Canonical Sevilla La Nueva, Community of Madrid, Spain
Business Development Representative – Fluent in Portuguese & English
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the integral enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.
The role of a Business Development Representative at Canonical is to search for and convert new customer projects that fit our product lines, spreading the good name of Canonical across multiple industries and geographies.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute outbound sales & marketing campaigns
- Research information about prospective customers and market trends
- Generate high‑quality leads for Senior Sellers to fuel a multi‑million dollar pipeline
- Own and close SMB opportunities within your designated territory
- Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results
- Help define the processes and policies for the team
- Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face‑to‑face marketing and sales opportunities
Requirements
- Demonstrated success in SDR or outbound sales, with a track record of exceeding annual quotas and consistently driving qualified pipeline growth
- Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities
- Experience in enterprise software or technology sales
- Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
- Passion for business and technology
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement — curious, flexible, scientific
- Creative problem solving and cross‑team collaboration
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
- Result driven with an over‑achiever spirit
- Persistence & perseverance
- Growth mindset – people from our team develop into all departments within the sales organization
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
What We Offer
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events
Employment details
- Seniority level: Entry level
- Employment type: Full‑time
- Job function: Sales and Business Development
- Industries: Software Development
Equal Opportunity Statement
Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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