Director, Business Development (BDR Team)

Finalsite•Glastonbury, CT

9h•Remote

About The Position

Finalsite is the preferred website, communications, enrollment, and marketing platform of more than 7,000 schools and school districts in 119 countries around the world. The company’s people, products and services transform how schools connect and engage with their community, recruit students and staff, and fundraise; while managing the complex requirements around data privacy, accessibility, hosting and security. Finalsite products and services include award-winning website designs, a robust content management system, mass communications tools, a powerful enrollment management system, innovative inbound marketing tools, data integration, training, support and marketing consulting. Finalsite is headquartered in Glastonbury, CT, USA with employees who work remotely in nearly every state in the U.S. as well as Europe, South America, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.finalsite.com . Vision Finalsite will transform the way school communities engage with their schools. Location 100% Remote - Anywhere within the US Where We Need You The Director of Business Development is the leader responsible for building, scaling, and operating a high-performance BDR organization focused on proactive outbound pipeline generation. This role exists to create incremental, net-new pipeline that would not exist without a disciplined BDR function. This leader partners tightly with Sales and Marketing leadership to translate go-to-market strategy into targeted outbound programs that accelerate growth across priority segments, products, and initiatives.

Requirements

Experience leading a sales or business development team in a SaaS organization.
Proven history of driving repeatable, scalable new business opportunity pipeline; meeting or exceeding team targets and quotas.
Ability to lead, strategize, collaborate, innovate within the business development team, as well as with other department heads.
Exceptional interpersonal skills including strong verbal and written communication.
Proficiency in Salesforce and Outreach (or similar sales platform) is required.
Enthusiastic, reliable with strong organizational, decision making, problem-solving, culture building, and creative thinking skills
Ability to multi-task and shift priorities as needed and work as an individual contributor as well as part of a team.
Honest, high-level of work ethic and integrity, assertive, and strong desire to succeed
Team player who supports and strives to mentor others.
Finalsite offers 100% fully remote employment opportunities, however, these opportunities are limited to permanent residents of the United States.
Current residency, as well as continued residency, within the United States is required to obtain (and retain) employment with Finalsite.

Responsibilities

Outbound Pipeline Ownership Own outbound-sourced pipeline creation as a core revenue input
Design and execute outbound motions by ICP, segment, persona, and campaign
Ensure BDR efforts produce pipeline we would not otherwise generate
Development of pipeline that consistently converts to closed won deals
BDR Team Leadership Hire, onboard, coach, and performance-manage BDRs
Establish clear expectations for activity, quality, and outcomes
Develop BDRs toward high performance and career progression
Sales & Marketing Partnership Align BDR coverage to sales territories, segments, and capacity
Define and enforce clear handoff criteria and SLAs with Sales
Translate marketing campaigns into executable outbound plays
Provide structured feedback on ICP quality, messaging, and conversion
Metrics & Operating Cadence Own BDR metrics including activity, pipeline creation, and bookings attribution
Establish weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating rhythms
Use data to identify gaps, improve execution, and scale what works
Process & Playbooks Build repeatable outbound playbooks by segment and buyer persona
Continuously test, refine, and document best practices