Role details
- Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.
- The Hybrid Development Representative (HDR) role is the foundational entry point into our high-performing sales organization, designed specifically to develop the next generation of Account Executives.
- This is not a static job - it is a dedicated, supportive launchpad and structured path for your professional sales career.
- We invest in HDRs with the clear expectation that high performers will advance through our specialized sales program, Toast Sales Academy , and become future full-cycle Account Executives.
- The Journey of a High Performer: HDR → All Bound Sales Development role → Account Executive (AE)
- The Timeline of a High Performer: 12-18 months, training to become an Account Executive
What you'll do
(Responsibilities):
- As a Bilingual Hybrid Development Representative (HDR), you serve as the critical first step in our sales pipeline, responsible for building and qualifying the opportunities that drive our growth.
- You will execute high-volume outreach to a mix of prospective businesses with the strategic goal of determining mutual fit for our all-in-one digital platform, ensuring Account Executives receive high-quality engagements ready for closing.
- Complete at least 100 high-quality outreach activities daily (warm/cold calls, emails, and social touch points).
- Host qualification calls to develop an understanding of the prospect's needs and determine how they can benefit from leveraging our all-in-one digital platform.
- Schedule meetings for qualified prospects, ensuring a seamless handoff to the appropriate Account Executive.
- Learn and execute on various inbound and outbound outreach methods to prepare for specialization into an All-Bound Sales Development Role with the ultimate goal of developing into an Account Executive.
What you'll need to thrive (Requirements):
- Bilingual Fluency: Must be fluent in Vietnamese and English - able to read, write, and speak.
- Career Ambition: Must be driven by a long-term goal of becoming a full-cycle Account Executive (AE) and working in a commissioned closing role.
- Proven Drive and Refusal to Fail : Possesses the self-discipline and sustained effort necessary to achieve ambitious daily activity goals and recover quickly from rejection.
- Growth Mindset: Actively seeks and immediately applies feedback, while proactively self-assessing performance to identify and vocalize specific areas for growth and development.
- High Self-Accountability : Driven by measurable results and takes full ownership of daily performance metrics and pipeline contribution.
- High Customer Empathy and Resilience: Demonstrated ability to handle rejection and objections with professionalism while driving positive outcomes for prospective customers.
- Aptitude for Critical Thinking : Naturally curious, resourceful, and thrives on quickly processing new information to solve complex problems and qualify prospective customers.
- Exceptional Communication Skills : Clear, professional, and persuasive communicator across high-volume calls and written outreach (email/social).
- Strong Organizational Skills : Meticulous attention to detail and ability to manage time effectively to balance 100+ daily outreach activities.
What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves):
- Previous Sales or Sales Internship experience
- Experience participating in Collegiate Sales Competitions
- Direct experience working in the hospitality or retail industries
AI at Toast
- At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn.
- We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality.
- We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them.
- The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it's a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
- We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry.
- Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters' changing needs.
- Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits .
- The estimated Total Targeted Cash compensation range for this role is listed below.
- Total Targeted Cash for this role includes base salary, commission, and bonus (if eligible).
- This role qualifies for uncapped commissions.
- The starting salary will be determined based on skills, experience, and geographic location.
- In addition to cash compensation, our total rewards components include benefits and equity (if eligible).
- You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .
Zone A
$75,000 — $120,000 USD
Zone B
$65,000 — $104,000 USD
Zone C
$59,000 — $94,000 USD
- How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
- Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you.
- We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation.
- All hiring decisions are made by people.
- We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance.
Our Approach to Hybrid Working
- We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs.
- Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the hospitality community, regardless of location.
- Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
- People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
- At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
- The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
- We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.
Apply today!
- Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process.
- As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process.
- If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .
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