Business Development Representative (BDR)

Business Development Representative (BDR)

Home Based | London & South East
£45,000 Basic + Uncapped Commission (OTE £75,000)

Looking to launch your sales career with a business operating at the heart of the global investment industry?

We're recruiting for a rapidly growing international organisation that provides market intelligence, networking opportunities and premium data services to some of the world's leading investment firms.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing commercial team where you'll identify opportunities, open doors and create qualified sales opportunities for senior colleagues to convert.

Unlike many BDR roles, you won't spend every minute chasing cold prospects. You'll work across a mix of warm, lapsed and new opportunities, engaging senior decision-makers within the alternative investment community.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

  • Identifying and engaging prospective clients across the UK and internationally.
  • Re-engaging previous customers and warm prospects.
  • Prospecting new organisations through intelligent outbound activity.
  • Qualifying opportunities and understanding client requirements.
  • Booking high-quality demonstrations for the Sales Executive team.

Products include access to a premium global industry database together with attendance and participation at prestigious international business events.

About You

We're looking for someone with around 12 months' commercial sales experience.

You might currently be a:

  • SDR
  • BDR
  • Graduate Sales Executive
  • Internal Sales Executive
  • Business Development Executive

You'll be:

  • Confident speaking with senior business professionals.
  • Comfortable making outbound calls.
  • Curious and commercially minded.
  • Professional and articulate.
  • Looking to build a long-term career in consultative B2B sales.
What You'll Receive
  • circa £45,000 basic salary
  • Uncapped commission taking earnings to around £75,000
  • Home-based role
  • Genuine career progression
  • International business with ambitious growth plans
  • Adult environment with autonomy and trust
  • Results-focused culture rather than endless KPI monitoring

If you're looking for a role where performance is recognised and success genuinely rewarded, we'd love to hear from you.

Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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