Business Development Representative, Enterprise
Census
Sales & Business Development
Oakland, CA, USA
From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About the Role
Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.
We’re looking for a mid-senior level Business Development Representative (BDR) to join our Oakland office and help accelerate pipeline generation across our Commercial and Enterprise business segments. This role is ideal for someone with 9+ months of experience in technology sales who thrives in outbound prospecting, account research, and consultative discovery conversations. Experience selling into data, analytics, cloud, or infrastructure teams is a strong plus.
As a BDR at Fivetran, you’ll partner closely with Account Executives to identify and engage target accounts, multi-thread into strategic organizations, and generate qualified pipeline through personalized outreach across phone, email, LinkedIn, and video. You’ll work directly with modern data leaders and technical buyers at fast-growing and enterprise organizations evaluating cloud data infrastructure, analytics modernization, AI initiatives, and data integration strategies.
This is a full-time position based out of our Oakland office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including three days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
Technologies You’ll Use
Salesforce, Outreach, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Lusha, Nooks, ChatGPT and AI prospecting tools, Gong, Google Workspace, Slack, Vidyard / Loom
What You’ll Do
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Generate qualified pipeline through outbound prospecting across target accounts
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Research accounts, industries, and personas to craft personalized outreach
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Partner closely with Account Executives to build account strategies and prioritize opportunities
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Execute multi-channel outbound campaigns using phone, email, LinkedIn, and video
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Conduct discovery conversations to uncover business challenges, technical pain points, and initiatives
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Engage data, analytics, engineering, IT, RevOps, and executive personas
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Maintain accurate activity, contact, and opportunity data within Salesforce
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Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Partnerships, and Sales leadership
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Leverage AI tools and sales technologies to improve prospecting efficiency and messaging quality
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Consistently achieve and exceed activity, meeting generation, and pipeline targets
Skills We’re Looking For
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9+ months of experience in SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, or technology sales development
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Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders
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Ability to learn and articulate technical concepts related to data, analytics, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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Experience with outbound prospecting and multi-threaded account engagement
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Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple accounts and priorities simultaneously
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Comfortable using AI tools such as ChatGPT or sales engagement platforms to improve research, messaging, and productivity
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Coachable, curious, resilient, and motivated by a high-performance sales environment
Bonus Skills
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Experience selling into data, analytics, engineering, or IT organizations
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Familiarity with modern data stack technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, or cloud data warehouses
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Experience using Outreach, Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, or Gong
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Previous experience working in a high-growth SaaS environment
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Demonstrated success exceeding outbound pipeline generation targets
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The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
Perks and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
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