Business Development Representative

    Dust

    🇫🇷 Paris
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇫🇷 French

    About this role

    About DustWork is being rewritten, and the people holding the pen are the ones who actually run it.With enterprise-grade governance, flexible model choice, and a collaborative interface for humans and agents to work together, Dust empowers AI Operators at the world’s fastest-moving companies to rewire how work gets done.With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion.

    We don't get piloted and shelved. We land once, and spread.

    We're at an exciting stage of our journey, and growing fast.We're serving great customers like Datadog, 1Password, Cursor, Clay, Vanta and Persona, and aim to x5 our growth by the end of 2026.Dust is backed by Sequoia with a determined team of optimists (coming from Stripe, OpenAI, and Stanford) who like to focus on users, ship fast, and don't take themselves too seriously while doing so.

    The Generalist named us among the Future 50.SummaryAs a Business Development Representative at Dust, you'll be instrumental in generating the qualified pipeline that fuels our rapid growth. This isn't a typical BDR role—you'll be pioneering AI-native sales development, using Dust's own platform daily to transform how prospecting and qualification work.

    You'll be joining at a pivotal moment as we scale from 60 to 180 people, working directly with technical leaders and founders at scale-ups and enterprise companies to connect their challenges to Dust's value. This role offers a front-row seat to category creation and a clear path to growth within our GTM organization.

    What you'll doDrive qualified pipeline generationIdentify and qualify new sales opportunities through targeted outreach to scale-ups and enterprise companiesConduct cold calls and discovery conversations with technical leaders, founders, and decision-makersQualify leads by understanding their pain points and connecting business challenges to Dust's value propositionOwn the qualification and handoff processNurture prospects until they're sales-ready, pr

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Outreach
    Slack
    Notion

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill

    Typical Day — BDR

    Account research2 hrs/day
    Strategic outreach30–40/day
    Executive meetings2–3/week
    Personalized sequences15–25/day

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Sales
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    How do you qualify inbound leads?

    Template question
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    Describe your approach to multi-threading into an account.

    Template question
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    How do you prioritize your pipeline?

    Template question
    Research Dust's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Expect high-volume outreach activity with success measured by meetings booked and pipeline generated.

    Top SaaS reps often earn significant upside through accelerators once quota is exceeded.

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