Business Development Representative

About the role

As a Business Development Representative at Apollo, you’ll be a front-line outbound specialist, generating top-of-funnel meetings through high-volume, phone-first outreach. Based in Austin, TX, this early-career track role is trained in Apollo proprietary outreach methodologies and is on a pathway to become a future AE or AM. You’ll work from our Apollo offices at least 3 days/week, collaborating with fellow BDRs, Managers, and GTM teams.

Responsibilities

• Own phone-first outbound outreach using Apollo’s Parallel Dialer
• Book qualified meetings for Account Executives
• Drive Campaign outreach supported by Marketing
• Master call architecture, talk tracks, and objection handling strategies
• Log performance, take coaching feedback, and improve week over week

What you’ll learn

• The fundamentals of cold outbound strategy and campaign messaging
• Qualification, discovery, and objection handling
• Team-based collaboration and RevOps tooling
• Sales performance psychology and compensation-based motivation

Mindset and behaviors

• Bring your grit and determination to advance our company’s values, unique culture, and future results
• Engage as your unique self in a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team
• Thrive in a competitive environment, embracing challenges, enjoying objection handling, and using setbacks as fuel to improve and win
• Have a positive outlook, a strong ability to take responsibility for successes and failures, and a relentless drive to keep improving
• Maintain a sharp focus on your goals and a belief that your daily, weekly, and monthly activities will help achieve them
• Possess a competitive spark, a hunger to win, and a determination to outperform in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment
• Be a self-starter who proactively identifies opportunities, takes initiative, and stays motivated in the face of multiple objections and “no’s”

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience working with high volume calling environments or similar fast-paced, semi-repetitive work environments
• Top performer in your current role with a proven track record of consistently meeting activity targets
• Experience using strong selling techniques and objection handling processes, day to day
• Ability to communicate, present to, and influence key stakeholders across both technical and non-technical roles
• Adaptable with the ability to pick up new technologies, assess situations quickly, and find smarter ways to achieve goals
• Coachable—loves to learn, receive feedback, and improve their skills
• Must be willing to be in office 3 days a week in our Austin, TX location

Pay

The listed Pay Range reflects the total cash compensation inclusive of annual base salary and annual bonus as applicable. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonus target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Pay Range: $85,000 - $85,000 USD

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

About Apollo.io

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Founded in 2015, the company is one of the fastest growing companies in SaaS, raising approximately $250 million to date and valued at $1.6 billion. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts and 35 million companies worldwide, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers.

Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members.

We are an AI-native company built on a culture of continuous improvement. If you're energized by finding smarter, faster ways to get things done using AI and automation, you'll thrive here.

Why you’ll love working at Apollo

• We’re driven by a shared mission: to help our customers unlock their full revenue potential
• We take extreme ownership of our work, move with focus and urgency, and learn voraciously to stay ahead
• We invest deeply in your growth, ensuring you have the resources, support, and autonomy to own your role and make a real impact
• Collaboration is at our core—we’re all for one, meaning you’ll have a team across departments ready to help you succeed
• We encourage bold ideas and courageous action, giving you the freedom to experiment, take smart risks, and drive big wins