Business Development Representative

BeyondTrust
Boston, MA
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level sales professionals with experience in account research and cold calling who thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 1-2 years of sales or business development experience and a strong interest in cybersecurity
    — “1-2 years experience in business development, sales or related field experience”
  • Individuals who enjoy building relationships and are comfortable with outbound prospecting and account research
    — “Partner with Account Executives to identify and source net new pipeline and assist by researching lines of business and personas”
  • Those who can maintain high energy and initiative while working in a hybrid, customer-facing role
    — “High energy and positive attitude”

Things to consider

  • The role demands consistent performance with a quota system in place for monthly opportunity generation
    — “Achieve monthly quotas of sourced qualified opportunities”
  • There is a need for regular training and engagement with internal marketing initiatives
    — “Enhance product knowledge through regularly attending training sessions”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your success in generating qualified leads and meeting or exceeding quotas in prior roles
    — “Proven track record of achieving sales metrics and consistent achievement of year-over-year quota attainment”
  • Demonstrate your ability to research and identify decision-makers in complex accounts
    — “Identify key decision makers within new accounts”
  • Showcase your experience in both cold calling and nurturing early-stage opportunities
    — “Nurture early-stage opportunities”
  • Emphasize your communication and interpersonal skills in customer-facing scenarios
    — “Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • new business pipeline generation
  • quota attainment
Typical background
salesbusiness development

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentProspectingCold CallingAccount ResearchSales Metrics TrackingCustomer Relationship Management

Preferred

CRM Tool UsageCybersecurity Knowledge

Stack & domain

ProspectingCold CallingAccount ResearchSales DevelopmentCustomer ServiceProduct KnowledgeCRM ToolCybersecuritySales MetricsQuota AttainmentTraining SessionsMarketing CampaignsPromotional OffersRevenue OptimizationCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingLeadershipAdaptabilityTime ManagementMulti-taskingPrioritizationOrganizational SkillsListeningInitiativePositive AttitudeInterpersonal SkillsSalesBusiness DevelopmentCRMMarketing

About the role

Original posting from BeyondTrust via Greenhouse

BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a safer world through our cybersecurity SaaS portfolio.

Our culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning means you will be recognized for your growth, and for the impact you make on our success. You will be surrounded by people who challenge, support, and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.

The Role

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 pipelines each year. 

What You’ll Do

Generate new business pipeline primarily through prospecting outbound opportunities

Nurture early-stage opportunities

Gain interest through outbound cold calling across a set of existing BT customers and breaking into net new logos in assigned territory

Partner with Account Executives to identify and source net new pipeline and assist by researching lines of business and personas

Identify key decision makers within new accounts

Create a great first impression to our prospects and customers by providing them with a world class experience 

Maintain active engagement with new and existing customers through creative follow-up communications designed to increase customer interest in BT 

Achieve monthly quotas of sourced qualified opportunities  

Enter prospect information into Salesforce.  

Enhance product knowledge through regularly attending training sessions.

Support marketing campaigns and promotional offers to help optimize revenue.

What You’ll Bring

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 

High school diploma or equivalent

Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders

Personality to establish and maintain strong relationships with sales teams you support and become a valued partner to them.

Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload, and maximize efficiency.

Effective listener to understand prospect needs.

Strong organizational skills. 

Strong desire to be in technology sales 

Strong problem-solving skills 

High energy and positive attitude 

Ability to take initiative 

Solid phone, prospecting, sales, customer service, and interpersonal skills 

Nice To Have

Knowledge of Customer Relationship Management tool 

Familiarity with Software/Cybersecurity 

Better Together

Diversity. Inclusion. They’re more than just words for us. They are the guiding values of how we build our teams, cultivate leaders, and create a culture where people feel connected.

We take care of our employees so they can take care of our customers. Customers who come from all walks of life just like us. We hire incredible people from diverse backgrounds because when we are different together, we are stronger together.

About Us

BeyondTrust is the global identity security leader protecting Paths to Privilege™. Our identity-centric approach goes beyond securing privileges and access, empowering organizations with the most effective solution to manage the entire identity attack surface and neutralize threats, whether from external attacks or insiders.

BeyondTrust is leading the charge in transforming identity security to prevent breaches and limit the blast radius of attacks, while creating a superior customer experience and operational efficiencies. We are trusted by 20,000 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 100, and our global ecosystem of partners.

Learn more at www.beyondtrust.com. 

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Source: BeyondTrust careers (Greenhouse)

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