Founding Business Development Rep

Clera

• $80K — $100K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-2 years of sales experience at a high-growth startup
  • Proven success in high-volume outbound campaigns
  • Experience selling into startups and operations buyers
  • Ability to adapt outbound messaging based on performance data
  • Strong written communication skills for cold outreach
  • Ownership mentality with strong accountability for outcomes
  • Entrepreneurial mindset comfortable in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Run high-volume outbound prospecting across various channels
  • Prospect and qualify leads to book meetings with decision-makers
  • Own the full sales process from lead sourcing to revenue generation
  • Build feedback loops to enhance messaging and targeting
  • Identify methods to improve efficiency and quality in pipeline generation

Benefits

  • Intense work environment to foster growth
  • Collaborative team atmosphere with high ownership
  • Opportunity to shape outbound sales strategy from the ground up
  • Involvement in pioneering a role within a rapidly evolving industry
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a founding BDR role at an AI-native legal services company, where you will build the outbound engine from scratch and own pipeline generation end-to-end. Sitting at the center of go-to-market, you will shape how the company reaches fast-moving startups and their decision-makers, making this a high-impact, high-ownership opportunity at an early-stage company.
What You'll Do
  • Run high-volume outbound prospecting across email, phone, and LinkedIn to build qualified pipeline.
  • Prospect and qualify leads, finding creative ways to consistently book meetings with decision-makers.
  • Own the full sales motion from sourcing through closing qualified opportunities into revenue.
  • Build feedback loops that sharpen messaging, improve targeting, and raise outbound execution quality.
  • Continuously identify ways to move faster, increase quality, and scale pipeline generation.
What We're Looking For
  • 1 to 2 years of sales experience at a high-growth startup, with a track record of hitting or exceeding quota.
  • Proven success running high-volume outbound campaigns and booking qualified meetings through cold outreach.
  • Experience prospecting and selling into startups, founders, or operations buyers.
  • Ability to build and iterate on outbound messaging and targeting strategies based on performance data.
  • Strong written communicator whose cold emails and follow-ups consistently drive responses.
  • Ownership mentality: you take full responsibility for outcomes and find a way to deliver under pressure.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Resilience in the face of rejection and a drive to iterate and improve continuously.
  • Willingness to work at an intense pace in a high-bar environment; this role is on-site, six days a week.
  • Exposure to legal tech, contract management, or B2B legal services is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $80,000 to $100,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA. This is a fully in-person role.

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