Business Development Representative – Project

Business Development Representative – Project

Location: Portsmouth, NH (Hybrid) Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday 8am-4pm Pay: $25 per hour, plus performance-based bonus

Join a Mission-Driven Organization

The Leddy Group is seeking a motivated Business Development Representative (BDR) for a temporary project. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career sales professional looking to grow their B2B business development skills while supporting an organization dedicated to advancing the privacy profession worldwide.

In this role, you’ll serve as a front-line ambassador, building relationships with employers, organizations, and institutional partners while promoting professional certifications, training programs, and association memberships. If you’re energized by consultative outreach, relationship building, and achieving measurable goals, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and engage target organizations through phone, email, and social outreach
• Build awareness of membership programs, certifications, and training offerings
• Conduct discovery conversations to understand organizational goals and workforce development needs
• Educate prospects on certification pathways, continuing education opportunities, and membership benefits
• Identify and qualify opportunities before transitioning them to Account Executives
• Schedule meetings and maintain a healthy sales pipeline
• Accurately document activities, account details, and pipeline stages within Salesforce
• Follow up consistently to advance opportunities and strengthen prospect relationships
• Support data-driven initiatives that provide visibility into prospect engagement and activity trends
• Meet activity and performance goals for calls, emails, meetings scheduled, and pipeline generation
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Membership, and Training teams to ensure a positive prospect experience
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 1-3 years of business development, sales, customer success, recruiting, or related experience

• Confidence engaging business stakeholders via phone, email, and virtual meetings

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Proven follow-up discipline and ability to manage multiple priorities

• Experience with CRM systems, preferably Salesforce

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 applications

• Ability to quickly learn and communicate complex programs, certifications, and value propositions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Skills & Attributes

• Relationship-focused and consultative approach to sales

• Goal-oriented with a strong sense of accountability

• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities

• Professional presentation and communication skills

• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven environment

• Comfortable working with performance metrics and activity goals

• About Leddy Group

• Leddy Group, an ESOP Company, is a regional staffing company serving northern New England since 1994. We are real people helping real people find meaningful employment through our specialties: Accounting & Finance, Administrative & Customer Service, Engineering, HR, Industrial and Skilled Manufacturing.