Business Development Manager - Dallas,TX or Phoenix, AZ

Groupon; Dallas, Phoenix (TX, AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

FSA

EAP

401(k) match

ESPP

Job summary

Groupon is seeking a Business Development Manager to grow our local merchant network in Dallas, TX or Phoenix, AZ. You will own your book of business, from prospecting to close, and manage post-launch relationships.

You’ll execute a full sales cycle, negotiate contracts within guardrails, and partner with the Merchant team for a smooth transition. You’ll leverage Salesforce, Salesloft, and AI tools to accelerate outreach and win rate.

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years of full-cycle business development or outbound sales experience.
• Experience selling to local or small-business owners preferred; consultative, multi-call cycles.
• Exposure to a multi-system sales stack (CRM + dialer + order-management).

Responsibilities

• Generate new business by cold-calling and prospecting local merchants
• Manage the full sales cycle: outreach, consultation, negotiation, close
• Own contract negotiation, within Groupon guardrails
• Develop fluency in each merchant's business and position Groupon as growth lever
• Retain account ownership post-launch and continue relationship management
• Work with Salesforce, Salesloft, and deal-management tools; use AI to speed outreach
• Hit ramp targets over first 90 days
• Partner with Merchant team post-close for smooth transition

Skills

Full-cycle sales

Cold-calling

Quota carrying

Local SMB selling

AI-assisted outreach

Tools

Salesforce

Salesloft

Deal-management tools

Job description

Business Development Manager - Dallas,TX or Phoenix, AZ

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences - restaurants, events, wellness and travel - and the million-plus merchants who deliver them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible. We're an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation, moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants at the same time.

Business Development Manager | Dallas, TX or Phoenix, AZ

The Role
Individual contributor, quota-carrying sales role. As a Business Development Manager, you'll find, develop, and close new merchant partnerships for Groupon. You're not managing a team: you own your own book of business and your own results.

You'll go through a structured onboarding program before ramping into a full pipeline, and you'll work alongside a small, focused cohort building out this market from the ground up.

What You'll Do

• Generate new business by cold-calling and prospecting local merchants
• Manage the full sales cycle: outreach, consultation, negotiation, close
• Own contract negotiation, including margins, discounts, and deal structure within Groupon guardrails
• Develop real fluency in each merchant's business and position Groupon as the right growth lever
• Retain account ownership through the first 30 days post-launch, then maintain the merchant relationship for a further 90 days; this is a hybrid BD + account-management cycle, not a hand-off-and-forget role
• Work across a real multi-system stack day to day (Salesforce, Salesloft, deal-management tools) and use AI tools to speed up research, outreach, and follow-up
• Hit ramp targets that build over your first 90 days rather than a flat quota from day one (below)
• Partner with the Merchant team post-close for a smooth transition

What We're Looking For

• 2–3+ years of full-cycle business development or outbound sales experience, with a track record of hitting quota; this is not an entry-level seat
• Experience selling to local or small-business owners strongly preferred; comfort with consultative, multi-call sales cycles (not high-volume transactional calling)
• Prior exposure to a multi-system sales stack (CRM + dialer + a deal or order-management tool)
• Not a fit: candidates whose only experience is inbound or customer-care work; candidates coming from single-tool environments
• Comfortable being tech-forward: switching tools quickly, using AI to research accounts and speed up outreach
• Resilient in a new-market build: no established playbook yet, no tenured manager who's run this team before: you're building some of this alongside your manager

Who You Are

• Self-aware about what you're good at and where you'll need coaching, and you ask for that coaching
• Goal-oriented: you track your own pace against target rather than waiting to be told you're behind
• Coachable: you take feedback and change behavior, not just nod
• Motivated without a scoreboard someone else is watching: the follow-up work happens whether or not it's visible
• Adaptable when a deal or a week doesn't go to plan: you diagnose before you just push harder
• Someone who does right by the merchant and the team even when it costs you a number
• Month 1: 2 launches | Month 2: 5 launches | Month 3: 9 launches | Month 4+: 10 launches/month at tenure
• ~30 unique merchant conversations per week is the activity floor that supports this pace
• +50 outbound calls per day

What We Offer

• Base Salary: $70,000 + uncapped commission and bonus: this base applies to experienced hires; final new-joiner commission structure is being confirmed and will be shared before offer
• On Target Earnings: to be confirmed alongside the commission structure above
• On-site: Dallas, TX; will consider candidates based in Phoenix, AZ too.
• Benefits starting the 1st of the month after your start date: medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, EAP, 401(k) match, ESPP

Groupon is an AI-First Company
We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role you’ll be right at home here.
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