# Business Development Representative (BDR)

**Company**: Salesforce
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $50,570 - $67,665 annually
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Salesforce is seeking a motivated Business Development Representative (BDR) to partner with our outbound sales teams, drive pipeline through strategic prospecting, and launch a high-impact sales career at a company leading the agentic era.

The BDR role is part of our Sales Development Organization , the engine behind new business growth at Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM.

**Responsibilities:**

- Generate new business pipeline through outbound prospecting and cold calling across existing Salesforce customers and net new logos in an assigned territory

- Partner with account teams to identify and source pipeline by researching lines of business, personas, and key decision makers

- Manage and nurture inbound leads and early-stage opportunities driven by outbound efforts

- Participate in an intensive sales training program designed to build the foundational skills needed for a long-term career in sales

**Requirements:**

- Experience with outbound prospecting, cold calling, and account research across a mix of new and existing accounts

- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage decision makers at multiple levels

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while managing multiple priorities

- Consistent track record of meeting or exceeding goals and metrics

**Nice to Have:**

- 1–2 years of experience in business development, sales, or a related field

- Experience with account planning and working a hybrid list of net-new and existing install accounts

- Familiarity with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools

**Benefits:**

- Time off programs

- Medical, dental, vision

- Mental health support

- Paid parental leave

- Life and disability insurance

- 401(k)

- Employee stock purchasing program

**Salary Range:** $50,570 - $67,665 annually (base salary only, does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits)

## Skills

### Required
- outbound prospecting
- cold calling
- account research
- CRM tools
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- business development
- sales
- account planning

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