Business Development Representative - Chicago

Salesforce • Chicago, IL

22h • Onsite

About The Position

About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Sales Organization Description: Our Sales Organization is made up of the business segments below. Within these business segments, the teams sell across multiple verticals and there are teams that sell specifically into one industry or vertical. Verticals include: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Goods, Communications Media & Technology, Consumer Business Services, Public Sector, Professional Services, Slack, MuleSoft, Tableau, Marketing Cloud, Specialization Cloud, Enterprise Corporate Sales and .ORG (Non Profit & Education). In addition, we have Core Teams that sell the entire Salesforce Platform and our Co Prime teams specialize in a specific cloud solution including but not limited to Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Heroku or Quip. Our Business Development Representative (BDR) team is part of our wider Sales Business, focusing on generating new business and whitespace pipeline through prospecting outbound opportunities with the ultimate goal of closed won business. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with varied future customers and personalized training and career opportunities. Why Join Salesforce as a Business Development Representative? 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. The purpose of our program is to provide new professionals with the fundamental skills necessary to achieve a successful sales career at Salesforce. 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. Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best . Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

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
• Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

What This Job Offers

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