Business Development Representative, UK&I

🏒 Vercel · πŸ“ Hybrid - London · πŸ’Ό hybrid
⚑ Direct Talent Broker Referral
Why apply through CandidatesReach?
βœ” Tailored Executive Endorsement Letter: Highlight your real strengths and verified background directly to hiring leads.
βœ” Your Preferred Screening Terms: Choose between a 1-minute quick phone screen or scheduled email calendar.
βœ” $500 Cash Hiring Bonus: Receive $500 direct cash reward after 30 days of active employment.

Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Vercel:

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.

Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.

About the Role:

Vercel is looking for a Strategic Vercel Development Representative (VDR) to join our Sales team. Strategic VDRs are key to our product adoption and company growth in the largest companies in the world. In this autonomous role, you will be building a pipeline of qualified business for the Strategic part of our sales organization through cold outbound and working closely with your counterparts on the Enterprise Account Executive (SAE) team. You will also be collaborating cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Customer Success to learn more about product, positioning, and messaging.

The SDR team reaches out to potential customers to introduce them to the value Vercel could bring their business to set up qualified meetings for the Strategic Account Executive Team.  This team initiates substantial transformations for our customers, leading to promotions and profits for customers who adopt Vercel.

If you’re based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of our offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin), the role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. 

What You Will Do:

  • Kick off sales cycles by identifying and qualifying future customers in assigned geo and Enterprise market segment
  • Write tailored messages and cold call qualified prospects
  • Set and book qualified meetings for Enterprise AEs
  • Work closely with Enterprise AEs on targeting some of the largest companies and logos
  • Collaborate with your peers and guide those around you

About You:

  • Ability to navigate and prospect into large org structures in the Fortune 500
  • 1+ years of experience as an outbound SDR
  • Highly creative with outbound approach

Bonus If You:

  • Vercel, Next.js, or any other technical background or understanding
  • Salesforce,
🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Vercel Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Measuring obsession with developer experience, frontend architecture performance, and extreme velocity combined with rigorous code quality.

πŸ“‹ Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Dismissing edge performance or treating latency optimization as an afterthought
  • 2. Showing slow iteration speed or reluctance to ship quickly and iterate publicly
  • 3. Lack of deep systems-level thinking regarding web rendering patterns (SSR, ISR, SSG)
✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I build lightning-fast web infrastructure that radically shortens the feedback loop from code commit to global deployment.

πŸ”’ Free Candidate Preparation Access

Unlock Preparation Priorities & Alignment Hook

Sign in below to review role alignment recommendations before submitting your referral.

🀝 Talent Broker Referral · $500 Bonus Included

Apply for Business Development Representative, UK&I

Setup your contact terms & referral note to get recommended directly to the hiring lead at Vercel.

⚑ Continue with Google (Instant Setup)
or with email

Already have an account? Sign in here