Business Development Representative

Avolution; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commission

Hybrid working from London office

25 days annual leave + holidays

Birthday leave

Private Medical Insurance

Dental, Vision and Hearing insurance

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Avolution, based in London, seeks an outbound BDR to generate and qualify pipeline for our EMEA Account Executives in the enterprise architecture/AI governance space.

You will build target lists from ICPs, run multi-channel outreach (phone, email, LinkedIn), and set qualified meetings for AEs. The role requires a self-motivated communicator with CRM experience and a proven outbound track record in B2B software.

Qualifications

• 18+ months in an outbound BDR/SDR role in B2B software.
• Formal sales training with a defined prospecting method.
• Confident cold caller with senior stakeholder conversations.
• Ability to build target lists from ICP definitions without handed accounts.
• Strong written outreach tailored from research.
• Experience with sales platforms and CRMs (Outreach, Salesforce, ZoomInfo).
• Self-motivated with daily discipline to sustain activity.
• Curiosity about enterprise architecture and AI governance.

Responsibilities

• Build target accounts and contact lists from ICPs using research tools.
• Run outbound prospecting across phone, email and LinkedIn.
• Use AI/automation to research accounts and scale campaigns.
• Conduct first conversations with senior stakeholders to surface pain.
• Set meetings for EMEA AEs and brief them on findings.
• Build and refine multi-channel sequences in Outreach.
• Keep Salesforce accurate and up-to-date.

Skills

Outbound BDR experience

Cold calling

ICP targeting

Written outreach

Self-motivation

English fluency

Tools

Outreach

Salesforce

ZoomInfo

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Gong

Claude

Job description

About The Company

Avolution is a 9x Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools, trusted by complex regulated enterprises for over 2 decades, with a global footprint across Europe, the Middle East, North America and APAC. We sell to organisations where transformation is a competitive imperative, AI readiness is urgent, and architectural clarity is non negotiable. You will join a high performing, enablement led sales team, where the expectation is that you are set up properly to hit the number.

About The Role

Avolution is helping enterprise architecture teams move from static documentation to a practice that drives real decisions, and giving complex regulated enterprises the architectural depth to govern AI as they adopt it. This is an outbound role created to open the doors that shift is opening. Mature architecture functions are underserved by incumbent tools, several of which are mid acquisition and losing focus on their customers. That is opening a displacement motion with real tailwind. AI governance is now a live problem in every large regulated organisation, which widens the ground you prospect into beyond the traditional EA budget. You will generate outbound pipeline for our EMEA Account Executives. You will build your own target lists from our ICP and buyer personas, run the outreach, and set meetings with prospects who have a problem worth an AE’s time. This is a top of funnel role. You will surface the initial pain and the early signals that a real opportunity exists, then hand the conversation to an AE who owns the full qualification and the deal.

Responsibilities

• Build your own target account and contact lists from our ICP and buyer personas, using ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and your own research
• Run outbound prospecting across phone, email and LinkedIn, at the volume and consistency the target demands
• Use AI and automation to research accounts faster, build and scale campaigns, and sharpen your targeting
• Hold credible first conversations with senior stakeholders, surface an initial business pain and test the early indicators that an opportunity is real
• Set meetings for EMEA Account Executives and brief them properly on what you have found
• Build, run and refine multichannel sequences in Outreach
• Keep Salesforce accurate and current, including the account intelligence AEs need
• Work with the AE team on account prioritisation and territory coverage
• Represent Avolution in person at industry events, trade shows and conferences

About You

• At least 18 months in a dedicated outbound BDR or SDR role in B2B software, with a track record of hitting an outbound number
• Formal sales training and a working prospecting methodology, rather than volume alone
• Confident cold caller, comfortable holding a business conversation with senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to build target lists from an ICP and persona definition without being handed an account list
• Strong written outreach, personalised from real research
• Practical experience using AI and automation within an outbound workflow, for example account research, list building, campaign build, message drafting or early qualification, and the judgement to know when the output is not good enough to send
• Experience with a sales execution platform such as Outreach or Sales loft, a CRM such as Salesforce, and a data platform such as ZoomInfo or equivalent
• Self motivated and organised, with the daily discipline to sustain activity without being chased
• Curiosity about a technical space, and the appetite to learn enough about enterprise architecture to recognise a real problem
• Fluent English is essential. Additional European languages are a plus
• Our stack: Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong and Claude.

Benefits

• Uncapped commission scheme
• Flexible, hybrid working from our central London office
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• 1 day of birthday leave per year
• Private Medical Insurance which includes gym membership discounts and many other rewards
• Dental, Vision and Hearing insurance cover
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Avolution is an equal opportunities employer.