Business Development Associate

Job Title: Business Development Associate Monthly Pay: $3,533 - $4,962 USD per month Summary Phone calls, emails, and online meeting invitations are the primary ways this role begins conversations with prospective customers and identifies practical next steps. As a Business Development Associate, you will research potential organizations, initiate outreach, understand stated needs, and connect qualified prospects with account executives, helping create a reliable path from first contact to scheduled sales conversations. You will join the business development team and work under a business development team lead, partnering with account executives and marketing colleagues. You will communicate with prospects, returning contacts, and internal partners while keeping each interaction clear and respectful. This fully remote position is work from home in Nevada, United States. The role requires a 40-hour weekly commitment. Working days and shift times may vary. Job Responsibilities Review the assigned outreach queue, inbound emails, web requests, and returned calls to identify contacts requiring an initial response or follow-up. Research publicly available organization details, contact roles, and stated business needs before beginning outreach or preparing a conversation. Use phone calls and personalized emails to introduce available products or services, ask focused discovery questions, and encourage appropriate next steps. Monitor replies and call outcomes, respond to straightforward prospect questions using approved product or service information, and clarify unclear requests. Enter outreach activity, contact details, conversation summaries, and next actions in a CRM such as Pipedrive after each interaction. Assess prospect interest, timing, and fit through discovery conversations, then update the opportunity stage and handoff details for account executives. Coordinate introductory meetings using a scheduling and calendar tool such as Microsoft Bookings, confirming contact details and sharing accurate meeting information. Prepare concise handoff notes that explain the prospect's goals, questions, prior outreach, and agreed next step for the receiving account executive. Follow up on unanswered outreach according to team guidance, and elevate unclear product questions, repeated contact issues, or urgent opportunities to the business development team lead. Maintain quality through accurate contact details, timely turnaround, complete notes, respectful outreach, and documented follow-up actions. Qualifications High school diploma or equivalent. No experience required; related experience preferred. Interest in business development, prospect conversations, and supporting early-stage sales activity through organized outreach. Ability to research organizations and summarize relevant findings before contacting prospective customers. Comfortable using phone and email outreach to begin professional conversations and ask clear discovery questions. Ability to learn a CRM such as Pipedrive and a scheduling and calendar tool such as Microsoft Bookings. Sound judgment when identifying questions that require guidance from an account executive or business development team lead. Ability to maintain accurate interaction notes, contact details, and next actions across several active prospects. Reliable computer, high-speed internet, and quiet private workspace, with availability for the 40-hour weekly commitment and agreed working days and shift times. Authorization to work in the United States. Fully remote work from a dedicated home workspace in Nevada, United States. Structured onboarding and training on a CRM such as Pipedrive and a scheduling and calendar tool such as Microsoft Bookings. Regular check-ins with the business development team lead for coaching, priorities, and outreach guidance. Skill building in prospect research, discovery conversations, account mapping, and organized sales handoffs. Health coverage, paid leave, maternity leave, bonus opportunities, and stipends. #J-18808-Ljbffr