Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, known for its platform Ubuntu. The Business Development Representative will execute outbound sales and marketing campaigns, generate leads, and collaborate with teams to drive results across various industries.
Responsibilities
- Execute outbound sales & marketing campaigns
- Research information about prospective customers and market trends
- Generate high-quality leads for Senior Sellers to fuel a multi-million dollar pipeline
- Own and close SMB opportunities within your designated territory
- Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results
- Help define the processes and policies for the team
- Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face-to-face marketing and sales opportunities
Skills
- Demonstrated success in SDR or outbound sales, with a track record of exceeding annual quotas and consistently driving qualified pipeline growth
- Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities
- Experience in enterprise software or technology sales
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Passion for business and technology
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
- Creative problem solving and cross team collaboration
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
- Result driven with an over-achiever spirit
- Persistence & perseverance
- Growth mindset - people from our team develop into all departments within the sales organization (Channel, IoT, Enterprise Sales, etc)
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
Company Overview
We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in London, England, GB, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.canonical.com/.