Business Development Representative (BDR)
Coverflex
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Pay is still rigid, fragmented, and hard to feel.
We turn compensation into choice — one platform, one card, one app — for benefits, meal allowance, insurance and more.
Our platform is simple for HR and meaningful for employees.
We provide choice, smarter compensation tools and empowerment.
️ TL;DR (The Essentials)
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Role: Business Development Representative (BDR)
Seniority Level: Junior
Type: Individual Contributor
Languages: English (main) / Portuguese (C2/native)
Main Tools: HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Notion, Slack
Location: Remote (Portugal)
Compensation:
- Base Salary: €20,000 – €26,000
- Bonus / Commissions: Uncapped
- Equity: Yes – Stock Options under our Equity Incentive Plan
- Benefits: you can check them below (at the end of the page)
- Contract Type: Fixed Term \- 6 months
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Your role will play a major role in our success because you’ll be responsible for enriching, engaging, and qualifying potential customers, acting as the first point of contact for many prospects and helping build a strong sales pipeline for the Account Executive team.
This is an ideal role for someone who is curious, resilient, and motivated by learning sales in a high\-growth environment.
You’ll know you’re successful when, after 90 days, you’ve…
- Built a strong outbound rhythm with consistent, high\-quality activity
- Booked qualified meetings for AEs
- Become autonomous in prospecting, CRM hygiene, and handover
- Main KPI 1: Meetings booked
- Main KPI 2: No\-show / Not qualified rate
- Main KPI 3: Conversion to WON rate
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Let’s be real \- here’s what makes this role challenging:
- High volume of outreach with frequent rejection
- A strong focus on phone\-based prospecting (cold calls are key)
- You need resilience, consistency, and energy — even on hard days
You
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Must\-haves (evidence, not years)
- Comfortable making a high volume of cold calls daily
- Able to conduct exploratory lead research and turn leads into opportunities
- Not afraid of hearing “no” and sees it as part of the process
- Data\-driven and interested in scalable marketing processes
- Comfortable working cross\-functionally and beyond a narrow scope
- Iterative and curious mindset
- Go\-getter and self\-driven attitude
- Outcome\-focused approach: good enough over perfect
- Fluent in English and Portuguese
Nice\-to\-have
- Experience targeting HR or Finance ICPs
- Previous customer\-facing roles (BDR/SDR, Support)
- Solid CRM usage habits (HubSpot experience is a plus)
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- Proactive and energetic
- Curious
- Resilient
- Motivated by learning
- Persistent
- Outcome\-driven
- You struggle with rejection
- You lack resilience or ambition
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Meet Your Manager
Hiring Manager: Duarte Fernandes \- BDR Team Lead
Location: Portugal
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duarte1/
Profile Snapshot:
- Energy: Grounded, focused, and steady. Prioritize consistency and positive execution.
- Communication: Open, direct, and meaningful. Prefer honest, deep conversations over superficial updates.
- Feedback Style: Actionable, structured, and continuous. Focus on technical growth and constant improvement.
“Working with me means having a supportive partner who values structure, clear communication, and growth. I believe that building good daily habits is the key to high performance. You can expect a manager who loves deep professional discussions, challenges you to improve through technical mastery, and genuinely cares about your well\-being.”
Your Team
You’ll work day\-to\-day with:
- Rodrigo Carvalho, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo\-carvalho\-1a40ab277/
- Raquel Fernandes, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquelarfernandes/
- José Mendes, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose\-pedromendes/
- Mariana Reis de Castro, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariana\-reis88/
- Luís Silva, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis\-p\-b\-silva/
- Carolina Taveira, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinafstaveira/
- Bárbara Teixeira, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/b%C3%A1rbaragteixeira/
- Susana Ho, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/susana\-perdigão\-ho/
- Renata Caldas, BDR, https://www.linkedin.com/in/renatacaldas99/
- Account Executive Team
- Account Manager Team
- Weekly BDR Meeting
- Ongoing 1:1s focused on well\-being, road blocks, overcoming challenges, and finding new ways to improve.
- Weekly trainings
- Power Hours
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We hire for impact and potential, not pedigree.
We welcome applications from people with non\-linear careers, career breaks, caregiving gaps, and those changing fields.
No discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender identity/expression, marital or family status, pregnancy, neurodivergence, race/ethnicity, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected ground.
Assessment fairness:
We anchor on *evidence of outcomes* (what you shipped, moved, or influenced).
We actively de\-bias by using structured rubrics, multiple assessors, and blind screening most of the time (we won’t know your name, gender, or personal info until the interview stage).
Application Clarity
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No cover letter required.
Apply with your LinkedIn or upload your CV in English.
You may be asked a few short, relevant questions.
Total candidate time investment: \~1\.30–2 hours end\-to\-end.
Hiring Stages (What to Expect, Why \& How Long)
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1\. CV / LinkedIn Screen — *Signal check vs must\-haves*
- Done by People \+ Hiring Manager.
- You’ll hear from us within 7 business days.
Purpose: capture signals your CV can’t (languages, tools, scenario judgement) and calibrate seniority.
Format: short video.
Accessibility: prefer a call? Tell us \- we’ll swap for a short chat.
3\. Hiring Manager Interview \- *Deep dive into your work • 30 min*
Structured around outcomes, decisions, and collaboration.
4\. Challenge Role Play *\- Let's peak into this role's challenges • 60 min*
Exercises that represent potential challenges this role would have and how you'd approach them.
5\. People Interview*\- Allow us to know you better! • 30 min*
With People. Stress\-free virtual coffee, focused on getting to know you as a person. We talk about culture, beliefs, and purpose.
6\. Final Conversation \- *Meet the GM Portugal \+ Q\&A • 45 min*
Values, strategy, and your growth
Optional: References (2–3 people who’ve seen your recent work) \- async.
AI \& Hiring Tools Transparency
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We use a few tools to reduce bias and improve documentation, not to make hiring decisions.
- Teamtailor anonymisation: profiles are reviewed without relying on names/personal identifiers.
- Meeting recorder (e.g., Talka.ai): may be used to capture interviews so we can focus on the conversation.
- ChatGPT: may be used to turn interview notes/transcripts into clear, structured summaries.
️ Speed \& Communication
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- Decision: within 4 weeks of your application.
- Updates: weekly if the process runs longer.
- Scheduling: interviews between 10:00–16:00 CET (flexible across Europe).
- Feedback: from the Case stage onwards, you’ll always receive written or verbal feedback \- what went well, and what to strengthen next time.
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