Business Development Lead
Business Development Lead
Business Development Lead
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
On-site
On-site
On-site
Full-time
Full-time
Full-time
Our mission is to build and scale a predictable, high-quality outbound engine. As a BD Lead your main objective is to lead from the front, set the standard, and do the work yourself.
Competencies
This is a role for someone who has built and scaled outbound before and wants to do it again at a higher level. What we think that takes:
5+ years of experience in high-volume BDR/SDR (Outbound), AE, or Business Development, with 2+ years in leadership roles
Proven track record of scaling sales development teams (e.g., from single digits to 20-50+ reps) while achieving ambitious pipeline/revenue contribution targets
Strong sales pedigree: deep understanding of sales qualification methodologies (BANT, MEDDIC, SPICED, etc.) and outbound prospecting best practices
Systems-savvy: expert in CRM, engagement tools, and sales automation; ability to architect efficient workflows, reporting, and dashboards
Data-driven operator with a demonstrated ability to optimize for conversion, productivity, and ROI at scale
Excellent communicator, motivator, and coach, capable of building trust with both executives and front-line reps
Growth-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset with the resilience to thrive in a fast-paced, high-expectation sales environment
Trajectory
In this role you will:
Sales Leadership & Team Scaling
Build, lead, and scale a high-volume BDR team that consistently hits aggressive pipeline targets
Recruit, train, and retain top sales talent, with a structured performance framework spanning KPIs, quotas, comp models, and promotion paths
Foster a competitive, metrics-driven, and coaching-oriented sales culture
Establish repeatable playbooks and frameworks that enable fast onboarding and predictable performance across geographies, markets, and verticals
Revenue Generation & Alignment
Own pipeline creation, ensuring outbound efforts consistently translate into high-quality pipeline and, ultimately, revenue
Partner closely with Account Executives, Sales Leadership, and Marketing to optimize territory coverage, lead handoff, and campaign execution
Set clear productivity and conversion benchmarks (calls, sequences, meetings, SQLs, closed-won impact) and manage the team rigorously against them
Process, Systems & Operations
Design and implement scalable prospecting processes across segments and markets, in close collaboration with Revenue Operations
Leverage CRM and sales engagement tools to maximize workflow efficiency and output quality
Continuously evaluate and improve workflows to drive volume, personalization, and conversion at scale
Execution & Hands-On Involvement
Lead from the front, personally supporting high-value prospecting campaigns and modeling best practices in outreach
Coach BDRs on objection handling, messaging, and qualification to build sales acumen and confidence
Drive continuous experimentation in outbound sequences, multichannel engagement, and messaging to maximize ROI
Outcomes/definition of success
We measure success by impact, not activity. Here's what that looks like:
You have scaled a high-volume BDR organization that consistently outperforms its pipeline and revenue contribution targets
You have implemented systems, processes, and playbooks that enable predictable, repeatable performance
You have built a culture of sales excellence, career development, and accountability across the team
You are driving significant top-of-funnel growth while aligning tightly with Sales, Marketing, and RevOps
Our mission is to build and scale a predictable, high-quality outbound engine. As a BD Lead your main objective is to lead from the front, set the standard, and do the work yourself.
