work effectively with Account Management, Marketing, Product, and the wider DfW EU team to get deals done.
- Based in Milan (or willing to relocate).
- Highly proficient using Salesforce and Google Sheets (excel).
- Quick learner, team player, and thrives within a fast-paced startup environment.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
Workplace
- Based in Milan with a hybrid working model.
Skills
- Salesforce
- Google Sheets
- Excel
- Looker