Business Development Specialist

PrideNow; Bernardsville (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

PrideNow in Bernardsville, NJ is seeking a Business Development Specialist to support top-of-funnel sales efforts. The role focuses on warm prospecting, building trusted client relationships, and delivering qualified opportunities to the sales team.

The ideal candidate has 1+ year in staffing or related outreach, strong CRM and MS Office skills, and a collaborative, growth-minded mindset. This onsite position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 1+ year staffing industry experience.
• Cold calling and outbound business development experience.
• Ability to build credibility and develop strong relationships with clients and candidates.
• Proficiency with MS Office; experience with ATS and CRM tools such as HubSpot preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills in fast-paced environments.
• Career-driven and motivated to grow within recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Client prospecting and prospect list management.
• Prospect and build targeted lists of potential clients within your assigned market.
• Conduct cold calls, emails, and other outreach to identify and engage new business opportunities.
• Qualify inbound leads from marketing campaigns and convert them into sales opportunities.
• Deliver concise sales pitches and introduce qualified prospects to the sales team for deal development.
• Research market trends to identify new industries, companies, and growth opportunities.
• Maintain accurate pipeline activity, outreach tracking, and client data within the CRM system.
• Meet or exceed outreach, pipeline, and performance metrics while supporting overall revenue growth.

Skills

Staffing industry experience

Cold calling

Relationship building

MS Office

HubSpot/CRM tools

Problem solving

Career driven

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

PrideNow, a Pride Global company, is a nationwide Light Industrial staffing agency committed to delivering results and redefining the staffing experience. As part of a minority-owned organization, we partner with a wide range of Light Industrial clients to support temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire needs—bringing a modern, people-first approach to workforce solutions.

We’re looking for a Business Development Specialist (BDS) to join our team to support our efforts at the top of the sales funnel. The BDS will use creative prospecting methods to identify and qualify potential new opportunities. We’re not a “salesy” organization, so we’re looking for someone with a warm and congenial approach to business development. We want to position ourselves as a strategic partner to clients, and that starts with a pleasant initial experience with our sales team.

Responsibilities:

• Client prospecting and prospect list management.
• Prospect and build targeted lists of potential clients within your assigned market.
• Conduct cold calls, emails, and other outreach to identify and engage new business opportunities.
• Qualify inbound leads from marketing campaigns and convert them into sales opportunities.
• Deliver concise sales pitches and introduce qualified prospects to the sales team for deal development.
• Research market trends to identify new industries, companies, and growth opportunities.
• Maintain accurate pipeline activity, outreach tracking, and client data within the CRM system.
• Meet or exceed outreach, pipeline, and performance metrics while supporting overall revenue growth.

Qualifications:

• 1+ year of staffing industry experience
• Cold calling and outbound business development experience required
• Ability to build credibility and develop strong relationships with clients and candidates
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); experience with ATS and CRM tools such as HubSpot preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Career-driven, creative, and motivated to grow within a recruiting organization
• Missing something? If this sounds like a great job you can do, but you’re missing a few qualifications, we encourage you to apply anyway. We understand a diverse workplace requires a diversity of experience—and we want to include yours in the mix if you've got the skills we need!
• Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:30
• Onsite in our Bernardsville, NJ
• $60,000-$75,000

Pride Global offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

Pride Global is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Pride Global is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.