Business Development Representative, LATAM
Bogotá
Sales – Business Development /
Full Time, Hybrid /
Hybrid
We’re looking for talented individuals interested in joining a growing global company. At Slang, you’ll be an early team member of a global, well-funded startup spun out from MIT. We’re building a world-class team to revolutionize language learning with cutting-edge technology and delightful design.
What we’re working on at Slang
Slang started at MIT as a research project on using AI and NLP to make learning a new language as efficient as possible. Our technology powers a highly adaptive e-learning platform that offers an unprecedented variety of specialized English courses and proficiency tests for career development in over one hundred fields like Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. With just a small team, we’ve already created the largest professional English offering in the world. Now, we’re scaling up to release 1,000 more courses over the next three years.
What this role is about
We’re a company in our growth stage, focusing on refining a business model for a novel SaaS product focused on our B2B segments. The Business Development Representative is responsible for identifying and qualifying sales opportunities for Slang across Latin America. The primary responsibilities of this role include: updating and constructing structured databases with key contact and decision-maker information, developing effective commercial strategies to identify potential clients efficiently, researching relevant information that will help you penetrate the market, Contacting and qualifying potential customers, Managing leads through the sales pipeline by setting appointments, following up on leads, and tracking progress towards meeting sales goals
Beyond that, The skills you’ll develop in the position will lay the foundation for a successful career in high-tech sales. After mastering the sales qualification process, the BDR will begin to pursue leads of their own to prepare for future work as a Sales Executive. There is a path for career growth within Slang for the right candidate willing to learn and work toward advancing with us.
Education, knowledge and skills required
- A degree in business, management, or related fields.
- 6+ months of relevant experience in sales, or related areas (internship experience is valid).
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Great attention to detail.
- Interest in developing a career in Sales.
- Goal-oriented.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- Upper-intermediate (B2) or higher level of English.
- A plus: previous experience doing cold calling, meetings with clients, and/or working with CRMs.
- A plus: Portuguese proficiency
What Slang can offer you
We offer the special experience of being part of a fast-moving and quickly-growing international company within the entrepreneurial ecosystems of Boston and MIT.
Where we're located
Our team is currently split between the United States and LATAM. We are recruiting great people in these locations and all around the world.
Interested?
We'd love to hear from you — apply below!
Slang is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to our inclusive and healthy environment.
For further information related to Slang, check out recent pieces profiling us in Bloomberg, LABS, and Forbes; the portfolios of our investors, Social Capital, an investor in companies like Slack and Intercom; DILA Capital, Alive Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Roble Ventures; our Crunchbase profile; and the profiles of our founders, Diego and Kamran. We're also winners of LearnLaunch and the GESAwards worldwide, and we were named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2022. These are huge achievements of which we're very proud of.
