Sylogist
Business Development Representative
🇨🇦 Remote - CA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Sales
🗓️ June 11th, 2025
CRM
SaaS
Edtech.com's Summary
Sylogist is hiring a Business Development Representative. The role involves establishing and cultivating relationships with individuals and organizations in target markets, identifying and attracting new customers, as well as managing CRM and lead generation. The position is ideal for someone eager to gain experience in software sales and marketing while engaging with prospects through research, cold calling, and outreach strategies.
Highlights
Highlights
- Build and manage relationships with potential customers.
- Conduct research to generate and qualify leads.
- Perform cold calling and emailing activities.
- Utilize CRM for maintaining lead data and generating reports.
- Requires post-secondary education in Marketing, Business, or related field.
- Minimum six months of experience in sales or customer service.
- Skills in email and phone communications essential.
- Internship experience in SaaS is advantageous.
Business Development Representative Full Description
Company Overview
At Sylogist, we are purpose-driven to “empower the good our customers do.”
We provide SaaS-based software solutions to the non-profit, government, and education sectors, and we take immense pride in the work of our customers and the products we build to support them. Our team is collaborative, enthusiastic and delivers on our promises. If you want to apply your skills to improve trusted technology that supports over 2000 customers around the world, then let’s talk!
Position Overview
We are currently seeking a talented and driven Business Development Representative (BDR) to support our nonprofit software vertical, SylogistMission.
Reporting directly to the Director of Business Development & Communications, the primary responsibility of the BDR is to establish and cultivate relationships with individuals and organizations in our target markets. Your efforts at the outset of these relationships are instrumental in identifying and attracting new customers to our business.
This role is a great fit for an ambitious, early-career individual eager to gain experience in software sales and marketing. As a key member of our team, you’ll build valuable skills in outreach, CRM management, and lead generation, while working alongside motivated professionals. We’re looking for someone who’s ready to roll up their sleeves, take initiative, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
If you’re passionate about launching your career in sales and marketing and connecting with new people, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities Include:
- Understanding our buyer personas and the needs of our target market
- Researching, generating, and qualifying leads
- Cold calling and cold emailing qualified prospects
- Writing and adapting outreach scripts and email sequences
- Using social-selling techniques to attract and source leads
- Updating and maintaining accurate notes in our CRM
- Ensuring lead data accuracy and upkeep in the CRM system
- Brainstorming and executing new strategies to engage prospects
- Collaborating with the team to share and refine prospecting techniques
- Staying informed on trends across the nonprofit sector, our competitors, and industry news
- Attending industry events and networking to generate and qualify leads
- Participating in face-to-face meetings and other relationship-building activities
- Helping to create updates and reports for presentation to management
- Other duties as assigned
What We Look for in You:
Must-haves:
- Completed post-secondary education in Marketing, Business, or a related field
- At least six months of experience in a sales or customer service role
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable with selling via email and phone
- Strong written communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to travel throughout Canada and the US
Nice-to-haves:
- Internship or co-op experience at a SaaS company
- Experience with non-profit is a plus
Why Join Sylogist?
We're an inclusive company that values the personal and professional growth of its employees! At Sylogist, you'll experience:
- A company where you can really make a meaningful impact
- A healthy work-life balance
- Benefits that cover health, wealth, and wellness
Sylogist is a remote-first company.
Sylogist does not offer sponsorships. All candidates must provide proper employment documentation showing immediate eligibility to work in the country in which the role is based.
If you’re as excited about making a difference as we are, we would love to hear from you!
Sylogist is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Sylogist will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.
