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Business Development Representative

70k – 70kAustin, TXHybrid1+ YOE
Summary

Generate and qualify sales pipeline through inbound and outbound prospecting, discovery calls, and handoffs to Account Executives. Requires 1-3 years of customer-facing experience and strong communication skills.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Respond rapidly and thoughtfully to inquiries, ensuring every prospect receives a high-quality experience
  • Conduct discovery conversations to understand business initiatives, technical requirements, urgency, and buying intent
  • Qualify opportunities and create strong handoffs to Account Executives
  • Build relationships with engineering, platform, infrastructure, data, and architecture teams
  • Partner closely with Marketing to provide feedback on lead quality, campaign performance, messaging, and market trends
  • Maintain accurate activity, pipeline, and account information within Salesforce
  • Consistently achieve and exceed pipeline generation, meeting, and conversion targets
  • Develop expertise in Redpanda's platform, data streaming technologies, and modern data infrastructure
  • Contribute ideas to improve processes, conversion rates, and the overall buyer experience

Requirements

  • 1-3 years of experience in a customer-facing role such as BDR, SDR, sales, customer success, support, recruiting, or consulting
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders
  • Naturally curious and skilled at asking thoughtful questions
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with changing priorities
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Coachable, resilient, and eager to learn
  • Experience using Salesforce and modern sales engagement tools such as Gong Engage, Outreach, Salesloft, or similar platforms
  • Proven ability to meet or exceed goals in a performance-driven environment

Nice to Have

  • Experience selling or supporting technical B2B software
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, developer tools, data platforms, AI infrastructure, or streaming technologies
  • Knowledge of Apache Kafka, data streaming, event-driven architectures, or related ecosystems
  • Experience with qualification methodologies such as MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, or BANT
  • Experience in a high-volume inbound, product-led growth, or demand generation environment
  • Familiarity with ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong, and other modern prospecting tools
Skills
SalesforceGong EngageOutreachSalesloftZoomInfoLinkedIn Sales NavigatorMEDDICMEDDPICCBANTApache Kafka
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