Business Development Representative

The Opportunity

As a Business Development Representative, you play a vital role in maximizing the attainment of the company’s new business and revenue goals. You will be a hunter, at the forefront of the sales team generating, as well as qualifying, all leads including inbound, marketing driven leads as well as those you generate on your own through smart cold calling. You will sell solutions designed to help clients build the business case for strategic recognition and to benchmark their current programs.

Your ultimate goal as a Business Development Representative is to generate qualified meetings for your field sales partners that will result in new clients and revenue for your territory.

• This is a hybrid role which requires at least 3 days a week onsite in our (brand new!) Framingham, MA office**
• Applicants must have valid permanent work authorization in the U.S. (e.g., U.S. citizen, permanent resident). We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

• Meet or exceed monthly and quarterly quota objectives
• Work collaboratively and efficiently with your Field Sales partners
• Build your territory plan
• Participate in quarterly Regional Sales meetings and Sales conference calls
• Populate and maintain customer records database within Salesforce.com to support opportunity pipeline management
• Identify top prospects, key contacts and effective messages for each accounts to generate interest via telephone
• Immediately contact, qualify and nurture inbound leads generated by marketing activities and website visits
• Assist funnel building by participating in marketing programs as needed (may involve calling prospects to generate interest in events or dinners and attending shows and events)
• Effectively plan your daily and weekly call schedule to ensure all inbound leads are promptly followed up
• Ensure cold calls are timely completed, continuously expanding knowledge of Workhuman® products, messaging, differentiation, industry, and competition
• Maintain a clean, accurate and current record of all activities and account information in Salesforce.com
• Meet or exceed quarterly quota for qualified field sales meetings

• Positive attitude and energy, with a passion for empowering and motivating people
• Bachelor’s degree required
• At least 2 years of experience in an Inside Sales role
• Excellent presentation skills; confident with public speaking
• Assertive and creative, demonstrating intellectual curiosity
• Demonstrated success cold calling and penetrating the C-suite
• Prior experience in lead development focused on enterprise selling, preferably in the HR software or services industry
• Excellent communication skills; effective at engaging prospects, instilling confidence, gaining referrals and valuable information to move a sales cycle forward
• Outgoing, highly interpersonal, influential personality
• Strong written communication skills to enable professional, brand building email follow up as needed
• Highly collaborative team player
• Fast learner with the ability to learn new products and messaging quickly
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to multi-task without getting overwhelmed
• Driven and eager to professionally develop and succeed

This role is also eligible for bonus or other variable compensation based on job performance and our standard benefits package, which supports employee well-being and work-life balance.

Thank you for considering joining our team. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. If you encounter any difficulties or have specific accessibility requirements while applying for this position, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] for assistance. We are committed to ensuring equal access to opportunities for all individuals.

The Company

At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, and innovative with a growth mindset. We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large sized workplace category. We were also recognised as a Best Workplace for Women and a Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium sized workplace category.
• We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as a Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work and U.S. Best Places to Work.
• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.
• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation and Imagination.