Business Development Representative

About Us: Vortexa was founded to solve the immense information gap that exists in the energy industry. By using massive amounts of new satellite data and pioneering work in artificial intelligence, Vortexa creates an unprecedented view of global seaborne energy flows in real-time, bringing transparency and efficiency to the energy markets. With offices in London, New York, Houston, Singapore, Geneva and the UAE, we are building the definitive platform for energy and freight analytics globally - backed by leading investors including Morgan Stanley & Notion Capital. The Role: We are seeking a motivated and results-driven Business Development Representative (BDR) to join our BDR Pipeline Generation team, based in our Singapore office and focused on the APAC region. You will play a crucial role in driving the growth of our business, helping to generate new opportunities across our core APAC customer segments. You’ll be responsible for identifying and engaging high-potential prospects across APAC — including Singapore and Southeast Asia (e.g. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam), Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and Greater China — through both marketing-generated leads and proactive outbound efforts ensuring our Sales team is set up to succeed. You'll work closely with Sales, Marketing, and RevOps to drive pipeline generation through inbound lead discovery and qualification, proactive and energetic outbounding, and driving attendance at key APAC industry events. It’s an ideal opportunity for someone eager to develop their SaaS career in a high-performing, global team, while learning about one of the world’s most impactful and complex industries. In this role you will: Drive qualified pipeline through personalised, multichannel outreach (email, LinkedIn, phone, event follow-up, and local channels such as WeChat, LINE and KakaoTalk where appropriate) Conduct Discovery calls and qualify leads before handover to Sales, mapping the buying group and approval process (often consensus-driven in markets such as Japan and Korea) Research and map high-potential accounts across APAC’s core segments — national oil companies and refiners, Japanese trading houses and utilities, Singapore-based trading firms, shipowners and brokers, bunkering, and banks and commodity funds Collaborate with the Marketing team to promote and drive registrations for Vortexa-hosted and APAC industry events (e.g. Singapore International Energy Week, APPEC, Singapore Maritime Week, Asia Pacific Maritime, and LNG and freight conferences in Japan, Korea and Australia) Collaborate with the RevOps, Sales, and Marketing teams to evolve scalable playbooks and processes Ensure accurate tracking and maintenance of data within the BDR tech stack (Salesforce, Salesloft, Gong, Marketo etc.) Run outreach in line with regional data-privacy and anti-spam rules (e.g. Singapore PDPA, China PIPL, Japan APPI, India DPDP Act, Australia Spam Act) Maintain core working hours…