Business Development Jobs

Business development is the engine room of Dublin's tech ecosystem, and with 204 active roles it represents one of the clearest entry points into a high-growth technology career — particularly for graduates and early-career professionals with language skills and commercial ambition.

The role structure is well-defined across the industry. At HubSpot, based at 1 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Business Development Representatives work with 2–3 Account Executives, leveraging existing leads and generating new interest through calls, emails, and social media. The BDR role here is explicitly designed as a stepping stone: learn prospect qualification, develop consultative selling skills, then progress to a closing role. Salesforce at Salesforce Tower in North Dock runs its BDR function through its Futureforce University Recruiting programme, giving new graduates the chance to work on real projects and build a career in enterprise sales from day one.

The SaaS startup cluster adds urgency and ambition. Deel at 10 Earlsfort Terrace is hiring SDR Managers to lead its Benelux outbound teams — a management-track opportunity at a company that describes itself as the fastest-growing SaaS business in history, now at 7,000 employees across 100+ countries. Rippling at Ballast House on Aston Quay recruits outbound SDRs with Hebrew and other language skills, offering a front-row seat at a company that has raised $1.4 billion from Sequoia, Founders Fund, and Kleiner Perkins. Harvey, an agentic AI company for legal services based at The Capel Building on Mary's Abbey, Dublin 7, hires SDRs with language capabilities, already serving 1,000+ customers in 60+ countries.

Accenture at 1 Grand Canal Square adds an interesting twist — its BDR role is focused on acquiring independent agencies for Pinterest, requiring a strong understanding of the digital advertising landscape and a proven track record of exceeding sales quotas. Canonical is hiring Regional BDR Team Managers to lead its SDR function remotely, with teams meeting in person just two to four times yearly in international locations.

What does it take to succeed? The core skills are prospecting, qualification, objection handling, and the ability to communicate value concisely under time pressure. Language skills — French, German, Dutch, Czech, Hebrew, and Spanish — are a genuine differentiator, with many Dublin-based BDR roles covering EMEA territories from Ireland. The career progression is one of the most predictable in tech: SDR/BDR (12–18 months) → Account Executive → Senior AE → Sales Leadership. For graduates looking to enter the technology sector without a computer science degree, this remains one of the most accessible and fastest-accelerating career paths available.