RStudio - BDR Manager (Business Development)

BDR Manager (Business Development)

  • Marketing
  • USA

RStudio creates great software that helps people understand data and make better decisions in real world applications. Our core is an open source data science toolchain and we aim to make it available to everyone, regardless of their economic means.

We’re hiring a BDR Manager for our first ever Business Development Representative (BDR) team. As a leader, you will be responsible for leading a high-performing team of individuals who master the lead qualification and opportunity qualification process. The BDR Team will book meetings and source early-stage sales opportunities and be instrumental in maintaining strategic partnerships with Marketing and Sales leadership. You will also develop content relevant to potential clients, support go-to-market activities, promote targeted campaigns and cultivate qualified opportunities that will funnel into RStudio’s sales team.

In this role, you will:

  • Lead, encourage, and train a team of BDRs whose role consists of prospecting, booking meetings and opportunity identification and qualification
  • Develop BDRs into strong, highly capable team members for further development within the organization
  • Develop and coach to a best-practices framework of persona-based prospecting with personalized pitches
  • Hold each BDR accountable to defined metrics and KPI's
  • Lead weekly call reviews with BDR team, both in team and 1:1 setting
  • Own BDR "Qualified Opportunity" number
  • Measure and continually find ways to improve process and performance
  • Refine BDR standards, process & metrics
  • Build and document scalable systems and processes to grow BDR team
  • Motivate individuals and teams to exceed objectives through coaching, regular broadcast of results, and creative incentives
  • Regularly report on team/individual results
  • Partner with Marketing for lead conversion/event/campaign promotion and follow-up
  • Partner with Sales to fine-tune our lead generation and follow-up processes
  • Ensure disciplined use of Salesforce.com, Outreach, and other sales tools

To succeed in this role, you need:

  • 5+ years experience managing within a BDR organization
  • Experience with Enterprise prospecting using the phone, social, and email
  • Experience with technical products in the tech industry
  • Process-oriented in lead and opportunity management
  • Ability to create a sense of urgency & identify needs/pain with prospects
  • Ability to present value-based messaging
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Familiarity with CRM (SFDC) system for managing leads
  • Ability to meet deadlines and commitments

About Us

We are a lean, distributed team, passionate about making R and open source data science tools accessible to people all over the world, regardless of economic means. We are an organization that values talent, humility, and hard work over hierarchy.

  • We are remote friendly and many people work from home or a coffee shop. We also have an office in Boston and Seattle
  • Competitive salary with great benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance (100% of premiums covered), 401k matching, a home office allowance, and a profit-sharing system
  • Pick your hardware — we want to equip you with what you need to do your best work
  • All our full-time employees are given a one time allowance to outfit their home office
  • We have a flexible environment with excellent benefits and a “take what you need” vacation policy
  • Positive, passionate culture working with a world-class team committed to data science and the R language

RStudio is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.

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