Business Development Associate

About SecurityScorecard:

About The Role:

This is a pre-sales role. Our Business Development Team is the first point of contact for many of our future customers. As a BDA you would be focused on setting up introductions with our ideal customers. This position reports to the Director of Business Development and will work closely with our Inside Sales Reps (ISRs) and Field Sales Reps (FSRs) in the territory. 

We're looking for people who are excited to own their "business" (within your respective territory). If you're keen on discovering the perfect buyer, crafting messaging that gets attention, and making connections between people, then this is the perfect role for you. Although it's not always the case, ideally this role will prepare you to become a full-cycle Salesperson (i.e. a closer). 

As a Business Development Associate, you’ll enjoy the benefits of ongoing training, mentorship, career/life coaching, and guidance. It is a great way to jumpstart a career in cybersecurity/SaaS sales and the skills you develop are applicable across any number of disciplines.

Our Ideal Candidate - Does This Sound Like You?

This role is focused on sourcing our next sales opportunity. As such, you will be speaking with a lot of people, over the phone, email, or social media (LinkedIn). Our ideal candidate has a knack for recognizing patterns and applying those ideas to broader scenarios. For example, uncovering ideal prospects to reach out to based on Buyer Persona training. 

Responsibilities:

• Book Meetings
• Qualify Inbounds
• Lead Gen. Outbound / Pipe generation
• Evangelize the product
• Keep Database Clean
• Crush phone and email activity 
• Work with Marketing and Channel teams on ad hoc projects
• Master your tools (softwares)
• Research prospective organizations that can benefit from Security Scorecards cloud based software solutions
• Identify decision-makers in those organizations

Basic Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in sales development, lead generation, or business development in B2B/SaaS environments
• Track record of consistent and effective sales development performance
• History of creative, persistent, and effective outbound sales lead follow-up messaging
• Excellent communication, discovery, and presentation skills to connect with and persuade senior level decision makers
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and multitasking ability 
• Proficiency and experience using Salesforce.com, Outreach, and LinkedIn

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be a self-starter, be comfortable with limited supervision, and have solid problem-solving skills
• Effective researcher to find new prospects
• Tech savvy and extremely comfortable navigating new software
• Sees feedback, coaching, and improvement
• Works with urgency 
• Positive, warm, and inviting attitude with a “no challenge is too great” mentality

Benefits:

Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, Health benefits, and unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and much more!

The estimated salary range for this position is $50,000-60,000. Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits. 

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based upon merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law. 

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact talentacquisitionoperations@securityscorecard.io.

Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law. 

SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. #LI-DNI

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Last updated on Aug 26, 2024