Business Development Representative

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

The Business Development team at Braze shapes future revenue success every day. It is the team at the forefront of identifying, understanding and helping potential customers build, enhance or transform their customer engagement offering.

Business Development Representatives (BDRs) at Braze grow into skilled commercial players and are trailblazers and action leaders when it comes to: 

• Identifying Enterprise target accounts
• Developing email and phone campaigns
• Engaging c-suite prospects
• Demonstrating the value of Braze
• Qualifying early stage deals

All BDRs are measured on results in 3 key areas: attainment against quota, operational excellence and personal brand.

BDR is a multi-faceted role, kept fresh and exciting by day-to-day priorities like building account strategies with Account Executives, discovery phone calls with CMOs, meetings with CTO’s, building personalized email sequences and attending events to generate new leads. The ultimate goal is to generate high quality relationships that transform into high quality new business opportunities.

There is a 90 day onboarding period, during which BDRs are coached on everything from the Braze solution, which stakeholders to approach and how to execute personalized emails and calls.

Every individual has a personal quota, and shares a team goal. The team is collaborative, communicative and we are always the first to take action. There’s a lot of support and camaraderie with plenty of room to be proactive and take control of your own sales success. It is one of the most energetic, fun teams at Braze! 

BDRs gain huge value from working together at our amazing offices in Chicago and Austin. BDR’s at Braze have a hybrid schedule, which means they will be in office a minimum of 3 days a week. This allows our team to thrive in a learning environment together.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

BDR is a high impact role. The BDR will research and strategize on Mid Market accounts, develop and action a communication plan (via phone, email, LinkedIn, video etc) to generate new business opportunities (pipeline). There are proven processes to follow, several intuitive user friendly tools to use and KPIs to keep momentum up. BDR’s prioritize outreach to prospects: the more relevant stakeholders we can speak with, the more likely we are to be successful in that account.

BDRs will manage their own meetings, and bring in other internal stakeholders as needed. They conduct high-level conversations with C-suite executives about their business goals, customer engagement and marketing challenges/opportunities with a view to understanding and ‘qualifying’ the opportunity. BDRs also deliver value-orientated pitches and solution demonstrations.

Ultimate success for a BDR is to generate the volume and value of deals required to hit their quota, and bring great new brands to Braze! This is done by meeting outreach KPIs, setting meetings and carrying out great discovery and qualification. The commission plan is uncapped, so once a BDR hits quota, they can keep on earning.

There is advancement potential for consistently successful BDRs, with personalized development plans, coaching and internal resources to plan for the next rewarding role at Braze.

WHO YOU ARE

• Adaptable
• Action orientated
• Precise and engaging communicator (written and verbal)
• Strong researcher
• Creative
• Problem solver
• Intellectually curious
• Self aware/coachable
• Intrinsically motivated
• Well organized and accountable
• Relentlessly tenacious
• Experience with sales outreach motions (sales calls, cold calling, sales emails, selling at events)

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $42,600 and $55,500/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $71,000 and $92,000/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, Braze offers full- and part- time employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that all Braze employees own a piece of our company.