Account Development Representative - Boston/San Francisco

Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 30 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. 

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore, where it was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on Twitter via @getpostman.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

The Opportunity:

The Account Development Representative will have the responsibility of uncovering business needs for Strategic & Enterprise Accounts to build a pipeline for the sales organization. The ADR will collaborate with marketing, sales enablement, & management to create campaigns & prospect to develop to the point of handoff for Sales. An implicit responsibility of the ADR is to conduct business dealings with prospects in a way that creates a superior customer/prospect experience to set the stage for future product sales for Postman.

What You’ll Do:

• Work with the Account Development Manager & cross functional teams to create strategic targets to identify & generate new & expansion business opportunities
• Meet or exceed strategic goals & committed targets by engaging with qualified leads & enabling the next step in the sales cycle
• With consultative engagement you will qualify opportunities by understanding business challenges while also educating them on the value of our product
• Complete detailed research within targeted accounts to identify key contacts & critical account information
• Identify & target strategic new prospects that would accelerate territory growth
• Select & engage with prospects that are identified through marketing efforts
• Become an expert in sales prospecting platforms & tools
• Use identified customer challenges to prescribe relevant campaigns & events to drive engagement
• Develop superior customer service relationships with prospects.
• Self audit activity to ensure accuracy & to enable improvement
• Proactively learn Postman’s product, competitive products, & market knowledge via website, online webinars, & other marketing information.
• Update lead status & all prospect interaction in CRM application daily
• Become an expert with sales enablement tools

About You:

• Experienced. 6 months ‐ 2 years’ experience in business development, sales or related field. Experience with lead qualification at all levels within organizations –developers, managers, directors, VPs, executives is a plus.
• Energy and Creativity. Ability to work in a high energy, fast‐paced sales environment. You think out-of-the-box and wow people with your interesting angles and quality work.
• Tools. Proficient with standard productivity tools.

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency & honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

What Else?

This is a hybrid role based in Boston & the reasonably estimated OTE for this role ranges from $75,000 to $90,000 & a competitive equity package. Postman has an informal and fun working team environment. We believe in a hybrid workplace that improves our shared knowledge, creates space for innovation, enhances team collaboration, and further strengthens our core values and culture. We offer a competitive salary and equity package, medical, dental, vision, and cool perks, and our offices include complimentary stocked drinks, snacks, and ergonomic workspaces to keep you comfortable and healthy. Our employees enjoy unlimited PTO because we believe everyone should take the time off needed to refresh, relax, and reflect. Our wellness program offers fitness-related reimbursements, a meal stipend, home office set-up reimbursement, internet reimbursement, book reimbursements for professional development, and a training platform for continued learning and education for personal growth. Also, our donation-matching program can support causes you care about. We’re creating a long-term company, and we want you to be part of it. Join us and become a Postmanaut.

Equal Opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.

Postman will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records where directed under applicable law, such as pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.