At Wasabi, we’re a proven collection of pioneers, visionaries and disruptive doers. We see things differently than our competitors, and we make our mark in the industry by challenging the norm and delivering the unexpected and improbable. We’re a fast-growing company taking the Cloud Storage industry by storm and recognized as one of the best places to work in Boston.
Wasabi hot cloud storage is a new class and category of cloud storage, breaking all traditional barriers and boundaries of storage with a disruptive value proposition of being 1/5th the cost of AWS S3, faster than the competition, with no fees for egress or API request and delivered as a single-tier solution. Cloud storage has never been so simple, so fast and so inexpensive. It’s all part of our vision to make cloud storage the next great global utility, just like electricity.
Role Description: Business Development Representative
Role Purpose:
Wasabi Technologies Inc. helps organizations securely store their important data backups and archives with Wasabi’s fast, highly secure, and inexpensive hot cloud storage. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, driven and ambitious self-starter, who is detail oriented, organized, and continuously pushes themselves past the minimum expectations of the role.
Wasabi’s BDR team play a vital role in driving pipeline growth. Through Wasabi focused trainings/enablement, self-paced learning and competitive research you’ll constantly be learning on the fly for a better understanding of the Cloud Storage market. Your day-to-day responsibilities include identifying and nurturing potential prospects, generating qualified leads, following up on marketing-qualified leads, and building strong relationships. These efforts lay the groundwork for our sales success and ensure continued growth.
*Principals only. No recruiters.
Responsibilities:
- Call on hot leads generated from webforms submitted through the Wasabi website (hand-raisers).
- Call on warm leads generated from webinars, trade shows, virtual events, partner events and call on leads generated by your own research.
- Successfully qualify warm leads to determine pain points, use-cases, and potential cloud storage volume needs.
- Schedule appointments and warmly introduce qualified leads to Wasabi Enterprise, Commercial, Channel, or Inside Sales representatives to accelerate their pipelines.
- Routinely capture activities and qualification details in Wasabi’s CRM.
- Work with extended sales teams on account/territory mapping and prospect.
- Meet weekly with marketing colleagues for closed loop feedback on marketing campaign results and success metrics.
Requirements:
- Enthusiastic about the challenge of working at a fast-paced and exciting start-up.
- 1+ year experience as a technology BDR / SDR.
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business or a similar field.
- Self-starter who enjoys and is very comfortable with cold calling.
- Willingness to continuously learn in an evolving startup.
- Communicates professionally verbally, and in writing.
- Comfortable with giving and receiving feedback (positive or areas of improvement).
- Able to leverage marketing and sales tools (Salesforce, Outreach or comparable sales engagement tool, HubSpot) to automate processes.
- Disciplined about planning and setting goals and achieving success.
Wasabi Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
What We Do
Recognized as one of the technology industry’s fastest growing companies, Wasabi is on a mission to store the world's data by making cloud storage affordable, predictable and secure. With Wasabi, visionary companies gain the freedom to use their data whenever they like without being hit with unpredictable fees or vendor lock-in. Instead, they’re free to build best-of-breed solutions with the industry’s fastest-growing ecosystem of independent cloud application partners. Customers and partners all over the world trust Wasabi to help them put their data to work so they can unlock their full potential.
In September 2022, Wasabi achieved unicorn status following $250M in funding. To date, Wasabi has raised over $500M at a $1.1B valuation.
As leaders in our community, Wasabi strives to always inspire by example and give to those who are most in need. We team up with our partners in a purposeful way to create corporate social responsibility initiatives that will make a true impact in a way that is authentic to who we are. Our community engagement programs include Veteran Support like the Run to Home Base, Female Empowerment, Educational Opportunities, Non-Profit Storage Donations, and more. We also created a unique music and arts CSR program to bring the power of music and the arts to those who need it worldwide. The Red Hot Beats program launched with our partners at the Liverpool Football Club Foundation promotes mental health and wellness through music therapy for young people in the Liverpool area. Meanwhile our founding partnership of the MGM Music Hall at Fenway supports arts access, education, and opportunity for students and emerging artists in New England.
Why Work With Us
At Wasabi, we know that product alone does not make a company. We empower our employees to thrive by prioritizing their personal lives and showing trust in their abilities, and as a result, they bring remarkable energy and enthusiasm to their careers at Wasabi.
We have team members from every corner of the globe, including the US, Europe, & Asia.
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Wasabi has a full remote work policy. However it maintains its corporate office and encourages employees to use it when they need to.