UK BDR: Outbound Growth & Event Prospecting

Connect; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect in the United Kingdom is seeking an early-career UK BDR to build outbound pipeline by identifying target accounts, engaging decision makers, and booking qualified meetings for the sales team. The role combines remote outreach with face-to-face engagement, emphasizing coachability and commercial curiosity.

Ideal candidates have 0–3 years in sales or related roles, strong English communication, and the ability to represent Connect confidently at events.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years in sales, customer-facing, recruitment, retail, hospitality, or commercial experience.
• Strong English communication skills, with the confidence to speak to senior stakeholders over the phone, online, and face to face.
• Coachable, competitive, resilient, and motivated by a fast-paced, high-activity sales environment with clear progression in sight.
• Curious about business, technology, customer experience, and how companies solve operational challenges.
• Comfortable representing the business professionally at events, engaging visitors at a stand, and having short, clear conversations about the value Connect provides.

Responsibilities

• Research and prioritise target accounts using agreed data segments and campaign criteria.
• Prospect through LinkedIn, email, and phone to create conversations with enterprise decision makers.
• Qualify interest, pain points, timing, and fit before passing meetings to sales.
• Maintain accurate activity, notes, and meeting outcomes in Salesforce and related tools.
• Work closely with Demand Generation, Sales, and Marketing to improve messaging, campaigns, event follow-up, and conversion rates.
• Support event-led demand generation by identifying relevant events, helping prospect attendees, attending events where required, manning a stand, and confidently explaining what Connect does in face-to-face conversations.
• Apply coaching and feedback quickly to improve call quality, messaging, and meeting conversion.

Skills

LinkedIn outreach

Email outreach

Phone outreach

Salesforce CRM

Communication skills

Coachable

Education

Degree preferred

Tools

CRM systems

Sales engagement tools

LinkedIn

Job description

Connect in the United Kingdom is seeking an early-career UK BDR to build outbound pipeline by identifying target accounts, engaging decision makers, and booking qualified meetings for the sales team. The role combines remote outreach with face-to-face engagement, emphasizing coachability and commercial curiosity.

Ideal candidates have 0–3 years in sales or related roles, strong English communication, and the ability to represent Connect confidently at events.