Business Development Representative

MUST WORK FROM AUSTIN OFFICE 3X PER WEEK!About Us
Thrive is a rapidly growing technology solutions provider focusing upon Cloud, Cyber Security, Networking, Disaster Recovery and Managed Services.  Our corporate culture, engineering talent, customer-centric approach, and focus upon “next generation” services help us stand out amongst our peers.  Thrive is on the look-out for individuals who don’t view their weekdays spent at “a job”, but rather look to develop valuable skills that ignite their passion and lead to a CAREER.  If you’re attracted to a “work hard, play hard” environment, seeking the guidance, training and experience necessary to build a lucrative career, then welcome to THRIVE!!
Company Culture
At Thrive, we put our employees first to create a winning team — the COMPANY wins, the CUSTOMER wins and YOU win. We care about our employees, their work-life balance and their professional growth, and work hard to provide benefits that support that. Despite our growth, we continue to hold on to our employee-first, team and family culture through office competitions, company outings, and day-to-day environment.
Responsibilities

• Develops, qualifies and captures leads and opportunities through prospecting via phone, Internet, and social media
• Follows up on inbound leads to further qualify prospect interest
• Creates opportunities within an assigned region through outbound activities
• Partners with Sales Consultants in an assigned region in pursuit of driving revenue for the organization and promotion within the sales organization
• Designs a steady flow of outbound communication to drive engagement
• Maintains velocity to drive activity, prospective customer engagement and most important, top of funnel quality pipeline contribution
• Builds rapport and cultivates relationships with a variety of team members
• Demonstrates consultative sales approach by creating value-based engagements
• Achieves quota with consistency
• Drives to move the sales process forward with prospective customer and partners before handing over to the Sales Consultant
• Responsible for arranging introductory meetings (physical and virtual) between the prospect and the Sales Consultant
• Develops relationships with the Solution Provider community and Thrive to leverage relationships with the intent of contributing to pipeline growth
• Collaborates with own team of inside sellers to share feedback and best practices

Requirements

• 1-3 Years work experience - this is an entry level, early or second career position
• Prior Software, Cybersecurity, or Technology Sales experience preferred but not required
• Experience and enjoyment working in a collaborative team environment
• Self-motivated and driven for outstanding results with focus on quality and the customer
• Devotion to sales development, achievement and driving career forward rapidly
• Ability to be flexible and work in a rapidly changing, collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Excellent oral, written and social media communication skills
• Excellent creative, multi-tasking, problem solving and organizational skills
• The ability to work with a variety of internal groups
• Solid technical aptitude and business acumen
• Curious, positive, and aggressive attitude
• Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM

Compensation

• Salary commensurate with relevant sales experience
• Generous commission plan
• Strong upward mobility for a career path within a rapidly growing company
• Full benefits (Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, etc.)