Business Development Representative (EMEA Market)

Anthropos; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Commission on meetings booked

Job summary

Anthropos in Chiasso, Switzerland, seeks a Business Development Representative to drive outbound outreach across Europe from the Chiasso office. This full-time, on-site role is open to EU citizens and requires living within commuting distance to Chiasso (Como, Milan, Varese, or Switzerland).

You will own outbound prospecting, research accounts, craft personalized messages, and book meetings for Account Executives, while maintaining CRM accuracy and collaborating on campaigns.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years in a sales role or similar customer-facing job.
• Advanced written and spoken English; Italian/German/French a plus.
• EU citizenship; relocation to commuting distance to Chiasso required.

Responsibilities

• Find and reach the right people in large companies (HR, L&D and IT leaders) via cold calls, email, and LinkedIn; book meetings for Account Executives.
• Research accounts and write personalized outreach that gets responses.
• Run initial conversations to qualify need and explain Anthropos value.
• Keep the CRM clean and track activity and results.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing on campaigns, events, and new outreach approaches.

Skills

Outbound sales

Cold calling

LinkedIn outreach

CRM management

Tools

CRM software

Job description

IMPORTANT: this position is based in our office in Chiasso, Switzerland, about 50 minutes from Milan by train or car. It is open to EU citizens only, and you need to live in, or be ready to move to, an area where you can commute to Chiasso every day: the provinces of Como, Milan or Varese (Italy), or Switzerland.

Anthropos is looking for a Business Development Representative for the EMEA market to accelerate our growth with Anthropos Workforce, the Enterprise AI transformation platform that helps large companies map, verify and upskill their teams at scale.

AI is changing the skills required in every role, and large enterprises have a problem they can no longer ignore: they don't actually know what their people can do. Resumes and self-assessments don't answer that question. Anthropos does, with a skills taxonomy of 4,000+ skills across 700+ roles and AI Simulations that verify skills by putting people inside realistic work scenarios instead of quizzes. Enterprise customers in the US and Europe, including Together AI, Italgas and FS Group (the Italian national railway, an 80,000-person organization), already run on Anthropos, and we are now expanding in Europe.

That's where you come in. This is a full-time role, not an internship. You will join our BDR team in Chiasso and own outbound to enterprise companies in Europe, starting from countries we choose together.

Tasks

• Find and reach the right people in large companies (HR, L&D and IT leaders) through cold calls, email and LinkedIn, and book meetings for our Account Executives.
• Research accounts and write personalized outreach that gets answers.
• Run first conversations with prospects: qualify the need, explain what Anthropos does and why it matters to them.
• Keep the CRM clean and track your activity and results.
• Work with sales and marketing on campaigns, events and new ways to reach prospects.

Requirements

• At least 1-2 years in a sales role or a similar customer-facing job (BDR/SDR, inside sales, account management, customer success), talking to customers every day and working with targets.
• Advanced written and spoken English. Native speakers are a strong plus; Italian, German or French are a plus.
• EU citizenship. Hiring non-EU citizens in Switzerland requires more time and we cannot currently afford that.
• Available to relocate within daily commuting distance of our office in Chiasso: Como, Milan or Varese (Italy), or Switzerland. The role is on‑site, not hybrid or remote.
• Hard working, positive, curious, and you enjoy talking to people. In this job soft skills count far more than hard skills.

Benefits

• A small, experienced team of operators who have built enterprise software companies together for years.
• Base salary of 40,000 CHF per year plus commissions on meetings booked.
• Relocation support if you need to move to Switzerland or Italy.