In this Business Development Representative role, you will be the front line to our North American prospects, driving interest in Absolute and initiating the sales cycle. In this role, you will collaborate with our Marketing and Account Executive teams to research and build a pipeline in new and existing accounts. You will follow up on both inbound and outbound leads across North America. Your exceptional communication and critical thinking skills will enable you to quickly assess opportunities and secure meetings with key account personas for our Account Executives. This role will be primarily focused on top-of-funnel activities — building relationships, opening doors, and generating interest among executive-level stakeholders. In addition, this individual will support the sales team with strategic sales initiatives and account coordination to help drive conversion and pipeline progression.
What You’ll Do
- Generate and qualify leads, identifying prospects genuinely interested in our cybersecurity solutions
- Prioritize and research prospects, understanding their current IT situation, challenges, and needs
- Engage prospective clients via phone, email, and social media (LinkedIn) to convey Absolute’s unique value propositions
- Schedule qualified meetings for Sales through cold calling and strategic outreach, converting them into pipeline opportunities
- Build and prioritize strategic account lists within a defined segment
- Partner with sales leadership to develop territory plans and target account strategies
- Support sales cycles with research, call prep, and occasional participation in follow-up activities or RFP coordination
- Build and maintain a working knowledge of target industry trends, pain points, and buyer personas
- Foster alignment and positive partnerships with internal Field Sales and Marketing teams.
- Assist in sales campaigns, ABM outreach, and special initiatives as needed
- Participate in virtual and/or in-person events as needed
- Utilize our CRM system (Salesforce) to log activity and lead conversion data for business transparency
- Protect the security and privacy of Absolute and its customers
- Other duties as assigned by management
What You’ll Bring
- Previous business development experience (1-3 years preferred) with a proven track record of consistently opening qualified opportunities that lead to revenue.
- Resilience and a fearless approach to challenges, particularly in objection handling
- Strong communication skills for effective interaction with customers, prospects, and team members
- Ambitious individuals eager to learn and contribute significantly to the business's continued success
- Comfortable navigating complex organizations and working across functions
- Experience in B2B lead generation, ideally within the cybersecurity space, is a bonus but not essential
Join the “Get Stuff Done” Culture Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity and Resilience
Are you passionate and committed to cybersecurity and cyber resilience in the new era of Frontier AI? If the answer is yes, then Absolute Security may be the home for you.
In the new AI-driven business world, Absolute Security has emerged as a leader in Autonomous Cyber Resilience. Thousands of customers trust our AI-native platform to defend their organizations against threats, reduce risk, and recover immediately from disruptions before they turn into financial losses. Through partnerships with the world’s leading endpoint device manufacturers, Absolute is embedded in the firmware of 600 million endpoints. This unique position gives us an almost ubiquitous presence in the world’s PC and advanced AI workstation environments.
As part of our mission to become the World’s Most Trusted Security Company, we are shaping the next decade of security, compliance, and resilience through innovations that help customers remain defended against AI-driven threats and challenges, stop downtime when disruption hits, and drive meaningful change in the IT and cybersecurity markets. To further our goals, we are searching for the best and brightest to join our Get Stuff Done (GSD) culture. We seek motivated candidates who are innovators, sellers, marketers, financiers, operators, engineers, developers, and customer professionals to join our world-class team.
Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Frost & Sullivan, and other top industry analyst firms recognize Absolute Security as critical to the emerging Cyber Resilience market, and a key competitor in the endpoint management and security, secure network access, and Zero Trust markets. The company has earned prestigious product and leadership honors including the Frost & Sullivan Competitive Strategy & Leadership award, the Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Cyber Resilience solutions, and the SC Magazine Power Players list.
Absolute Security is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with international offices in Vancouver, BC; Austin, TX; Ankeny, IA; Reading, UK; Tokyo, Japan; and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As a native work-from-anywhere company, we give employees the flexibility to thrive in remote, hybrid, and in-office environments.
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