Senior Business Development Representative, West Coast at Aerospike
United States
$90k - $120k
<div><body><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.</span><br><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and high-performing Business Development Representative (BDR) to drive revenue and pipeline across the North American market. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and bring a relentless, high-performance mindset to every quarter. While you will partner closely with marketing to capitalize on inbound demand, your true energy comes from building a robust pipeline from cold lists and uncovering untapped opportunities through strategic Account-Based outbounding.</span><br><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We sell to the elite engineers architecting demanding systems, and your mission is to get a seat at the table with them before our competitors even know a deal exists. You won't just be pitching a product; you’ll be leading with value selling, deeply understanding their technical bottlenecks and business objectives. You will expertly multithread into accounts, navigating from engineering leads up to C-level executives to assemble the full buying committee.</span></p><h3 style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:2rem;font-size:16pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;text-align:start;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What You’ll Do</strong></b></h3><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strategic Pipeline Development:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> This is the core of the role. Generate a consistent, growing flow of qualified opportunities within your defined territory. You will work hand-in-hand with regional Account Executives (AEs) on territory planning and account mapping, running weekly syncs to align on target accounts and ensure your meetings convert to real revenue potential.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Execute Multi-Touch Cadences:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Leverage AI and advanced research to map out the buying committee (from Lead Engineers to VPs of Data and Chief Architects). You break through the noise with highly personalized, multi-touch cadences across cold calls, emails, and LinkedIn.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Partner with Marketing & Demand Gen:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Collaborate with Field Marketing to capitalize on event follow-ups and targeted campaigns. Engage closely with Demand Generation to action MQLs and AI-scored intent signals, ensuring rigorous qualification so no opportunity slips through the cracks.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Speak the Prospect's Language:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Engage credibly on architecture, latency, scale, throughput, and cost. You will elevate every conversation by translating these deep technical concepts into undeniable business impact.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive Market Intelligence:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Facilitate feedback loops with Marketing, Product, and Sales Leadership. Share real-time insights from the field regarding messaging effectiveness, prospect objections, product-market fit, and emerging market trends.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain Operational Excellence:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Drive a high-velocity, account-based outreach strategy. You manage your pipeline with rigor, keeping Salesforce records complete, timely, and accurate, while demonstrating elite professionalism and autonomous ownership over your book of business.</span><br><br></li></ul><h3 style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:2rem;font-size:16pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;text-align:start;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who You Are</strong></b></h3><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Proven Technical BDR:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> 2+ years of outbound pipeline generation experience. Selling into the database, data infrastructure, cloud, or developer tools space is highly preferred, backed by a track record of consistently meeting and exceeding quotas.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">AI-Augmented Operator:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> You embrace the future of sales. You actively use generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to research accounts faster, scale your personalization, and work smarter than the competition.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A Genuine Hunter:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> You know how to capture the attention of a Director, VP of Engineering, or C-level executive. You speak confidently as a peer and advisor, driving authentic, high-value conversations.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Fearless Communicator:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Strong on the phone and exceptionally quick on your feet. You don't freeze at objections; you use curiosity to turn them into the next high-value discovery question.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sharp & Strategic Writer:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Your outreach is concise, hyper-personalized, and impossible to ignore. You know how to write pattern-breaking copy that elite engineers actually read and respond to.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Fiercely Competitive & Collaborative:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> You are self-driven, set your own relentless pace, and hold yourself to the highest standards, but you also know how to act as a multiplier for your AEs and Marketing partners.</span><br><br></li></ul><h3 style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:2rem;font-size:16pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;text-align:start;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Your Modern, AI-Augmented Tech Stack</strong></b></h3><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We care more about your workflow mastery than specific tool lock-in. You understand how to leverage a modern outbound engine to hunt efficiently and personalize at scale:</span></p><ul style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;'><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">CRM:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Salesforce</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Sales Engagement:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Gong Engage (or Outreach, Salesloft, etc.)</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Conversation Intelligence:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Gong</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Research & AI:</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, plus advanced fluency in prompting AI for account research and copywriting.</span><br><br></li></ul><h3 style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:2rem;font-size:16pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;text-align:start;padding-left:0px;'><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">How We Measure You</strong></b></h3><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Qualified meetings booked, pipeline generated, and conversion into real opportunities. It is simple on purpose. We hire people who want to be a critical engine for the sales team, making a real, material impact on pipeline and revenue.</span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law</span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;'><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Salary Range for Applicants: $90,000 - $120,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).</span><br><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</strong></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> We are committed to an environment free from discrimination based on race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.</span></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><i><em style="color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">To keep our recruitment pipeline as high-performance as our database, Aerospike uses AI-driven tools to streamline resume reviews, scheduling, and communication. While we love smart tech, we value human connection even more. AI helps us optimize the process, but real people make 100% of the actual hiring decisions.</em></i></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p><p style='font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;'><br></p></body></div>
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