Entry-Level Business Development Representative
Location: Plano, TX (On-site | 4 days a week - 1 day remote)
New Grads Welcome – Start Your Career in Tech Sales
Just finished school and ready to launch your career in tech? At Ribbon Communications, we’re looking for driven, curious, and confident communicators to join us as Business Development Representatives. You’ll gain hands-on sales experience, learn from industry pros, and start building your career in a growing global company.
What You’ll Do
- Reach out to potential customers (via phone, email, and digital channels) and start conversations that create opportunities
- Qualify leads by learning about customer needs and pain points — we’ll train you on what to look for
- Collaborate with Sales team members to turn leads into real sales opportunities
- Track and manage your pipeline using Salesforce CRM
- Learn how to pitch, persuade, and close — and get better every week
Required Experience & Skills
You don’t need years of experience — just the right mindset and a few essentials:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal)
- Comfortable using tools like Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- Basic familiarity with CRM systems — or willingness to learn (Salesforce experience is a plus)
- Highly organized with great time management skills
- Positive attitude, a self-starter, and eager to grow professionally in a tech-focused sales role
- Must be able to work in the Plano office, 4 days a week and remote 1 day a week
What’s in It for You
- Competitive base salary + performance incentives
- Real mentorship and coaching from experienced sales professionals
- Full benefits: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Career growth pathways into sales, marketing, or account management
- A fast-moving, supportive, and collaborative culture
Who We Are
Ribbon Communications is a global leader in secure and intelligent cloud communications. We help businesses across 140+ countries modernize and protect their voice and data networks — with a strong focus on innovation, security, and performance.
Sound like a good fit?
Apply now and start your journey with Ribbon — where your growth is part of the plan.
Please Note:
'All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, on the basis of disability, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.'
US Citizens and all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Comfort using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Basic familiarity with CRM systems or willingness to learn
- Salesforce experience
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Positive attitude and self-starter mentality
- Eagerness to grow professionally in a technology-focused sales role
- Ability to work in the Plano office four days per week and remotely one day per week
Ribbon Communications Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ribbon Communications and has not been reviewed or approved by Ribbon Communications.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive alongside access to an Employee Assistance Program and global wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, including standard PTO and a paid Global Day of Service for volunteering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid work and flexible schedules are emphasized, with wellbeing programming positioned as part of a broader support offering.
Ribbon Communications Insights
What We Do
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) delivers communications software, IP and optical networking solutions to service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors globally. We engage deeply with our customers, helping them modernize their networks for improved competitive positioning and business outcomes in today's smart, always-on and data-hungry world. Our innovative, end-to-end solutions portfolio delivers unparalleled scale, performance, and agility, including core to edge software-centric solutions, cloud-native offers, leading-edge security and analytics tools, along with IP and optical networking solutions for 5G. To learn more about Ribbon visit rbbn.com.
