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Business Development Representative

Fort Lauderdale, FLHybridFull TimePosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • SLED
  • state agencies
  • local agencies
  • education agencies
  • buying signals
  • outbound outreach
  • inbound qualification
  • qualify prospects
  • consultative selling
  • outbound campaigns

Nice to have

  • customer-facing roles
  • sales roles
  • CRM
  • public sector sales
  • high-growth startup
  • track record

Role summary

NationGraph is seeking a Business Development Representative to identify and qualify vendors selling into the State, Local, and Education (SLED) market. This role focuses on turning cold outreach into qualified pipeline by understanding prospect needs and demonstrating how NationGraph's data can help them win contracts. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong communication and sales skills, comfortable with outbound campaigns and sales tools, and eager to contribute to a fast-growing startup.

About NationGraph

NationGraph is making public sector data accessible and actionable for businesses selling to cities, counties, state agencies, schools, and special districts. NationGraph’s data and intelligence engine provides buying signals derived from millions of public sector sources. Founded in 2024, NationGraph is dedicated to making uncommon knowledge common, because public data should actually be public. Learn more at nationgraph.comAbout the roleYou'll be responsible for identifying and qualifying vendors who sell into the $2T+ market of state, local, and education (SLED) agencies, turning cold outreach into real pipeline. This isn't about reading scripts - it's about understanding a prospect's go-to-market, connecting the dots to how NationGraph helps them win more contracts, and booking meetings that actually convert. If you're energized by outbound, learn fast, and want to be early at a company that just raised money to go after a massive market, this is the role.What You’ll Do

  • Source new sales opportunities through inbound qualification and outbound outreach

  • Qualify prospects through consultative selling

  • Grow top of sales funnel through warm and cold outbound campaigns

  • Research companies and add prospects to our outbound list

  • Maintain accurate client relationship data

What You'll Need

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Excellent listening skills and energetic presence both on the phone and at conferences

  • High level of comfort with sales, prospecting and marketing tools & processes

  • Dedication to tracking and improving performance and efficiency on a daily basis

  • Deep interest in understanding business challenges

  • Sense of entrepreneurship: a self-starter with a high sense of urgency and ability to work within undefined processes

Nice to Haves

  • Prior experience with customer-facing and/or sales roles

  • Prior CRM experience

  • Experience with public sector sales

  • Experience at a high-growth startup

  • Numbers to back your track record

  • Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + early-stage equity 💰

  • Unlimited PTO ✈️

  • High-quality health insurance, dental & vision coverage 🏥

  • Company provided lunches 🍜

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