Business Development Representative, Financial Services

Innodata Inc.
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in financial services business development and strong outbound prospecting skills. The role is remote, requires domain fluency in AI and financial workflows, and focuses on building pipeline with high-potential accounts.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2–5 years in financial technology or AI data services sales
    — “2–5 years of experience in business development, sales development, technology sales, financial technology, or AI data services.”
  • Individuals who can bridge technical and business stakeholders in financial services
    — “Comfort communicating with both technical and business stakeholders.”
  • Professionals with a consultative approach to understanding customer problems
    — “A consultative approach to business development focused on understanding customer problems and identifying relevant solutions.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high volume of outbound prospecting with limited support from others
    — “This role is approximately 70% outbound prospecting, account development, qualification, and prospect-facing activity”
  • Salary expectations are relatively fixed and tied to experience rather than performance incentives
    — “The expected salary range for this position is $70,000 – $85,000 USD per year, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific AI use cases in financial services you’ve engaged with or researched
    — “The BDR should sufficient domain fluency to connect these capabilities to financial services use cases”
  • Showcase your ability to research and identify business triggers in financial institutions
    — “Research target accounts to identify AI initiatives, strategic priorities, technology investments, organizational changes, product launches, and other potential business triggers.”
  • Demonstrate experience in creating personalized outreach for senior-level prospects
    — “The ability to develop concise, personalized outreach for senior prospects.”
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What success looks like

  • generate qualified pipeline
  • understand customer priorities
  • develop targeted outreach
  • coordinate prospect meetings
Typical background
business developmentsalesfinancial technology

Skills & requirements

Required

ProspectingResearchCommunicationAI And Data ServicesFinancial Services WorkflowsAI Use CasesRegulatory ConsiderationsAgentic AI

Preferred

Market IntelligenceTechnical Challenges

Stack & domain

ProspectingResearchCommunicationAIData ServicesFinancial ServicesAI Use CasesRegulatory ConsiderationsAgentic AIMarket IntelligenceEmailLinkedinIndustry EventsConferencesMicrosoft SuiteExcelOutbound ProspectingTargeted OutreachUnderstanding Customer PrioritiesCreating Qualified OpportunitiesInitial Discovery ConversationsQualifying ProspectsCoordinating MeetingsFollow-upsPresentationsTechnical DiscussionsDomain FluencyConnecting Capabilities To Financial Services Use CasesFinance

About the role

Original posting from Innodata Inc. via Greenhouse

Innodata (Nasdaq: INOD) is a global data engineering company. We believe that data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are inextricably linked. Our mission is to enable the responsible advancement of artificial intelligence by providing the data, evaluation frameworks, and human expertise required to build AI systems that can be trusted at scale. We provide a range of transferable solutions, platforms, and services for Generative AI / AI builders and adopters. In every relationship, we honor our 36+ year legacy delivering the highest quality data and outstanding outcomes for our customers.

Scope of the Role: 

The Business Development Representative, Financial Services will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and qualifying new business opportunities across the financial services industry. This role will focus on building pipeline with banks, insurance companies, capital markets firms, fintechs, and other financial institutions investing in AI, generative AI, agentic systems, and enterprise data transformation. 

The BDR will identify high-potential accounts and decision makers, develop targeted outreach, understand prospective customer priorities, and create qualified opportunities for Innodata’s AI and data services. 

This role requires strong prospecting, research, and communication skills combined with the ability to develop a working understanding of financial services workflows, AI use cases, regulatory considerations, and agentic AI. 

This role is approximately 70% outbound prospecting, account development, qualification, and prospect-facing activity and 30% account research, and  market intelligence.

What You’ll Own:

Prospecting & Business Development 

Identify and source prospective customers across financial services, including banking, insurance, asset management, capital markets, wealth management, payments, and fintech. 

Research target accounts to identify AI initiatives, strategic priorities, technology investments, organizational changes, product launches, and other potential business triggers. 

Identify and engage relevant decision makers across AI, data science, machine learning, technology, risk, compliance, product, and digital transformation organizations. 

Develop highly targeted outbound campaigns using email, LinkedIn, industry events, conferences, and other prospecting channels. 

Generate qualified meetings and opportunities for Innodata’s Financial Services. 

Conduct initial discovery conversations to understand customer priorities, AI initiatives, data requirements, technical challenges, timelines, and potential areas of engagement. 

Qualify prospects against defined criteria and transition qualified opportunities toward pilots and larger commercial engagements. 

Coordinate prospect meetings, follow-ups, presentations, demonstrations, and technical discussions with Innodata subject matter experts. 

The BDR should sufficient domain fluency to connect these capabilities to financial services use cases such as underwriting, claims, fraud detection, investment research, financial document analysis, customer service, wealth management, compliance, risk management, and enterprise operations. 

You’ll Thrive in This Role If You Have:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience. 

2–5 years of experience in business development, sales development, technology sales, financial technology, or AI data services. 

Demonstrated success generating qualified pipeline through targeted outbound prospecting. 

Strong research skills and the ability to understand complex financial institutions and identify appropriate decision makers. 

Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly the ability to develop concise, personalized outreach for senior prospects. 

Comfort communicating with both technical and business stakeholders. 

Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple accounts, contacts, campaigns, and follow-up activities simultaneously. 

Understanding of financial services workflows such as underwriting, claims, fraud detection,  customer operations, risk management, or compliance. 

A consultative approach to business development focused on understanding customer problems and identifying relevant solutions. 

The expected salary range for this position is $70,000 – $85,000 USD per year, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Please be aware of recruitment scams involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent employers. Innodata will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the application process. To learn more on how to recognize job scams, please visit the Federal Trade Commission’s guide at https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams. 

If you believe you’ve been targeted by a recruitment scam, please report it to Innodata at verifyjoboffer@innodata.com and consider reporting it to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

Source: Innodata Inc. careers (Greenhouse)

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