Business Development Representative (BDR)

Strella; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Strella is an AI-powered platform transforming qualitative research with real-time, AI-moderated interviews and automated synthesis. We’re a fast-growing startup seeking a driven Business Development Representative (BDR) to fuel our growth, build pipeline, and book meetings for Account Executives.

As a BDR, you’ll expand Strella’s market reach, engage ideal customer profiles, and represent Strella at events while collaborating with marketing, product, and customer success to refine messaging and

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and verbal communication.
• Curiosity and strong business acumen.
• Willingness to learn and adapt quickly.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed monthly prospecting quotas through targeted outbound outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls, events, and other channels).
• Book meetings and build early-stage pipeline for Account Executives.
• Develop and test creative initiatives to generate meetings and pipeline.
• Maintain clean, accurate CRM data and reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally with marketing, product, and customer success to refine messaging and GTM strategy.
• Contribute to internal projects improving sales playbooks, prospecting efficiency, and tools.
• Proactively seek and experiment with new AI tools and workflows to drive efficiency in day-to-day tasks.

Skills

Hungry

Humble

Smart

Coachable

Growth Mindset

Explorative

Job description

About Strella

Strella is an AI-powered platform revolutionizing qualitative research with real-time, AI-moderated interviews and automated synthesis. We’re a fast-growing, venture-backed startup working with leading teams in product, marketing, investing, and consumer insights. We’re scaling quickly and looking for a driven Business Development Representative (BDR) to fuel our next stage of growth.

What You’ll Do

Generate Pipeline & Meetings

• Meet or exceed monthly prospecting quotas through targeted outbound outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls, events, and other channels).


• Book meetings and build early-stage pipeline for Account Executives.


• Develop and test creative initiatives to generate meetings and pipeline

Expand Strella’s Market Reach

• Research and engage ideal customer profiles across product, UX, insights, and strategy functions.


• Represent Strella at conferences and tradeshows, driving net-new opportunities.

Improve Sales Process & GTM Execution

• Maintain clean, accurate CRM data and reporting.


• Partner cross-functionally with marketing, product, and customer success to refine messaging, share prospect insights, and help shape our go-to-market strategy.


• Contribute to internal projects improving sales playbooks, prospecting efficiency, and tools.


• Proactively seek and experiment with new AI tools and workflows to drive efficiency in your day-to-day took

Who You Are:

High Impact Attributes

• Hungry: Strong will to win; track record of exceeding goals and doing what it takes for the team.


• Humble: Self-aware, team-first, open to feedback, and authentic in how you show up.


• Smart: Excellent writing and verbal communication, curiosity, and business acumen.


• Coachable: Takes feedback and applies it quickly; eager to learn and improve.


• Growth Mindset: Invests in personal development and takes initiative to upskill and master sales.


• Explorative: Eager to try and test new approaches, channels and tools to find the best way of doing things

Experience

• Thrives in high-pressure or fast-paced environments, early-stage startup experience a plus.


• Has worked with minimal oversight and shown strong ownership.


• Prior customer-facing role (sales, support, retail, service) or BDR/SDR experience is a plus.


• Bonus: familiarity with research or insight-driven industries

Why Join Strella

• Opportunity to help define and scale the outbound sales engine at a fast-growing startup, and massive opportunity for growth.


• Work directly with founders and GTM leaders; your impact will be visible and measurable.


• Learn cutting-edge B2B SaaS sales skills in a culture of curiosity, speed, and ownership.


• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity, benefits, and career growth potential.

If you’re ambitious, curious, and ready to hustle to help build a category-defining company, we’d love to meet you!