BDR CHI (2026)

Databricks
Chicago, IllinoisPosted 26 February 2026

Job Description

<p>P-1526</p> <p>We’re looking for a Business Development Representative to represent Databricks to prospective customers. This role is perfect for a sales professional early on in their career, looking to help scale out a game-changing enterprise software company and develop their sales career. Reporting to the Sales Development Manager, you will be part of a dynamic team of like-minded individuals and have the opportunity to really make a difference in a budding regional team.</p> <p><strong>The impact you will have: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with the wider sales team to develop territory strategy, build pipeline, and drive adoption</li> <li>Helping to Identify potential Databricks use cases to help grow consumption within customer/prospect accounts</li> <li>Self-starter, eager to learn and develop on solution selling, Big Data AI</li> <li>Problem solver, strong communicator, and ability to learn technical sales</li> <li>Be customer-centric. Provide a great customer experience for Databricks’ prospective customers</li> <li>Maintain active inbound and outbound communications with prospects using creative follow-up, including personalized email, cold calling, and social selling</li> </ul> <p><strong>What we look for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree required</li> <li>2+ years of sales or business development experience</li> <li>Ability to understand technical concepts and a genuine enthusiasm for technology</li> <li>Determination and courage to succeed and lean in to build the next best enterprise software company</li> <li>Consistent, measurable over-achievement in past experiences</li> <li>Curiosity and hunger to learn and stay up-to-date about the big data/AI industry</li> <li>Desire to build a career in technology sales</li> <li>A high degree of ownership and grit</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p> </p> <p><strong>Pay Range Transparency</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;">Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page <a href="https://www.databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf">here</a>.<br></span></p> <p> </p></div><div class="title">Local Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$95,000</span><span class="divider"></span><span>$95,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Databricks</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on <span style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://twitter.com/databricks" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/databrickssource=gmailust=1700237575733000usg=AOvVaw03FL8fJvOD97ytN02f5G2C">Twitter</a>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://ww ... (truncated, view full listing at source)