Overall Purpose Of The Role

SS&C Blue Prism is seeking a driven, proactive self-starter to join our APAC sales team as a Business Development Representative (BDR) — with a clear proven pathway for BDRs to progress into Enterprise Sales.

The BDR is responsible for identifying and developing new opportunities for the Sales Directors/field sales to pursue. BDRs generate demand primarily via outbound prospecting into assigned accounts, territories or buying centers. In addition to tele, BDRs use a spectrum of tactics including email, social media and chat. In organizations with limited scale, BDRs also have responsibilities to engage with & qualify inbound demand generated by marketing and scored using a marketing automation platform (MAP)

Duties & Responsibilities
Generate new opportunities (e.g. individual leads and/or buying groups) for the sales organization to pursue
Qualify demand (e.g. individual leads and/ or buying groups) against established criteria before passing a lead to account directors/field sales as Sales Accepted Leads (SALs) or qualified demand units
Discover, validate and reach out to additional personas typically involved in a buying decision to determine possible buying groups for delivery to field sales
Nurture predetermined groups of prospects back from field or channel sales by using multiple touch tactics (e.g. telephone, email, social)
As a secondary responsibility – where specified by the organization – process inbound demand using a range of tactics (e.g. telephone, email, social)
Comply with all demand management– related service-level agreements
Provide accurate weekly forecasts to marketing and sales on the volume of qualified demand expected to reach the SAL stage or qualified demand stage
Track and manage prospecting, qualification and nurture activities in the company's sales force automation (SFA) system
Reach and have meaningful, productive conversations with individuals representing the buyer personas targeted by the organization

Dimensions of the Role

Organisational interlocks:
Field Sales, Channel Sales, Pre-Sales, Field Marketing, Marketing Operations, Sales Operations, Product Marketing, Product Marketing

Technologies Supporting the role:
SalesForce, SalesLoft, LeadIQ, Lusha, Linkedin Sales Navigator, full Microsoft Office suite

Success Metrics:
Accepted & Converted Sales Accepted Leads (SALs), new opportunities & influenced opportunities

KPIs:

Number of appointments set, percentage of set appointments accepted by sales, percentage converted to opportunities) Opportunity value generated from demand passed, Revenue value achieved from demand passed, Call quality with target buyer personas and buying groups & activity levels (e.g.

talk time, dial and connect volumes, emails sent, social engagement)

Requirements
Bachelor's degree desired but not essential
One to five years of prospecting experience, depending on the complexity of the product/ solution being sold
B2B experience
Familiarity with MAPs and CRM systems
Hybrid Office Environment

Additional Skills, Experience, Languages
Strong verbal & written communication skills
Active listening to asses prospect needs & opportunities
Ability to articulate a high-quality value proposition on every call
Ability to perform prospect & account research to prepare for calls
Ability to use existing and emerging social media tools to monitor targeted accounts and buying groups, and identify trigger events for follow-up
Discipline and energy to maintain high activity volumes (e.g. a minimum of 30 outbound calls and 25 additional outbound touches per day)
A desire for a career in tech sales and ambition to progress

Knowledge
Telephone prospecting techniques
Email prospecting techniques (based around personalization & targeted outreach)
LinkedIn Sales Navigator & social selling techniques
SalesLoft & SFDC experience
Lead management processes
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