Business Development Representative (Remote)
About the role
We are looking for an energetic, confident, and highly driven Business Development Representative to join our growing team. This role is perfect for someone who genuinely enjoys talking to people, building relationships, and creating opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Possess a genuine enjoyment of talking to people and building relationships.
- Connect with business owners across multiple industries through various communication channels.
- Initiate conversations and build authentic relationships with prospective clients.
- Qualify prospects through professional discovery conversations and schedule high-quality appointments for our sales team.
- Maintain detailed notes and activity inside our CRM system.
- Execute consistent follow-up with prospective clients and build long-term relationships through regular communication.
- Stay top of mind with prospects until they are ready to move forward and ensure every opportunity receives timely and professional follow-up.
- Manage an organized sales pipeline, track outreach activities and follow-up tasks, and keep CRM records accurate and up to date.
- Collaborate closely with leadership to maximize conversion opportunities.
Qualifications
- Exceptional spoken and written English.
- Outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Comfortable speaking with executives and business owners.
- Reliable high-speed internet and a quiet home office with professional webcam and headset.
- Available to work during U.S. business hours.
Preferred Qualifications
- Business development experience.
- Appointment setting experience.
- Sales experience.
- CRM experience (HubSpot, Salesforce, GoHighLevel, or similar).
- Experience working remotely.
- Familiarity with home service businesses.
Who We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is naturally outgoing and confident, an exceptional conversationalist, comfortable talking to strangers, highly competitive, relentless with follow-up, self-motivated and disciplined, coachable and eager to improve, organized and detail-oriented, resilient in the face of rejection, and committed to achieving goals.
Why Join Virtual Assist?
- Full-time remote position.
- Long-term career growth.
- Ongoing sales and business development training.
- Work directly with successful entrepreneurs throughout the United States.
- A high-performance, entrepreneurial culture.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing company.
Our Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone with what many people call "the gift of gab." Someone who can strike up a conversation with anyone, build trust quickly, and keep relationships moving forward. You're energized by meeting new people, enjoying networking, and understanding that business development is a numbers game, willing to put in the work every single day.