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Direct employerBusiness Development Representative

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Role overview
Canonical, a global open source software company, is hiring a Business Development Representative to work remotely from anywhere worldwide. This role suits organised, persistent, and tech-interested individuals who want to support sales and marketing efforts and help grow Canonical's customer base.
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What you will do
- Execute outbound sales and marketing campaigns.
- Research prospective customers and market trends.
- Generate high-quality leads for senior sales staff.
- Own and close small and medium business opportunities in your territory.
- Collaborate with various teams and senior stakeholders to achieve results.
- Help define team processes and policies.
- Travel internationally to attend events and conferences, representing the company and driving face-to-face sales opportunities.
Requirements
- Proven success in sales development or outbound sales with a record of exceeding quotas and driving pipeline growth.
- Experience engaging prospective accounts up to senior executive levels to find new customer opportunities.
- Background in enterprise software or technology sales.
- Strong academic record from high school and university.
- Interest in business and technology.
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- Creative problem-solving and ability to collaborate across teams.
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills.
- Result-driven with a strong work ethic and persistence.
- Growth mindset, open to developing into other sales departments.
- Willingness to travel internationally twice a year for up to two weeks for company events.
Benefits
Compensation considers location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and performance-based bonuses or commissions. Benefits include a distributed work environment with biannual in-person team events, a USD 2,000 yearly personal learning budget, holiday leave, parental leave, wellness programs, and travel privileges for company events.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact before the closing date, which the employer has not published.