Business Development Representative

As a Business Development Representative (Remote), you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem!

Purpose of this role:

The Business Development Representative (BDR) position is a critical role within ACI Worldwide, in which you will have responsibility for helping the sales organization capitalize on market opportunities within an assigned region.

It is the mission of the Business Development Team to help ACI sales team members drive organic sales growth by enabling them to spend more time speaking to, and meeting with decision-level contacts. Your primary focus will be to pursue, engage, and qualify new selling opportunities that increase ACI's sales pipeline both quality and quantity.

The remote-based BDR position is ideal for self-motivated and self-directed individuals who have a competitive-but-always-professional personality and understanding of how to play, and win, as a team. As a world-class organization, ACI proudly employs the best and brightest people throughout its organization who consistently and continuously work to deliver a great experience to its customers, partners, and shareholders.

A typical day at ACI for a Business Development Representative is:

• Schedule well-qualified sales meetings for the ACI sales team members
• Develop a thorough understanding and command of ACI's solutions and value proposition
• Build an awareness of market insights and trends that may be accelerators or obstacles to ACI's sales development strategy
• Research assigned prospect accounts to uncover organizational goals, objectives, or business drivers that ACI solutions can deliver value against
• Identify key contacts whose responsibilities are a best match for selecting ACI solutions
• Leverage ACI's message of value to engage prospects by way of email, phone, and social media
• Qualify marketing-generated leads (e.g. campaigns, contact forms, downloads, tradeshows, etc.) before converting to a sales-ready conversation
• Augment and enrich ACI Salesforce data to maximize information usability
• Keep accurate records of prospect-related interactions using Salesforce Tasks & Events
• Participate in cross-team meetings to share ideas that help improve organic sales growth for ACI
• Understand and adhere to all Corporate Policies to include but not limited to ACI Code of Ethics and Global Information Security.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed to succeed in this role:

• College or University degree or equivalent training/experience
• Minimum 1-2 years of lead generation, sales development, or recruiting experience
• Verifiable record of success working interdependently to achieve organizational goals
• Excellent phone and email communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy (Salesforce, Microsoft Office)

Core Capabilities:

We seek colleagues who embody our core capabilities these shape our culture and enable us to make a meaningful impact together:

• Ensure Accountability: holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Results: consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Customer Focus: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Cultivate Innovation: creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: building partnerships and working collaboratively with others.
• Courage: stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment visa status or work permit now or in the future.

In return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits packageall within an innovative and collaborative work environment.