Remote Business Development Associate: Path to Sales

The AQ Approach; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured development program

Mentorship

CRM and AI tools

Hourly pay, commission, and benefits

Job summary

Peoplease is hiring a Business Development Associate (BDA) to join our sales team. This entry-level role focuses on outbound outreach to insurance brokers, booking meetings for Sales Consultants, and building a qualified pipeline.

You will learn PEO basics, including workers' comp, benefits, payroll, and brokerage relationships, with a defined development program and milestones. A distributed, remote team supports your growth and success.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years in a people-facing role is a plus.
• Motivated and goal-oriented, with real examples of setting a goal and achieving it.
• Coachable, with a history of taking feedback and acting on it quickly.
• Positive, steady, and professional when conversations do not go as planned; comfortable with high-volume outreach.
• Organized and detail-oriented, able to run a structured daily activity plan.

Responsibilities

• Prospect insurance brokers and agencies daily by phone, email, LinkedIn, and video to secure introductory and strategic meetings for Sales Consultants.
• Research and map target broker firms in your territory, including principals, producers, and benefits and P&C leaders.
• Build broker relationships through consistent, value-driven touchpoints that turn first meetings into active referral partners.
• Follow Sales Ops channel rules of engagement, including how broker-sourced and marketing-sourced leads are handled.

Skills

People-facing roles

Coachable

Goal oriented

Professional communication

High-volume outreach

Tools

CRM

AI tools

MS Office

Job description

Peoplease is hiring a Business Development Associate (BDA) to join our sales team. This entry-level role focuses on outbound outreach to insurance brokers, booking meetings for Sales Consultants, and building a qualified pipeline.

You will learn PEO basics, including workers' comp, benefits, payroll, and brokerage relationships, with a defined development program and milestones. A distributed, remote team supports your growth and success.