On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
About this role
About Vercel:
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
About Vercel:
Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.
Our mission is to enable the world ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.
About the Role:
As a Technical Business Development Representative, you'll be the first point of contact for companies that submit inbound leads, and you'll qualify them with personalized outreach to engineering and product leaders. You'll work closely with Account Executives to turn those conversations into pipeline in the commercial segment. In your first 6 to 12 months, you'll learn the SaaS sales cycle directly from sales and product leaders and build the foundation for a career in go-to-market. This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in San Francisco, New York City, or Austin.
What You Will Do:
- Respond to inbound leads as the f
Tools & Tech Stack
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Inbound-Led
Marketing-generated leads and demo requests
Buyer Persona
Individual / End-User
Bottom-up adoption, user-level selling
Typical Day — BDR
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Warm leads provided
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
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
How do you qualify inbound leads?
Template questionDescribe your approach to multi-threading into an account.
Template questionHow do you prioritize your pipeline?
Template questionSales Development roles are ideal stepping stones — top SDRs typically promote to AE within 12-18 months.
Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.
The US market offers the highest OTE potential globally for sales professionals, with a highly competitive talent landscape.
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