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Siena AI · 1 day ago

Business Development

Siena is the first intelligence layer for customer experience, creating an operating system of AI agents that enhance customer interactions. The Business Development Representative (BDR) role involves prospecting e-commerce accounts, generating qualified meetings, and ultimately contributing to significant deals for the company.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceEnterprise SoftwareMachine LearningSoftware

Responsibilities

Build pipeline: Identify and prospect into target e-commerce accounts. Goal is to generate qualified meetings that turn into six and seven figure deals
Multi-channel outreach: Email, LinkedIn, phone, events, creative touches - whatever it takes to break into accounts
Research accounts: Understand the company, their tech stack, their challenges, their buyers before you reach out
Navigate organizations: Figure out who the real buyers are (it's not always obvious in ecommerce companies), build champion relationships, get to the right stakeholders
Qualify hard: We don't want junk meetings. You need to understand if this is a real opportunity before passing to AEs
Use AI: Leverage Claude, Chatgpt, Perplexity, Gemini for account research, message personalization, and scaling your outreach. You should be using AI to 10x your productivity
Collaborate with AEs: Work closely with the AE team to understand what good opportunities look like, get feedback on quality, iterate on messaging
Own your numbers: Track everything - activities, meetings booked, meetings held, pipeline created, conversion rates. You should know your metrics cold

Qualification

BDR/SDR experienceProspecting skillsOutbound sellingEcommerce experienceAI tools proficiencyResearch skillsOrganizational skillsCommunication skillsIntegrityAdaptability

Required

1-2 years in BDR/SDR role, consistently hit or exceeded quota (110%+ attainment)
Experience prospecting into $100k+ deal sizes
Comfortable with outbound and social selling
Can write hyperpersonalized compelling messages that get responses
Research skills - you dig into companies and find angles
Organized - you manage your own pipeline without hand-holding
Comfortable with ambiguity - we're a startup, things change fast, you figure it out
Competitive fire: You want to be the best BDR, not just a BDR
Work intensity: You hustle. You do whatever it takes to hit your number
Hunter mentality: You're energized by the chase
Integrity: You're honest about pipeline quality
Obsession with improvement: You want to get better every week

Preferred

Ecommerce, CX experience
Sold CX, support, or automation tools
Promoted from BDR to AE at previous company
AI-native already (use claude/chatgpt for work)
Startup experience (you've seen fast growth and chaos)

Benefits

Great salary plus the opportunity for equity or stock grants.
Learning budget.

Company

Siena AI

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Siena AI is the creator of an autonomous chat platform that aims to blend human empathy and intelligent automation.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$11.05M
Key Investors
Sierra VenturesGapMinder VC
2024-09-01Seed· $6M
2023-11-16Seed· $4.7M
2020-09-28Pre Seed· $0.35M

Leadership Team

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Andrei Negrau
ceo, founder
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