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Business Development Representative, Student Housing
Storage Scholars LLC. Build target account maps for each student housing company, covering corporate, regional, and property-level contacts .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong sales acumen with a focus on building relationships within the student housing sector, including prospecting, proposal development, and closing deals. Possesses industry knowledge of student housing operations and decision-making processes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Sales ExperienceBusiness DevelopmentCRM ManagementIndustry KnowledgeProposal Development
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Hard Skills
Cold CallingCold EmailingLinkedIn ProspectingNegotiationClosing SalesMarket Insights AnalysisPipeline ManagementProposal BuildingRelationship ManagementTravel Willingness
Soft Skills
Strong WritingConfidenceOrganizationSelf-DrivenCoachability
Tools & Technologies
CRM Software
Industry Keywords
Student HousingCommercial ServicesProperty ManagementVendor EventsMarket Insights
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build target account maps for each student housing company, covering corporate, regional, and property-level contacts
- Prospect through cold calls, cold email, and LinkedIn to book qualified meetings
- Turn one property win into a portfolio-wide relationship across a company's regional or national footprint
- Attend company-specific vendor events and meetings in person to build relationships with regional teams
- Maintain a clean CRM and keep the pipeline moving
- Grow into running discovery, building proposals, negotiating, and closing
- Share market insights with leadership to shape pricing, messaging, and new services
- Sell commercial services to off-campus student housing owners, developers, and operators
- Support move-in, furniture installations, and property turns
- Attend conferences, vendor fairs, regional meetings, on-site property visits, and meetings with regional teams
Requirements
What you’ll need- Minimum 2 years of previous sales experience required (business development or another quota-carrying role)
- Comfortable picking up the phone and getting told no, then picking it up again
- Strong writer who can craft short, sharp outreach that gets replies
- Confident in person, at a conference booth, a property tour, or a boardroom
- Organized and self-driven, with the discipline to work a pipeline without being managed day to day
- Willing and excited to travel
- Competitive, coachable, and hungry to grow into a closer
- Industry knowledge is required, including understanding how student housing owners, developers, and operators work and who makes buying decisions
- Regular travel is required
- Remote considered for the right candidate
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive base salary plus high, uncapped commission
- Unlimited PTO
- Hybrid flexibility: in-person in Austin, with remote options for the right person
- Direct mentorship from the CEO and COO
- A clear path from setting meetings to closing deals and beyond, with real room to grow as we scale
- A small team where your work is seen, valued, and has a direct impact on the business