TransPerfect Director of Business Development reviews

3.9

54% would recommend to a friend

(48 total reviews)

Phil Shawe

99% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Director, Business Development employees have rated TransPerfect with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 48 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Director, Business Development professionals have a good working experience there. TransPerfect is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Director, Business Development professionals compared to other employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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48 reviews
4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

General Pros - Excellent leadership regionally, + C Suite. - Career progression possible, as long as you build a brand and relationships internally. - Perks: once a year sales conference overseas in exotic locations, assuming you qualify (which is possible as long as you hit your baseline KPIs). - Autonomy, self driven and no micro management. - Huge learning potential, in general most senior leaders happy to help & mentor. - Great opportunity to build connections globally and in general, great people there. - Good place to learn basic sales techniques + grow as a sales AE. - Full cycle sales from prospecting to close. Honest recommendation: great people + company, good for early sales grind.

Cons

- Pay: extremely far below industry average and minimum unless you’re coming in as a senior / SME. - Atypical base + comms structure, payback system similar to real estate (borrow from the company vs base + commission). Great once you have a reliable revenue book. - Little to no investment in ANZ in a region. - No marketing support, full sales cycle means everything: no BDR/SDR, running own events + chasing invoices yourself. - No office culture outside global events.

3.0
Sep 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of great people working there. Great starting point to learn how to be proactive and build a sales pipeline and prospecting.

Cons

Work isn't so interesting. Incredibly competitive industry, mostly just competing on price. People always saying they were in touch with a prospect first to claim 50% of the deal.

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