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Business Development Representative

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The Business Development Representative will generate qualified sales leads, collaborate with sales and marketing, strategize targeting, and educate audiences about mobile sales enablement.
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Business Development Representative - Chicago

Location: This role requires 4 days in office per week

About the position

Join Showpad as a Business Development Rep (BDR) to build up a wide range of experience, knowledge, and network and play a major part in the company‘s global growth. Get the opportunity to excel in generating highly qualified sales leads, collaborate strategically with your sales partner(s) to identify, research and target the right companies and have a huge impact on Showpad’s growth. By selling the most innovative, disruptive mobile sales enablement solution, you will communicate, educate & challenge some of the largest companies in the world.

Business Development serves as a talent pool of high potentials for many other departments in the company, such as sales, customer success, and marketing. This is where it all starts. Kick-start your career at Showpad now!

Key responsibilities as a BDR at Showpad

  • Strategise with Sales on which companies to target
  • Find the relevant contacts within those companies and reach out via email, LinkedIn and/or phone
  • Build up connections and educate your target audience on mobile sales enablement
  • Qualify prospects & set up meetings for sales
  • Collaborate with Marketing to ensure a constant flow of quality leads
  • Work towards a monthly sales target

Skills we are looking for

  • Perfect knowledge of English
  • Exceptionally strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Analytical mindset
  • A results driven personality
  • A proven track record of achieving measurable goals
  • The ability to be a self starter in a fast paced environment
  • Excellent time-management and prioritising abilities
  • Insatiable desire to grow yourself, your team and the company
  • Ambition to build a career in sales

About Showpad

At Showpad, we’re focused on empowering others to be at their best. As a global leader in AI-powered revenue effectiveness, we provide revenue teams with the platform they need to prepare sellers, engage buyers, and drive predictable revenue. Since our 2025 merger with Bigtincan, we have created the industry’s first unified platform specifically designed for complex, field-selling organizations, serving more than 2,000 customers across 50 countries.

As an employer, we provide our employees with opportunities to grow, make a meaningful impact, and bring their authentic selves to work. Our culture stems from our values, which center on achieving maximum impact for our customers and fostering global collaboration, diversity, and a genuine passion for innovation. We’re a team of authentic, good-natured ass-kickers, and we’ve been recognized as a top workplace by Built In Chicago and Inc. Magazine.

Why Join Us Now?

Showpad is powering the next generation of field selling success through accelerated innovation, expanded global reach, and a more holistic engine to drive growth and lasting value. You’ll join a team shaping what’s next, working with smart, driven people who care deeply about making an impact (and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo).

Our Global Footprint

Founded in 2011, Showpad is a global company with 500+ people (post-merger) working from offices and regional hubs around the world including Chicago, Boston, Ghent, London, Munich, Brussels, San Francisco, and Sydney. We are consistently recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ and a “Customers’ Choice” by Gartner® Peer Insights.

What you can expect from Showpad

We welcome every voice and are committed to building a truly inclusive environment where your differences are not just welcomed, they are celebrated. We’re building a best-in-class experience for our employees and are always identifying opportunities to encourage our team to be their authentic selves. Whether that’s paid parental leave, paid holidays (including Juneteenth and paid time off to vote), paid time off to volunteer at non-profit organizations, personal development opportunities or professional stretch assignments, you can expect Showpad to support you. 

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organization and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other dimensions of identity.

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Showpad Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

Centrally located in the Loop and easily accessible for all commuters with tons of options for lunch.

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