Business Development Representative

Zip•San Francisco, CA

1d•$90,000 - $100,000•Remote

About The Position

Zip is looking for a highly motivated, outgoing, and tech-savvy sales representative with strong business acumen to join our growing Business Development team. As a Business Development Representative, you will generate new business by prospecting outbound leads through cold outreach and work collaboratively across our sales organization to set high-value meetings. This is a highly strategic role that requires creativity, resilience, and the ability to partner effectively with an Account Executive to create new business opportunities. Joining the Business Development team is an opportunity to fast-track your career in sales. Applicants should have a growth mindset and be excited to work collaboratively across the Revenue organization. You will learn consultative selling and hone in on our best-in-class outbound motion in order to execute our sales strategy. High-performers in the BDR role will open up new opportunities for their career growth within our rapidly growing organization. We’re looking for a customer-focused, highly motivated, and driven individual with a desire to grow and advance in a career in sales. If you have a proactive and customer-first mentality with the passion to demonstrate Zip’s commitment to our merchants, we’d love to talk to you!

Requirements

6-12+ months or equivalent sales experience
A consistent track record of meeting and exceeding goals
Be a highly strategic thinker and problem solver with a solutions first and adaptable mindset

Nice To Haves

Experience with Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, ScratchPad, Gong, and/or SalesNavigator
Tech experience or proven success in a fast-paced environment
A strong passion for fintech is a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a paramount focus on detail
An ability to celebrate change and embrace accountability

Responsibilities

Partner closely with our VP of Sales and Account Executives to identify and source meetings that lead to pipeline and closed revenue
Prospect across a high volume of accounts, with a keen eye on strategically prioritizing your time
Become a market expert – researching and understanding our target industries and personas, and what makes them tick
Build a point of view on how to help customers with their needs and the right qualifying questions to ask
Be adaptable and flexible – as part of an early-stage hyper growth company, we are rapidly growing out our process but we want to you to help shape our sales process
Identify and contact prospective clients to build a pipeline through a variety of methods including, but not limited to cold-calling, emailing, social media outreach, and mass email campaigns
Create a professional and engaging first impression with our prospects and customers
Create, maintain and update our database of prospects with complete information and emails
Thoroughly qualify all outbound opportunities and collaborate with Account Executives for a smooth and sophisticated customer experience
Generate net new business through outbound prospecting
Prioritize leads, research prospects and position relevant product features to solve business needs while strategically managing your time
Manage follow-up with calls-to-action to consistently build a sales pipeline
Achieve department standards for activity that includes: Making a minimum number of quality outbound calls per day, Scheduling a minimum number of new quality discovery calls per week
Become a market expert by researching and understanding our target industries and personas
Exceed activity and pipeline goals on a monthly basis
Consistently reflect on your own skill and development gaps along with the Director of Business Development to identify personal and professional goals
Become a mentor to new hires entering into the Business Development organization
Become a key stakeholder in Zip’s growth as we continue to scale our core business