Business Development Representative, Optro
EMEA
£31.4-56.8k
Offers Commission + bonus program
2-3 days a week in office
AI-powered GRC software
Be an early applicant
AI-powered GRC software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£31.4-56.8k
Offers Commission + bonus program
2-3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for the Business Development Representative role will have an interest in a sales career, a strong work ethic, self-discipline, and time management skills
- Have a strong desire to launch a career in the world of SaaS sales
- Audit or Accounting background a plus, but not required
- Enjoy working in a collaboratively competitive and fun environment. Achieve your goals while also making others around you better too!
- Think strategically - You’re going to need to partner with your sales team members to execute winning strategies to get more meetings with your target accounts
- Be comfortable in a fast-paced, high-energy, ever-changing environment
- Possess a go-getter attitude! You strive to turn any “No!” you get into a “Yes!”
- Be coachable - we’ll provide feedback to help you grow and reach your best
- Be confident using platforms like Salesforce.com, LinkedIn, and Outreach. It’s ok if you haven’t used them before! You’re smart and we’ll train you
- Be committed to lifelong learning and continuous development personally and professionally
- Be friendly, enthusiastic, thoughtful, and empathetic in your professional communication. Know your stuff so you have the ability to think on your feet in a conversation
- You are highly organized and able to adapt to changing priorities
What the job involves
- The Business Development Representative (BDR) partners with Account Executives to drive pipeline growth by identifying and creating new qualified sales opportunities within an assigned territory
- This role manages outbound campaigns in partnership with account executives, identifying decision makers at key accounts, and working to pre-qualify new opportunities and schedule meetings with potential buyers
- Our BDR team is a critical component of our revenue organization and will fuel the next wave of company growth. Exceptional performers will have incredible opportunities for advancement within the company
- In addition to generating new business opportunities, your responsibilities may include developing long-term customer relationships, managing assigned customer accounts, partnering with account executives to assist with product demos, and developing and optimizing a sales pipeline while maintaining pursuit strategies focused on key decision makers
- There will be career development and growth opportunities available to those who thrive in this role
- Bring a world-class solution to market and function as the initial face of Optro
- Generate new business opportunities to fuel Optro's growth
- Leverage sales technology including Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Orum and UserGems to build and manage pipeline
- Make 50+ outbound phone calls and 60+ outbound emails each day
- Manage your named accounts, own your territory, and help maintain data integrity in Salesforce.com
- Support marketing efforts by assisting in demand generation campaigns
- Achieve, or exceed, weekly and monthly metrics including sales activities, meetings set, qualified leads, and new contacts prospected
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) provides risk and compliance software for large businesses. The company's founders spent years working at the Big Four and other global enterprises, and realized that many audit activities were still taking place in Excel sheets, or using legacy software like IBM's OpenPages, which hadn't kept up to date with the latest reporting requirements.
The result was an end-to-end platform for managing risk, helping enterprises to streamline internal audit, SOX compliance, controls management, risk management, and security compliance. It's a top-rated cloud-based platform and has won numerous awards, with the company being consistently named the market leader in Audit Management.
Now Optro is focused on expanding its AI-powered GRC platform. Following its rebrand from AuditBoard, the company acquired AI-native SOX automation platform Midship to help audit teams automate repetitive work and focus more on strategic risk analysis. And impressively, more than 50% of the Fortune 500 now use Optro's platform as it continues building AI-driven tools for risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Apr 2017
$3.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits: High quality health plans and access to hormonal and family-building support.
- Time away from work: Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, and more.
- Financial benefits: Beyond a competitive salary, plans are provided to assist in your financial future including retirement and pension plans as well as life and disability insurance.
- Parental leave: Parents are eligible for time off to care for their newborn, adopted child, or foster child. Parental leave benefits and pay vary by location.
- Professional development: Continuously grow through development workshops, mentoring programs, and more.
- Community impact: We partner with communities to provide services in addition to sponsoring our own events.
- Live your best life: Invest in yourself, on us. Our monthly wellness stipend is designed to support your life beyond the screen, giving you the flexibility to fuel your passions and your well-being.
- Mental health: Access to Headspace’s well known meditation support plus coaching and therapy, for you and additional loved ones.
Company HQ
Wilmington, DE
Leadership
Raul Villar Jr.
(CEO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Raul was the CEO of Paycor for nearly 6 years. They also spent over 8 years at AdvancedMD and nearly 22 years at ADP.
Jim Sperduto
(CGO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Jim spent over 30 years at ADP. While there, they held a number of roles, including President of Small Business, Retirement, and Insurance Services.
Haibei (Happy) Wang
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Optro in 2023, Haibei was the CTO at Everbridge and Skupos. They also held VP roles at Globality, AccelOps and Scripps Network Interactive.
April Crichlow
(CMO)April spent over 17 years at SAP, ultimately as CMO at SAP SuccessFactors. They then spent 3 years at Centrical as CMO before joining Optro in 2025.
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