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Business Development Representative

As a Business Development Representative, you will proactively prospect and qualify leads, set appointments, and support the sales team. This role requires strong selling skills and a track record of achievement.

About the job

What you'll do

  • Proactively outbound prospecting and lead activity management in an effort to qualify and market Temporal to potential customers.
  • Discover opportunities from leads and set appointments from those leads.
  • Use of strong selling and influencing skills to set up qualified appointments.
  • Understand the Temporal OSS and Cloud solutions enough to provide high level introduction.
  • Leverage taught sales techniques to maximize customer interactions.
  • Log, track, and maintain outbound activity.
  • Work closely with the Sales Team and attend customer meetings as required.
  • Be the architect of a growing team, defining and iterating on processes.

What you'll need

  • 2+ years of experience in prospecting roles.
  • Excellent in-person, phone, and written customer communication skills.
  • Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to make formal and informal presentations to staff and clients.
  • Ability to prioritize work assignments and shift work efforts based on the needs of the department or business goals.
  • Proficient PC, Spreadsheet, Salesforce.com, and Google Docs skills required.
  • Ability to manage time effectively, work independently, and be self-motivated
  • Prior track record of achievement in positions with accountability.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Proactive, independent thinker with high energy/positive attitude.

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $100,000 OTE Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.

U.S. Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
  • 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
  • Empower 401K Plan
  • Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

International Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com. Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.

Travel

Temporal is a globally distributed, collaborative team that values opportunities for in-person connection. Occasional travel may be required for company events, team offsites, and other meaningful moments that bring us together.

Additional Perks

  • $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
  • $1,800 / Year Professional Enrichment (Career Development & Professional Memberships)
  • $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
  • $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
  • $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
  • Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Skills

Salesforce.Com, Google Docs, Outbound Prospecting, Lead Qualification, Customer Communication

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