Business Development Representative - Candidate Facing

G2 Startup Advisors is a modern executive search and talent advisory firm helping high growth companies hire critical leadership and technical talent. They are seeking a contract Business Development Representative focused on candidate outreach, responsible for initiating conversations with high-quality candidates through outbound outreach.

Responsibilities:

• Contact candidates from curated prospect lists provided by the recruiting team
• Conduct outbound cold calls to introduce relevant opportunities and initiate conversations
• Review candidate profiles to understand background, experience, and potential alignment with current searches
• Personalize conversations based on candidate experience and potential role fit
• Engage passive candidates who are not actively job seeking
• Use a multi channel outreach approach including phone, LinkedIn, and email
• Build credibility quickly and represent G2 Startup Advisors professionally
• Clearly communicate and position multiple client opportunities depending on candidate background and interests
• Tailor conversations to align candidates with the most relevant roles across our client portfolio
• Capture candidate motivations and career goals during early conversations
• Qualify candidate experience and level of interest
• Schedule discovery calls with recruiters or partners on the team
• Track outreach activity and candidate conversations in RecruiterFlow
• Use automation and AI driven tools to improve targeting and outreach efficiency
• Contribute feedback on messaging and candidate engagement strategies

Requirements:

• Experience in sales development, recruiting, or outbound prospecting
• Strong comfort with cold calling and initiating conversations with professionals
• Ability to quickly understand and communicate multiple job opportunities and client value propositions
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Organized and able to manage outreach activity across several searches
• Comfortable working with modern outbound tools and CRM systems
• Self directed and reliable in a remote contract environment
• Experience with Clay for candidate data enrichment and targeting
• Experience with LinkedIn Sales Navigator for prospect identification
• Experience with JuiceBox and Pin for outreach workflows
• Experience with RecruiterFlow as our recruiting CRM
• Experience with custom AI tools for sourcing and outreach optimization