About this role
At Braze, we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew.
We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards, championing teamwork, and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity – inside and outside our organization.
To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy, having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success.
Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture.
If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change, you will be empowered to make a real impact here, with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive, we can’t wait to meet you.
Business Development Manager, Enterprise BDR Chicago · Hybrid (minimum 3 days/week in-office) · Business Development
About The Role
The Business Development team shapes Braze's future revenue every day. It's the team at the forefront of identifying, understanding, and helping prospective customers build, enhance, or transform their customer engagement strategy and it's one of the most energetic, fast-paced teams at Braze.
We're looking for a proven business development leader to manage and coach our highly ambitious Financial Services (FINS) BDR team in Chicago, driving outbound pipeline growth through hands-on coaching, disciplined operations, and a genuinely collaborative, performance-minded culture. You'll join a group of Business Development leaders who take action, share what's working, and hold each other to a high bar.
What You'll Do
Business Development is a high impact, highly visible team. Attention to detail, pace and energy are crucial. BDRs at Braze don’t just hunt to deliver meetings, they are also responsible for actively selling to prospects and qualifying opportunities against qualification criteria. Delivering a day-to-day structure and accountability, coaching cadences and value selling methodology is core to the role.
• Coach and quality-check the daily activity and quota performance of a mixed team of BDRs to ensure key metrics are consistently met.
• Hire and efficiently ramp new BDRs, delivering onboarding across product knowledge, buyer personas, competitive positioning, tools, and role-play practice.
• Run a regular coaching cadence covering time management, objection handling, prospecting tactics, and active listening.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships leaders to strategize on pipeline and prospecting initiatives that support company-wide objectives, and to ensure the team has quality market coverage and penetration.
• Build and maintain a l