Competencies
This is a role for someone who has built and scaled outbound before and wants to do it again at a higher level. What we think that takes:
5+ years of experience in high-volume BDR/SDR (Outbound), AE, or Business Development, with 2+ years in leadership roles
Proven track record of scaling sales development teams (e.g., from single digits to 20-50+ reps) while achieving ambitious pipeline/revenue contribution targets
Strong sales pedigree: deep understanding of sales qualification methodologies (BANT, MEDDIC, SPICED, etc.) and outbound prospecting best practices
Systems-savvy: expert in CRM, engagement tools, and sales automation; ability to architect efficient workflows, reporting, and dashboards
Data-driven operator with a demonstrated ability to optimize for conversion, productivity, and ROI at scale
Excellent communicator, motivator, and coach, capable of building trust with both executives and front-line reps
Growth-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset with the resilience to thrive in a fast-paced, high-expectation sales environment
Trajectory
In this role you will:
Sales Leadership & Team Scaling
Build, lead, and scale a high-volume BDR team that consistently hits aggressive pipeline targets
Recruit, train, and retain top sales talent, with a structured performance framework spanning KPIs, quotas, comp models, and promotion paths
Foster a competitive, metrics-driven, and coaching-oriented sales culture
Establish repeatable playbooks and frameworks that enable fast onboarding and predictable performance across geographies, markets, and verticals
Revenue Generation & Alignment
Own pipeline creation, ensuring outbound efforts consistently translate into high-quality pipeline and, ultimately, revenue
Partner closely with Account Executives, Sales Leadership, and Marketing to optimize territory coverage, lead handoff, and campaign execution
Set clear productivity and conversion benchmarks (calls, sequences, meetings, SQLs, closed-won impact) and manage the team rigorously against them
Process, Systems & Operations
Design and implement scalable prospecting processes across segments and markets, in close collaboration with Revenue Operations
Leverage CRM and sales engagement tools to maximize workflow efficiency and output quality
Continuously evaluate and improve workflows to drive volume, personalization, and conversion at scale
Execution & Hands-On Involvement
Lead from the front, personally supporting high-value prospecting campaigns and modeling best practices in outreach
Coach BDRs on objection handling, messaging, and qualification to build sales acumen and confidence
Drive continuous experimentation in outbound sequences, multichannel engagement, and messaging to maximize ROI
Outcomes/definition of success
We measure success by impact, not activity. Here's what that looks like:
You have scaled a high-volume BDR organization that consistently outperforms its pipeline and revenue contribution targets
You have implemented systems, processes, and playbooks that enable predictable, repeatable performance
You have built a culture of sales excellence, career development, and accountability across the team
You are driving significant top-of-funnel growth while aligning tightly with Sales, Marketing, and RevOps
The Business Development team
The engine that fuels Planhat's pipeline, running disciplined high-volume outreach across channels every day and qualifying prospects on need, urgency, and fit. We build core skills in discovery, value messaging, and objection handling, and hand off well-prepared meetings to AEs with the context they need to win.
The Business Development team
The engine that fuels Planhat's pipeline, running disciplined high-volume outreach across channels every day and qualifying prospects on need, urgency, and fit. We build core skills in discovery, value messaging, and objection handling, and hand off well-prepared meetings to AEs with the context they need to win.
Indianapolis
A major Midwestern crossroads. A small, close-knit hub where the work runs across the business rather than in a single lane.
Indianapolis
A major Midwestern crossroads. A small, close-knit hub where the work runs across the business rather than in a single lane.
About us
We're building the operating system for autonomous companies.
The future enterprise is autonomous. Commercial processes that today depend on human effort - servicing, retaining, expanding, selling and supporting — will increasingly be automated. The companies that make this transition will pull ahead. The ones that don't won't survive.
Planhat exists to make that transition real.
We started bootstrapped. Customer-funded, built on discipline instead of venture capital. That foundation shaped everything: how we build, how we sell, how we think about the long game.
Today, Planhat is the agentic customer platform of choice for 700+ companies — powering close to 10 million commercial relationships worldwide and billions of dollars runs through our platform. Wiz, Revolut, Nasdaq, Synthesia, Workday and Dropbox run their customer revenue through Planhat every year.
The shift driving all of this: business is moving to an outcome economy. Companies of the future will not buy software alone anymore — they want outcomes, and they renew or consume more when they get them. That changes everything about what enterprise software needs to be.
The winners will be the ones who build the context layer - a deep, structured, living picture of their business reality. Process automation deployed by operators — not advisors.
The outcome gap is the opportunity. Context is the moat. Deployment is the differentiator. We're building all three.
Our team spans the globe, anchored by offices in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm. Join us.
About us
We're building the operating system for autonomous companies.
The future enterprise is autonomous. Commercial processes that today depend on human effort - servicing, retaining, expanding, selling and supporting — will increasingly be automated. The companies that make this transition will pull ahead. The ones that don't won't survive.
Planhat exists to make that transition real.
We started bootstrapped. Customer-funded, built on discipline instead of venture capital. That foundation shaped everything: how we build, how we sell, how we think about the long game.
Today, Planhat is the agentic customer platform of choice for 700+ companies — powering close to 10 million commercial relationships worldwide and billions of dollars runs through our platform. Wiz, Revolut, Nasdaq, Synthesia, Workday and Dropbox run their customer revenue through Planhat every year.
The shift driving all of this: business is moving to an outcome economy. Companies of the future will not buy software alone anymore — they want outcomes, and they renew or consume more when they get them. That changes everything about what enterprise software needs to be.
The winners will be the ones who build the context layer - a deep, structured, living picture of their business reality. Process automation deployed by operators — not advisors.
The outcome gap is the opportunity. Context is the moat. Deployment is the differentiator. We're building all three.
Our team spans the globe, anchored by offices in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm. Join us.
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