Business Development Representative

About AvePoint

AvePoint is the unifying Trust Layer for AI. AvePoint enables more than 28,000 organizations and 6,000 channel partners to protect, secure, and govern their entire AI estate across data, infrastructure, AI and agents for Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and other leading cloud environments, so that enterprises can deploy AI with confidence and scale innovation without scaling risk. To learn more, visit  www.avepoint.com .

About AvePoint

At AvePoint, we are committed to investing in our people. Agility, passion and teamwork set us up to do our best work and foster a culture where you are empowered to craft your career, make an impact, and own (y)our future. Unleash the power of you!

About the role

Are you looking to enhance your career in sales in the fast-paced world of AI and technology? This role is your opportunity to develop essential sales skills, gain deep industry knowledge, and lay the foundation for a journey in the world of enterprise software sales. We’ll provide you with continuous training and sales mentorship to help you on your way to success and career growth with us.

As a Business Development Representative (BDR), your role is to find and create new sales opportunities, via prospecting and conducting cold outreach across our existing customer portfolio. You’ll identify organisations’ current and future IT challenges to help match AvePoint products and support services to those needs. If you’re a team player, driven and eager to hit the ground running then we want to hear from you!

Key responsibilities

Own  outbound pipeline generation strategy and execution  across multiple concurrent sales plays, no inbound activity management involved in role

Actively   test, optimise, and scale messaging , using data to improve conversion rates across personas and plays

Identify, research, target and qualify  senior buyer personas  (CIO, CISO, CTO, Procurement), tailoring messaging to business drivers and strategic priorities

Leverage account insight (triggers, intent signals, industry trends) to drive  highly personalised, relevant outreach

Collaborate with account owners and wider account teams to translate customer engagement and product adoption insights into targeted outreach strategies and qualified pipeline generation.

Design and deliver  multi-threaded, multi-channel outbound campaigns  (primarily phone but extending to email, LinkedIn) with clear persona and play alignment

Consistently deliver  qualified meetings leading to pipeline  that meet defined sales-accepted criteria and conversion expectations

Partner closely with AEs to  align on account priorities, penetration strategy, and deal progression , ensuring quality handover

Maintain  rigorous CRM discipline , ensuring full visibility of activity, pipeline contribution, and account engagement

Provide structured feedback to sales and marketing on  play effectiveness, messaging resonance, and market dynamics

Demonstrate strong  commercial judgement , prioritising accounts and plays that maximise pipeline and revenue impact

Operate with a high degree of  autonomy, ownership, and accountability  over outbound performance and results

Positioning AvePoint effectively to facilitate a high conversion of leads to qualified pipeline opportunities by executing and communicating effective product and solution-based messaging

Scheduling and coordinating appointments with potential customers to support the sales pipeline and ensure effective follow-ups

Developing and maintaining strong relationships with end customers to foster long-term engagement

Essential requirements

We are looking for people who value agility, passion and teamwork; those who can bring fresh ideas to the table and want the opportunity to learn, grow, and expand their careers. Bring your aptitude and build upon what you do best for our customers, partners, team, and you.

To be successful in this role, you need to be a self-motivated, out-of-the-box thinker with the ability to understand what a customer needs and articulate how AvePoint can help. You are also a team player who thrives on working collaboratively with both internal and external teams.

Prior cold calling experience or first sales experience, preferably in IT and/or Software sales

An ability to understand technical concepts and convey them to customers

Excellent communication and listening skills and ability to engage in conversations comfortably

A positive attitude

Plenty of initiative and a strong sense of ownership

A persuasive manner

Impeccable organizational and   time management skills

The ability to think on your feet

A hunger to learn and grow

Benefits we offer

Market-competitive compensation including bonus scheme

Career progression and internal mobility opportunities

30 days of annual leave, in addition to public holidays

GBP 1.000,00/Year towards our Tuition Reimbursement Program

Company pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Donation Matching Program

Maternity policy

Company sponsored events / regular team building events

Extra paid perk days - Birthday off, Family/Life Event Day, Volunteering...

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