Business Development Representative

SingleStore-LinkedIn
United States
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward sales professionals comfortable with outbound prospecting and account-based strategies, with a preference for candidates in the software industry who can work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment across time zones.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in SDR or BDR roles in software, especially with outbound experience and lead generation skills
    — “1+ years of SDR (Inbound), or BDR experience in the software industry preferred”
  • Individuals who can quickly grasp complex database concepts and align with enterprise sales teams
    — “Strong business acumen, with the ability to become an expert on database management systems (DBMS) within your first 90 days”
  • Sales professionals who are comfortable with a high volume of outreach and maintaining detailed records of interactions
    — “Proven track record of running high-volume outbound cadences via phone, email, and social media”

Things to consider

  • Must be available for mandatory in-person or virtual pipeline generation days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
    — “Required to be available Tuesdays and Wednesdays for pipeline generation days with the team”
  • Collaboration with up to 4 Account Executives per territory may require high coordination and adaptability
    — “Partner with up to 4 Account Executives on account plans and prospecting strategies”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience with Salesforce, Outreach.io, and LinkedIn in your resume and interview preparation
    — “Experience with sales tools like Salesforce, Outreach.io, Zoominfo, and LinkedIn”
  • Highlight your ability to identify key stakeholders and align with sales teams to support deal progression
    — “Identify key account stakeholders to generate opportunities for SingleStore”
  • Showcase measurable results in lead generation and pipeline building from prior roles
    — “Proven track record of achieving measurable lead and pipeline goals”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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

What success looks like

  • qualified sales pipeline
  • high-volume outbound cadences
  • pipeline goals
Typical background
sales developmentsales experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentProspectingAccount-based TerritoriesPipeline Generation

Preferred

Database ManagementSales Tools

Stack & domain

Sales DevelopmentOutbound ProspectingAccount-based TerritoriesSalesforceOutreach.ioZoominfoLinkedinDatabase Management SystemsSales ToolsBusiness AcumenCommunicationSalesCold OutreachTeamworkLeadershipProblem SolvingTime ManagementCollaborationSoftware IndustryEnterprise SoftwareDatabase Management

About the role

Original posting from SingleStore-LinkedIn via Greenhouse

SingleStore is growing our Sales Development team, and we’re looking for hungry, motivated sales development professionals. The SDR team at SingleStore uses outbound prospecting tactics to generate opportunities for our sales team(s). Business development representatives are assigned to account-based territories for commercial, enterprise, and strategic target accounts. This team is a keen group with high business acumen and a hunter's mentality, comfortable generating their own leads.  

Role and Responsibilities: 

Generate a qualified sales pipeline for SingleStore targeted accounts ($100M - 1BN in annual revenue)

Actively prospect using phone, email, and social media; 50:50 split between outbound and inbound 

Partner with up to 4 Account Executives on account plans and prospecting strategies

Identify key account stakeholders to generate opportunities for SingleStore

Maintain open communication and alignment with Account Executives and management

Quickly gain a strong understanding of the SingleStore value proposition and the database industry landscape (prior data experience is a plus)

Consistently achieve/exceed the monthly quota of qualified opportunities and meaningful interactions with new prospects

Required Skills and Experience:

1+ years of SDR (Inbound), or BDR experience in the software industry preferred

Strong business acumen, with the ability to become an expert on database management systems (DBMS) within your first 90 days

Proven track record of running high-volume outbound cadences via phone, email, and social media

Proven track record of achieving measurable lead and pipeline goals; references preferred

Formal sales training is a plus 

Required to be available Tuesdays and Wednesdays for pipeline generation days with the team and overall training

What you’ll bring:

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment 

An exceptional written and spoken communicator

Hungry for a career in sales or other areas of enterprise software

Comfortable reaching out cold to executive-level and technical prospects

Experience with sales tools like Salesforce, Outreach.io, Zoominfo, and LinkedIn  

Highly organized & autonomous

Entrepreneurial and self-motivated

An ability to partner with and support co-workers and customers across time zones

SingleStore delivers the cloud-native database with the speed and scale to power the world’s data-intensive applications. With a distributed SQL database that introduces simplicity to your data architecture by unifying transactions and analytics, SingleStore empowers digital leaders to deliver exceptional, real-time data experiences to their customers. SingleStore is venture-backed and headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Sunnyvale, Raleigh, Seattle, Boston, London, Lisbon, Bangalore, Dublin and Kyiv. 

Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people.

To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.

SingleStore values individuals for their unique skills and experiences, and we’re proud to offer roles in a variety of locations across the United States. Salary is based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location, and is just one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Certain roles are also eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases and annual bonuses. 

Source: SingleStore-LinkedIn careers (Greenhouse)

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