Business Development Representative

In this role, you will be an important member of the sales team. You will partner with Account Executives and the Team Leader to qualify accounts, prospect, and generate leads from defined verticals. Your primary focus will be executing targeted cold-calling and LinkedIn outreach to engage prospects from our high-volume outbound email campaigns managed by the Team Leader. You will also be responsible for qualifying inbound leads from our website and other marketing efforts. While high-volume phone outreach is the core focus, you will also act in a supporting role to help with list-building and marketing copy as needed. All qualified leads will be handed off to an Account Executive who will be responsible for closing the opportunity.

Job Responsibilities

The primary responsibility is generating and handing off qualified leads to Account Executives, driven largely by your determination to execute high-volume cold calling.
Articulate CENTRL's business value, assess the use case and qualify for buying interest.
Understand the customer's use case and pain points we are solving and articulate how Centrl can solve them.
Utilize various prospecting and database tools, including Zoominfo, Dakota, Preqin, Salesforce, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
Research target accounts, identify key decision makers, and generate interest.
Conduct high-level conversations throughout an organization, including with Senior Executives.
Manage outbound call tasks and LinkedIn outreach strategy in Reply.io and Salesforce in coordination with the Team Leader, while maintaining the ability to operate independently.
Support the Team Leader with list-building, writing copy, and sending email sequences on an as-needed basis.
Update and manage all sales activities, opportunities, and account information in Salesforce
Consistently achieve a monthly quota of qualified opportunities
Self-starter capable of operating independently as a remote team member
A proven track record of achieving measurable goals
Strong communication skills
Good time management, exceptional telephone and customer engagement skills, and the drive to excel at cold calling

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred

Prior experience as a Business Development Representative or Sales Executive
Prior experience with clients in Financial Services
Prior experience selling SaaS products
Experience with sequence tools, contact enrichment tools, Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and/or Preqin