Business Development Representative

ABBYY ABBYY · Enterprise · United States · Revenue

This role is for a Business Development Representative at ABBYY, a company specializing in AI-powered solutions and intelligent automation for enterprise customers. The BDR will focus on outbound prospecting, pipeline creation, and qualifying inbound leads to accelerate opportunities from early interest to sales-ready engagement. The role requires experience in sales or marketing, proficiency with CRM tools like Salesforce, and strong communication skills. The company is described as mature, with a global presence and a focus on respect, transparency, and simplicity.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct high-volume outbound prospecting activities among existing customers and new logos
  2. Drive new pipeline creation and nurture existing opportunities in early stages in order to progress them to business-ready/sales accepted stages and pass on to the sales executives
  3. Qualify and develop new inbound business leads that come from existing partner accounts to ensure highest possible quality and speed of transition to business opportunities
  4. Identify key contacts and target accounts through Salesforce and research tools (e.g., LinkedIn & ZoomInfo)
  5. Proactively engage with Demand Generation, SDR and Sales teams to ensure consistent pipeline build-up and progression

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field
  • 2+ years of relevant or transferable experience, preferably in the area of software/SaaS sales or marketing, lead qualification/processing, outbound outreach or similar
  • Demonstrated and proven sales results
  • Strong interpersonal and effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to listen and understand a prospect’s business challenges
  • Experience with Salesforce.com, ZoomInfo, and LinkedIn
  • Proficiency in using CRM systems, sales analytics tools, and Microsoft Office suite
  • Excellent communication skills both written and oral in English
  • Good solution presentation skills, high attention to detail, result-oriented and highly dedicated to daily persistence

Nice to have

  • Additional certifications or qualifications in sales or business development are a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered solutions
  • intelligent automation technology