Business Development Representative

Diligent Corporation • New York, NY

8d • $58,000 - $60,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Diligent Business Development Representative (BDR) plays an instrumental role in the direct growth of Diligent by seeking new business opportunities through prospecting and engaging with potential clients. The BDR is expected to build new outbound pipeline and generate interest as a brand ambassador for the Diligent products. A BDR should demonstrate conversational excellence and in-depth product knowledge to achieve outbound targets. This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leading and rapidly growing business, highly focused on achieving goals and delivering results. The role offers an excellent basic and competitive commission structure, with high achievers given the opportunity to progress within the business becoming an expert in corporate software sales.

Requirements

• A strong passion for working in a sales-focused, target-driven environment.
• Solid understanding of the sales process, including marketing, prospecting, cold calling, and managing the sales cycle.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate the product’s unique value proposition and quickly gain in-depth product knowledge.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of engaging and influencing senior-level executives.
• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills, with the ability to deliver clear and persuasive messages.
• High energy, with a positive and can-do attitude that drives success.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in SaaS sales.
• Experience building strong stakeholder relationships at c-suite level.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate expertise at using lead generation tools to routinely extract contacts and create accurate and targeted lists of prospects (Cold calling, LinkedIn, Outreach, Sales Force, ZoomInfo, etc).
• Conduct sales development best practices through email, phone, and social activities using the various software tools to connect with new prospects.
• Utilize smart, targeted questions to speak knowledgeably to qualify the right decisions makers.
• Skillfully build interest and influence opportunities with new prospects.
• Coordinate meetings/demonstrations on account executive’s calendar and log activities in CRM.
• Meet or exceed targets & key performance indicators (KPIs) as determined by the business.
• Ability to assist others with viable techniques to drive overall team performance.
• Other duties may be requested in accordance with business need.

Benefits

• Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed