Business Development Representative, Commercial
fivetran
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100 ptsFrom Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About Us
Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.
As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.
About the Role
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. The Business Development Representative at Fivetran is a key strategic position housed within the Marketing organization but operates in close collaboration with the GTM Sales Org. The role focuses on strategically identifying key decision makers, mapping large enterprise or commercial accounts and generating meetings across all levels. With a focus on breaking into named new business accounts, the BDR team contributes to hitting new logo acquisition targets, generating crucial pipeline momentum for Fivetran’s success. This base + uncapped commission BDR position offers a clear growth path and competitive total compensation.
This is a full-time position based out of our Denver office. Candidates must be located in Denver, CO and able to work in the office 3 days per week Tues/Wed/Thurs. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including three days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
Technologies You’ll Use
- Salesforce
- Outreach.io
- Sales Navigator
- Nooks
- Zoominfo
What You’ll Do
- Hunting & Outbounding - Account mapping into large enterprise or commercial companies while prospecting and generating meetings with all levels of employees from C-Level to data analysts.
- This person should have experience prospecting into Enterprise or Commercial customers, identifying key decision makers, understanding their challenges and securing sales qualified opportunities.
- Experienced in VP- and IC-level pitches.
- Demonstrate a deep interest in our Commercial customers' data challenges and pain points while being able to give an intro of what Fivetran does at an enterprise and commercial level with the ultimate goal of setting up valuable engagements with our account executives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally Commercial Account Executives, Marketing and Alliances to drive pipeline generation and exceed revenue goals.
- Following predesigned sales strategies (and sometimes developing and implementing their own) to grow the business and hit account acquisition targets (the how).
- Master the Fivetran consultative, Command of the Message and Challenger sales process. Using pre-created cadences based on Industry, Persona, Use Case and adding personalization to it.
- Creating personalized cadences specific to the account and use case. Following specific plays created for the team (Snowflake Customer, SAP or HVR use cases).
- Organize, log activity, and categorize sales lead information into Salesforce.com.
Skills We’re Looking For
- Experience of cold calling
- Written and verbal communication (proper grammar)
- High-level understanding of the enterprise or commercial data space
Bonus Skills
- Previous SDR/BDR experience of 6-months or longer
This position qualifies for Fivetran’s incentive plan, and it’s common for employees in this role to achieve the total on-target earnings.
As part of our commitment to setting new hires up for success, all new sales team members attend a one-week, in-person Revenue Bootcamp during their second week at Fivetran. This bootcamp, held at one of our designated company locations, requires travel and is a mandatory part of the onboarding process.
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The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
Perks and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.
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