Enterprise Business Development Representative - German speaking

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The Role
The Business Development Representative will engage decision-makers, drive outbound prospecting, research accounts, and collaborate with teams to generate leads for Semrush's sales.
Summary Generated by Built In

Semrush is a brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact. We unify SEO authority and AI visibility, so brands are found, cited, and chosen everywhere search happens. That’s how Semrush gained the trust of over 28 million users—from scaling startups to Fortune 500 companies. 

Some highlights of our success:

  • $470M+ Annual Recurring Revenue with AI products surpassing $38M+ 

  • Dollar-based net revenue retention of 104%, as of December 31, 2025

  • Large deals growing 74% YoY

  • Semrush named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Search Engine Optimization Solutions, Q3 2025

  • Exceptional demand for the Enterprise platform, with deals with global giants like JP Morgan, LG, Samsung, TikTok, and others

Shared ambition makes a bigger impact. That’s why at Semrush, progress is a partnership: You push us forward, we push you further—and we all move as one.
Are you ready to be part of this journey?

About the opportunity

The Sales team is at the forefront of empowering businesses to achieve online visibility and digital marketing success. Through our selling approach and world-class enablement programs, we equip our team with the tools, resources, and training. This is how we keep delivering meaningful results for our customers.
Joining the Sales team also means:

  • Fast forward and continuous career growth: the highest rate of promotions within the organization

  • A team spread across 40+ locations around the globe

  • Offline and online bootcamps as part of our onboarding process

  • President’s club—an opportunity to celebrate exceptional results and reward top performers in high-class vacation destination 

  • Quota attainment has been recognized as higher than market average, according to RepVue

  • Uncapped commissions

About your future tasks

  • Drive outbound prospecting at scale — make high-volume, high-quality cold calls every day to target influencers and senior decision makers.

  • Build pipeline by consistently setting qualified meetings for Enterprise Account Executives.

  • Research and develop accounts (new and existing) by creating tailored cold outreach and executing strategic email/LinkedIn sequences.

  • Analyze prospect businesses to understand needs, align them with Semrush’s value, and create urgency for engagement.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Enterprise Sales, Marketing, and RevOps to ensure quality handoffs, messaging alignment, and strong conversion.

  • Experiment and share — thrive in a fast-paced environment, try new outbound tactics, and share what works to elevate team success.

  • Champion One Semrush by following global outbound playbooks while contributing your own best practices to scale worldwide.

About you

  • Fluent in English and German

  • +1 year of outbound prospecting experience in B2B and/or SaaS preferred (not required).

  • Proven resilience and energy for cold calling, outbound campaigns, and breaking into net-new enterprise accounts.

  • Coachability and growth mindset — eager to learn, apply feedback, and improve daily.

  • Strong time management and prioritization skills with a sense of urgency.

  • Thrives in an environment of rapid change, extreme ownership, and high expectations.

  • Resourceful and results-driven, operating with persistence and creativity to get to decision makers.

Behaviors That Drive Success

  • Growth mindset

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Perseverance and grit

  • Self-motivation and accountability

  • Positive, team-oriented attitude

Hard Skills

  • Effective verbal communication for cold calling and executive outreach

  • Active listening and questioning that uncover real business challenges

  • Coachability and adaptability in applying outbound techniques

  • Time management and consistency in hitting activity targets

About the perks
  • Strong product-market fit recognized by RepVue

  • High earning potential with clear quota attainment visibility

  • Employee Support Program

  • Loss of family member financial aid

  • Employee Resource Groups 

  • Hobby & team building budget allowance

A little more about the company

Semrush (NYSE: SEMR) is the leading brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact.

Built on the industry’s most expansive proprietary dataset, Semrush delivers AI-driven insights across GEO, SEO, Agentic Search Optimization, content marketing, paid media, and social strategy. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA with a global presence across North America, Europe and Asia.
We’ve built something people are proud to be part of. And the awards agree: Great Place to Work, DEI Workplace, Diversity Champion Award, International Inclusion Award, Most Women Friendly Employers, Best Place for Working Parents. All thanks to 1700+ employees who build the company every day. 

About our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitments 

Semrush is an equal opportunity employer. Building a better future for marketers around the world unites people from all backgrounds. Even if you feel that you don’t 100% match all requirements, don’t be discouraged to apply! We are committed to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging in the workplace.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or medical condition including medical characteristics, genetic identity, marital status, military service, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. 

We don’t just lead the market—we are busy creating a world where Semrush is an unfair advantage for every marketer. Join us! 

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
1,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Semrush is a leading online visibility management SaaS platform that enables businesses globally to run search engine optimization, pay-per-click, content, social media and competitive research campaigns and get measurable results from online marketing.

Why Work With Us

Sense of Ownership. We all share the desire to set things into motion. Drive the projects you find meaning in, because it’s not worth wasting time on something you don’t believe in. Constant Changes. We are always looking to make things better. Trust. It’s what you have here by default. Speak up and be your true self.

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