
AI Business Development Representative
Digi International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $88,000 - $132,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Monitor the AI infrastructure ecosystem to identify emerging companies, expansion initiatives, and new market entrants.
- Track leading indicators such as power acquisition, site development, hiring trends, capital investment, GPU procurement, and partner announcements.
- Continuously expand and refine the AI target account list based on validated market signals.
- Identify net-new AI accounts and initiatives not currently engaged by the sales organization.
- Conduct early qualification to assess AI workload type and scale.
- Assess infrastructure maturity and readiness.
- Evaluate timelines and decision drivers.
- Determine strategic fit and potential value.
- Disqualify non-credible or premature opportunities to protect pipeline quality.
- Execute highly targeted, personalized outreach to technical, operational, and infrastructure stakeholders.
- Use account-specific context to earn discovery conversations rather than pitch products.
- Secure qualified introductions and discovery meetings for Strategic Account Directors or Inside Strategic Representatives.
- Create and document new AI opportunities in the CRM with clear qualification notes, signal rationale, and recommended next steps.
- Ensure opportunities entering the pipeline are supported by real intent and timing signals.
- Support early relationship development until formal ownership is transitioned to account teams.
- Begin building trusted relationships before formal buying processes exist.
- Maintain light-touch engagement with emerging AI accounts as initiatives mature.
- Ensure clean, informed handoffs to account and execution teams when opportunities progress.
- Work closely with business development leadership.
- Provide concise and timely opportunity handoffs to regional teams.
- Remain engaged post-handoff as needed to support continuity.
Requirements
- Experience in B2B business development, preferably in infrastructure, cloud, data center, or enterprise technology
- Strong research, qualification, and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate credibly with technical and operational stakeholders
- Comfort working in complex, emerging markets with incomplete information
- Experience using CRM systems such as Salesforce or equivalent
- Exposure to AI infrastructure, hyperscale environments, or data center ecosystems
- Familiarity with colocation, GPU cloud, or infrastructure services markets
- Experience working with partners, integrators, or ecosystem-driven sales motions
- Demonstrated use of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, to enhance research, outreach, or account intelligence.
- Must have valid work authorization in the United States at the time of application.
Benefits
- Total Rewards package
- Short-term incentive program
- New hire stock award
- Paid parental leave
- Open (uncapped) PTO
- Hybrid work environment
- Competitive medical, health & wellbeing and compensation offerings
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
B2B business developmentresearch skillsqualification skillsanalytical skillsAI toolsCRM systemsGPU procurementinfrastructure maturity assessmentopportunity qualificationdata center ecosystems
Soft Skills
communication skillsrelationship developmentengagement skillsanalytical thinkingstrategic thinkingadaptabilitycollaborationproblem-solvinginitiativeattention to detail