[Remote] Business Development Representative - Bilingual (English & French)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wealthsimple is Canada's largest fintech, dedicated to helping everyone achieve financial freedom through simple and transparent financial services. The Business Development Representative will support English and French speaking clients, manage sales processes, and collaborate with marketing and product teams to drive business growth.

Responsibilities

• Follow-up with high-quality leads from the Growth Marketing team, prospect cold sales-sourced leads, and own the full sales process
• Build growth opportunities for the business through warm and cold outreach emails, calls, SMS and qualification
• Be the first touchpoint that articulates the Wealthsimple value proposition to potential prospects
• Work closely with Product and Marketing teams on 'playtests' that require client interaction
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing on creative projects that help drive revenue and net deposit growth
• Achieve monthly quotas and daily KPI’s of outbound touches across email, calls, text
• Nurture and educate prospective clients through the sales cycle until they are qualified

Skills

• 1-3 years experience in a sales or client-facing role, ideally with a SaaS or Financial background
• Fluently bilingual in English and French (spoken and written)
• Resourcefulness — you should have demonstrated track record of persevering in the face of adversity
• Adaptability — in a startup, priorities and direction can evolve quickly. You should have a positive can-do attitude and be adaptable to evolving business goals
• Goal-oriented — you should have experience (and be excited about!) working hard towards a goal
• Strong communication — you should be comfortable writing persuasively and communicating at all levels
• Self-starter — when you see a need, you address it
• Natural Curiosity - you should be eager to understand our client's needs and uncover the root of their problem
• Resiliency - bounce back from rejection and objection and keep trying
• Recommended - strong financial literacy (eg: Completed IFIC or CSC)

Benefits

• Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
• 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
• 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
• Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

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