
Senior Business Development Representative - US at Flagright (San Francisco, CA)
Flagright· San Francisco, CA·
Role details
Equity · Direct Exposure To Leadership · Low Bureaucracy · Asynchronous Communications Culture
Summary
The Senior Business Development Representative generates outbound pipeline and engages decision-makers at fintechs and banks across North America. This high-ownership role involves cold calling, personalized outreach, and booking meetings for the sales team while traveling to industry events.
Job description
About Flagright: Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime. We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership. Role overview: Our Sales team drives customer growth globally. They own their craft end-to-end, and help more financial institutions realize the value of Flagright. We are hiring a Senior Business Development Representative in the US (based within a commutable distance to Santa Clara) to help scale Flagright’s presence across North America. This is a high-ownership individual contributor role partnering closely with our Sales Director NORAM and focused on generating outbound opportunities. You’ll build pipeline for North America by identifying and engaging decision-makers at fintechs and banks. This means cold calls, personalized outreach, deep research on prospects, and booking meetings for our sales team. You will operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment, build pipeline proactively, and be required to travel to represent Flagright at customer meetings and industry events across North America. People who thrive at Flagright:
- Have been knocked down before and gotten back up
- Are resourceful — figure it out with whatever tools exist
- Have strong opinions, defend them, and drop them when proven wrong
- Would rather own targets than a task list
- Run toward ambiguity, not away from it
- Want to work with no-BS people
People who struggle here:
- Confuse ambitious goals with unreasonable ones
- Want 9-to-6 and a predictable week
- Need priorities to hold still for a quarter
- Take blunt feedback or lost deals personally
- Say — or think — “that’s not my job”
Key responsibilities:
- Generate high-quality pipeline through outbound prospecting (cold calls, email, LinkedIn, events) and book qualified meetings for the sales team
- Identify, research, and engage decision-makers across fintechs and financial institutions in North America
- Understand prospect needs and clearly articulate Flagright’s value proposition in a compelling, tailored way
- Build and manage a consistent pipeline of opportunities, ensuring strong coverage against quota
- Build and nurture relationships with prospects, progressing them into qualified, sales-ready opportunities
- Develop and execute highly personalized outreach strategies based on deep account research
- Maintain accurate CRM records and track outreach, pipeline, and performance metrics
- Collaborate closely with Account Executives to ensure smooth handoff and progression of deals
- Partner with the GTM team to refine messaging, campaigns, and outbound strategy
- Represent Flagright at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings across North America
Who we are looking for:
- Based within a commutable distance to Santa Clara or willing to relocate (this is an in office position)
- 3+ years of B2B SaaS BDR experience
- Experience prospecting into or qualifying mid-market or enterprise accounts
- Relevant industry knowledge in fintech, payments, banking, compliance, risk, or financial infrastructure, gained directly or through closely related roles
- Strong communicator — clear, concise, and confident
- Comfortable with cold outreach and high-volume prospecting and is not afraid of rejection
- Able to research accounts deeply and craft personalized, relevant outreach
- Organized and disciplined in managing pipeline, CRM hygiene, and follow-ups
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment with shifting priorities
- Able to learn quickly and articulate complex products
- Willing and able to travel up to 30% of the time
What we offer:
- One number, real ownership, no artificial segmentation
- Direct exposure to leadership and influence on our go-to-market strategy
- Product with clear, real-world differentiation
- High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement
- Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup
- Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir
- Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture
Why work at Flagright
- High-Growth Environment: With a recent Series A and explosive job posting growth (+920% YoY), the company is in a rapid scaling phase, offering significant career acceleration opportunities.
- Global & Remote-First Culture: Team is distributed across 11 countries (US, UK, India, Singapore, Philippines, South Africa, etc.), offering a diverse and international work environment.
- Meaningful Mission: Tackling the critical problem of financial crime compliance, which has a direct societal impact.
- Strong Engineering Culture: Founded by a technical CTO (Madhu Nadig) and CEO (Baran Ozkan), with a focus on building intelligent, developer-friendly infrastructure. The company is a Y Combinator alum.
- Open Roles: Currently has 51+ active job postings across departments, including Senior Product Marketing Manager, Head of Partnerships, Strategic Product Operations Manager, Technical Content Lead, and roles in Engineering and Sales. linkedin.com