Business Development Representative

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems for the global enterprise and technology markets. Our flagship platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT initiatives. We work with industry leaders in cloud, silicon, and many other sectors, and we are a founder led, profitable, remote first global company with more than 1,200 colleagues across 75 countries.

The role of a Business Development Representative at Canonical focuses on sourcing and qualifying new customer projects that fit our product lines and expanding Canonical's reach across multiple industries and geographies. The successful candidate will be organized, persistent, charismatic, and hard working, with a strong interest in technology and its business implications.

• Execute outbound sales & marketing campaigns
• Research information about prospective customers and market trends
• Generate high quality leads for senior sellers to fuel a multi million dollar pipeline
• Own and close SMB opportunities within your designated territory
• Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results
• Help define the processes and policies for the team
• Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face to face marketing and sales opportunities

• Demonstrated success in SDR or outbound sales, with a track record of exceeding annual quotas and consistently driving qualified pipeline growth
• Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities
• Experience in enterprise software or technology sales
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Passion for business and technology
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement-curious, flexible, scientific
• Creative problem solving and cross team collaboration
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
• Result driven with an over achiever spirit
• Persistence & perseverance
• Growth mindset-people from our team develop into all departments within the sales organization (Channel, IoT, Enterprise Sales, etc.)
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

• Distributed work environment with twice yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Entry level

Full time

Sales and Business Development

Software Development