Sales Development is the foundation of our sales organization where new business opportunities come to life. Within the Business Development Representative (BDR) role, we support outbound sales teams by assisting them through strategic prospecting efforts and extensive account research. BDRs consistently make a tangible impact in the Sales Development Organization by generating millions of dollars of new business pipeline each year.
Additionally, BDRs are enrolled in an intensive sales training program that has been built specifically for the benefit of current university students and recent graduates. The purpose of our program is to provide new professionals with the fundamental skills necessary to achieve a successful sales career at Salesforce.
Day to Day
Generate new business pipeline primarily through prospecting outbound opportunities
Manage inbound leads that are driven by outbound effort
Nurture early-stage opportunities
Gain interest through outbound cold calling across a set of existing Salesforce customers and breaking into net new logos in assigned territory
Partner with core seller to identify and source net new pipeline and assist by researching lines of business and personas
Align with internal account team
Identify key decision makers within new accounts
Preferred Qualifications:
1-2 years experience in business development, sales or related field experience
Ability to work in a fast paced environment. You think out-of-the-box and wow people with your interesting angles and quality work
Experience researching, account planning, prospecting, and cold calling into a large list of accounts that are a hybrid of net-new and existing install
Proven track record of achieving sales metrics and consistent achievement of year-over-year quota attainment
Working at Salesforce
Working at Salesforce isn’t all about selling. It’s also about learning, and we heavily invest in you with a month-long immersion and onboarding, including: a week-long product bootcamp, mentorship program, weekly coaching and development programs.
Benefits
We are pioneers of the Pledge 1% model, providing product, grants and community service to those in need. We are proud to be#1 in PEOPLE's Top 50 Companies that Care, and are on Fortune’s Change the World list.
We provide every employee with 7 paid volunteer days off a year, and donation matching for all approved charitable donations.
We provide other world-leading benefits to all our employees, including;
Health, life insurance, retirement saving plan
Monthly wellness allowance
Flexible time off & leave policies
Parental benefits
Perks and discounts
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