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Blackbaud

Business Development Representative

🇺🇸 Remote - US 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $46K - $58K 💻 Sales 🗓️ August 29th, 2026
Salesforce CRM Gong

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Blackbaud is hiring a Business Development Representative. The role involves generating sales opportunities for Account Executives by proactively engaging and qualifying leads from various marketing channels, prospecting targeted lists, nurturing client relationships, and meeting monthly sales quotas. The position requires collaboration with Account Executives, managing CRM data, and tracking progress toward sales goals, with opportunities for career growth through internal development programs.

Highlights
  • Main responsibilities: Engage and qualify inbound leads, prospect targeted call lists, nurture relationships, gather information for sales readiness, route qualified leads, collaborate with Account Executives, track and report progress, meet performance goals, and maintain CRM data integrity.
  • Required software knowledge/technical skills: Familiarity with sales tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong, Nooks, Consensus, and Salesforce is a plus.
  • Compensation details: Starting base salary between $46,100 and $58,300 with proposed annual commission; actual pay may vary based on qualifications and performance.
  • Required qualifications: Strong interest in sales or marketing, previous experience in software or tech sales (especially prospecting) is a plus, track record of meeting quotas or measurable goals, excellent communication and listening skills, multitasking ability, and a results-driven mindset.
  • Sales targets: Monthly quotas include scheduling qualified initial sales meetings and building sales pipeline.
  • Collaboration: Works closely with Account Executives on outreach planning and prospect pool building.
  • Customer/Client info: Engages with prospects who interact through webinars, events, and thought leadership content.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance; wellness programs; 401(k) with employer match; flexible paid time off; parental leave; donations program; pet insurance; legal and identity protection; tuition reimbursement.
  • Role type: Quota-bearing, full-time position with career advancement opportunities within Blackbaud’s Sales Academy.

Business Development Representative Full Description

Business Development Representative: 

The Business Development Representative (BDR) helps generate sales for Account Executives (AE's). Our BDRs are the first voice our prospects hear—and that first impression matters. As a BDR, you'll be on the front lines of our marketing efforts, engaging with contacts who have interacted with our webinars, thought leadership content, events, and other channels. In addition to prospecting sales opportunities in the market, the BDR will collaborate with AE's on targeted lists, planning outreach, and building prospect pools. The BDR role is critical in surfacing new opportunities for our sales team. Given this, the BDR role is a quota-bearing role. The BDR's quotas will include monthly goals for the scheduling of qualified initial sales meetings led by an AE and building pipeline on their accounts. 
 

For strong performers, we have a rigorous upskilling and development program to prepare SDRs to enter our Sales Academy, leading to future quota-bearing roles such as Commercial Account Executive. 
 

What you'll be doing: 

  • Engage and qualify inbound leads from marketing campaigns and content interactions. 

  • Prospect into targeted call lists to identify potential opportunities. 

  • Nurture relationships with prospects and/or clients through thoughtful outreach and follow-up. 

  • Gather key information to assess fit and readiness for a sales conversation. 

  • Route qualified leads to your aligned sales team for further discovery. 

  • Meet regularly with your assigned Account Executives and communicate timely and accurately with the team to provide updates on weekly outreach activity, successes, and additional areas and prospects to target  

  • Track and report on individual progress to monthly and quarterly goals for initial sales meetings and pipeline sourced  

  • Meet and exceed performance goals, including lead conversion rates and monthly quotas. 

  • Maintain data integrity and manage lead records in CRM systems. 


What we'll want you to have: 

  • A strong interest in building a career in Sales or Marketing

  • Previous experience in software or tech sales is a plus—especially prospecting. 

  • Familiarity with sales tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong, Nooks, Consensus, and Salesforce is a plus 

  • Track record of quota and/or measurable goal achievement 

  • Excellent communication and listening skills

  • Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment. 

  • results-driven mindset with a proactive approach to outreach. 

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

The starting base salary and annual proposed commission is $46,100.00 to $58,300.00. Blackbaud may pay more or less based on employee qualifications, market value, sales quota, Company finances, and other operational considerations.

Benefits Include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance

  • Remote-flexible workforce

  • Wellness Programs

  • 401(k) program with employer match

  • Flexible paid time off

  • Generous Parental Leave

  • Donations for Doers

  • Pet insurance, legal and identity protection

  • Tuition reimbursement program