Senior Business Development Representative (Remote: New York or Illinois Preferred)

About Zūm:

Who You Are:

Zūm is scaling its go-to-market team and looking for a Senior BDR who can do more than book a demo — we need someone who can get in front of the district and state decision-makers who matter and turn a cold name on a list into a warm, qualified conversation for our SVP of Sales, Student Transportation. You'll own top-of-funnel pipeline for a defined territory of school districts and municipal transit agencies, running sharp, informed outreach to Transportation Directors, Superintendents, and other decision-makers — and you'll be the one who knows how to get a SVP a real meeting, not just a slot on a calendar. This is a senior individual contributor role with a clear growth path as we continue to scale. 
 
Candidates considered for this role should live in the New York or Illinois area. 

What You'll Do:

• Build and manage a target account list of school districts, charter authorities, and transit agencies, prioritizing by budget cycle, contract expiration, and strategic fit

• Run high-volume, well-researched outreach to Transportation Directors, Superintendents, CFOs, and Business Officials, and Chief Operating Officers — positioning Zūm CMX and securing meaningful first meetings, not just demo slots

• Qualify inbound and outbound leads against Zūm's ideal customer profile before handing off, so every meeting booked for the SVP or Account Executive team is a real opportunity

• Represent Zūm at state and regional transportation conferences (e.g., NAPT, STN Expo, state pupil transportation association events), building relationships and generating warm introductions

• Activity logging, lead scoring, GTM research, and next steps — so pipeline reporting is accurate and forecastable

• Partner closely with Marketing on account-based campaigns and with Sales leadership to continuously refine targeting, messaging, and outreach cadence

• Provide field intelligence back to Product and Marketing on what districts are asking for, budgeting for, and struggling with

What You Bring To Zūm:

• 5+ years of outbound business development or sales experience, ideally in K-12 EdTech, transportation, govtech, or another market selling into school districts or government/municipal buyers

• Demonstrated track record of booking meetings with senior decision-makers (Superintendents, Transportation Directors, C-suite) 

• Comfort and credibility engaging with public-sector buyers, including familiarity with district budget cycles, procurement basics, and board approval processes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to build a compelling, tailored case for a meeting rather than working from a single script

• Willingness to travel to industry conferences and, periodically, into territory for in-person relationship building

• Self-directed and resilient — thrives on ownership of a territory with limited day-to-day oversight

Nice To Haves:

• Existing relationships or name recognition with K-12 School District Leaders, including but not limited to Superintendents, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), Chief Operating Officers (COOs), Business Officials, and Transportation Directors in (IL and the Midwest and NY and the Northeast)

• Experience selling into or alongside long, multi-stakeholder public-sector sales cycles, and RFP processes

• Familiarity with a state pupil transportation association (e.g., TAPT, NYAPT) or attendance at NAPT/STN Expo, desired 

• Experience partnering directly with VP/C-level sales leadership on strategic account planning