Outbound Business Development Representative

Notion Notion · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Sales

This role is for an Outbound Business Development Representative at Notion, a company that offers an AI-integrated productivity tool. The role focuses on outbound sales, identifying target prospects, reaching out via various channels, conducting discovery calls, and qualifying leads. While the company uses AI and encourages its use, the core function of this role is sales, not AI development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with our early-stage outbound sales team to experiment with pipeline generation tactics and strategic approaches
  2. Identify and analyze target prospects based on market, firmographic, and product signals
  3. Identify target customer segments by analyzing customer data across Salesforce, Gong, in-product user metrics, financial data, data in Snowflake, Hex, Excel, and GoogleSheets
  4. Reach out to prospects via email, phone, and LinkedIn to educate them on our products
  5. Experiment with different audiences, messaging, and channels to generate Enterprise opportunities

Skills

Required

  • at least 6 months of outbound sales development experience, preferably in SaaS tech or a high-growth environment
  • energized to be part of the building phase for the revenue team in a hypergrowth company
  • passion for customers and have a natural empathy for their needs
  • growth mindset and view challenges as learning opportunities, not failures
  • creativity and tenacity in how you approach your outbound prospecting (calls, emails, LinkedIn, video, social) efforts
  • curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results

Nice to have

  • Technical understanding of SaaS products and business workflows
  • Prior experience with Salesforce, Outreach, and other prospecting tools
  • Proficiency in SQL is preferred
  • experience generating and analyzing Salesforce reports

What the JD emphasized

  • early career sales professional
  • outbound sales development experience