Render's singular focus is best summarized by our purpose; continuously innovate and evolve technology to build networks better and connect communities. Render's geospatial network construction platform enables telecommunication network operators and construction teams to digitize the construction workflow and cut the time and cost of large-scale fiber deployment by over 20%.
Network infrastructure spend in the USA is forecast at more than $60 billion per year over the next decade. So, the demand for technology-enabled efficiency and construction innovation is sizable and acute. Render's market-leading platform is experiencing rapid adoption. In partnership with majority partners IFM Investors, Render is perfectly positioned to build on existing momentum and realize significant growth.
Our entire team has a genuine passion for innovation and understands technology’s role in enabling communities to connect and thrive globally. Our shared values shape everything that we do at Render. We cannot overstate how central the following five cultural statements are to our culture: - Innovate for Impact
- Love what we build
- Back ourselves to win
- Be the customer outcome
- Stay open and connected
The role you will play:
The Business Development Representative (BDR) will play a crucial role in identifying and generating new business for Render. You will convert leads to real sales opportunities and proactively research and contact prospective customers who could achieve great value by Render’s robust platform offering. The BDR will build and maintain a consistent sales pipeline to drive growth and support Render’s revenue goals. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Product Marketing, this is a fantastic opportunity for a sales professional to build their career with a global scaleup in an industry that is experiencing exponential growth. You will be a tenacious, self-driven sales professional with a technical aptitude and a background or an interest in SaaS technology and network construction.
Key responsibilities of the role will include:- Manage the outbound lead generation process and hunt for new business opportunities.
- Meet and exceed monthly and quarterly SQL targets.
- Strategically contact leads through cold calls, email, LinkedIn, and other touch points with the goal of filling the sales pipeline with qualified sales opportunities.
- Research target companies and their buying committees and take a strategic approach to reach enterprise level prospects, including writing tailored messaging.
- Qualify and nurture outbound leads with the goal of setting qualified meetings for Render’s Account Executives.
- Represent Render as the first point of contact for sales opportunities and effectively qualify leads.
- Utilize HubSpot to organize contacts and track progress of Leads.
- Report weekly results to your Manager including leads reached, response rates, and meetings set.
- Maintain active engagement with prospects responding to questions, objections, and any activity to qualify and convert them to a meeting.
- Ensure a seamless hand-off of sales qualified leads to Account Executives.
- Accurately enter and maintain key lead information including across the market: customer segments, competitive and buyer intelligence, and pipeline information in HubSpot.
- Understand Render’s business value, product vision and customer profiles.
As our ideal candidate:- You’ll have 2+ years of outbound (SDR or BDR) experience at the enterprise level within a telco or high-growth technology company. Network engineering, construction, or telco experience is highly desirable.
- You are passionate about technology with the capability to simplify and explain complex technical solutions to prospective customers.
- You have strong research and writing skills in order to find and engage with difficult to reach contacts at an enterprise organization.
- You are focused on SQL and opportunity progression and conversion with a curiosity for value-based sales approaches.
- You possess strong organizational skills (ability to manage tightly, over time, a large quantity of information), and ability to achieve KPIs and manage deadlines.
- You are a disciplined self-starter who can conduct required sales outreach activities in order to achieve individual and team metrics.
- You have a passion for contributing to our global team culture and sharing knowledge and insights.
- You are up for an ambitious challenge, the opportunity for Render and our people globally is huge!
What’s on offer: At Render, we’re ‘reimagining connection’ and enabling both our customers, and the communities they exist to serve, to reach their full potential. We do this by building world-class technology that improves: deployment speed, connectivity quality, and economic outcomes for some of society's most vulnerable families and communities. Engagement is important to us at Render. We strive to ensure our people remain connected in thoughtful ways:- Flexible working: We treat our employees as adults. They understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, innovate, and perform and we understand the importance of providing the flexibility to work remotely, connect virtually, and at different times
- Professional development: In addition to having goal-oriented check-ins to ensure potential is realized and performance maximized, our culture focuses on supportive and robust development, including learning opportunities customized for an individual’s needs
- Collaborative culture: We know big ideas can come from anyone. So, we encourage and empower everybody to share their ideas and expertise to feel valued and to make a positive impact
- Technology investment: We work with leading technology platforms and enablement tools to support your success
- Wellbeing focus: All people perform better when they’re firing on all cylinders; health and wellness benefits are essential. Render supports all employees' wellbeing via our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and we encourage people to be themselves by creating an inclusive workplace
- Employee Benefits: We offer competitive paid parental leave with 12 weeks of paid leave for Primary Caregivers and two weeks of paid leave for Secondary Caregivers. As a US-based employee you are eligible to partake in our health insurance plan with United Healthcare.
At Render we celebrate diversity and promote equal employment opportunities in the workplace. Our open, transparent, and inclusive team culture provides a license for every individual to turn ideas into impact. We look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can enhance Render and our culture. So, even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you!