Account Development Representative

Who you are

• 1-2+ years of strong sales or customer-facing experience
• A self-starter with a track record of hitting and exceeding goals
• A ‘hunter’ mentality - comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and following up on incoming leads and a strong desire to win
• Ability and willingness to learn, react to and share lessons learned across the organisation
• Open to feedback and can apply to your daily workflow
• Outstanding communication skills including both phone and written communication as well as active listening
• An extraordinary character with an incredible drive for success, high work ethic, curious by nature, and obsessed with smashing sales goals
• Validated time leadership skills and ability to work independently and through coaching
• Desire to work in a driven and fast-paced environment
• Passionate about cutting-edge technology with the aptitude to learn new and exciting IT software products, as well as, understand business critical solutions quickly
• Additional European languages a big plus (French, German or Dutch)

What the job involves

At [Employer hidden], our Account Development team works closely with our partners in both Sales and Marketing to build fanatical customer enthusiasm around [Employer hidden]

Account Development reps are responsible for identifying and qualifying new opportunities for our sales organization

We view our Account Development program as the best way to turbocharge a long and successful career in sales and view our Account Development Representatives (ADRs) as the next wave of Account Executives in [Employer hidden]

To aid in this endeavor, we invest heavily in the training and development of our team

This includes a 2-week long sales bootcamp, weekly 1-1 mentorship, and global virtual group training

By joining our team, you are making an investment in yourself that will accelerate the rest of your sales career

Our ADRs gain an understanding of our product, community, who we sell to, why they care, and what makes us relevant

They learn how to generate a pipeline quickly and effectively as well as how to achieve a good discovery and qualification

The team is a crucial resource for sales teams across [Employer hidden] to get great talent

This helps us scale our teams, as well as ensure that we have a culture of meritocracy

Being an ADR, is often a first step to jump-starting a career in sales

At [Employer hidden], we have a culture that celebrates diversity, fosters growth and enablement, and ensures that we provide our ADRs with the tools and confidence that they need to grow their careers

The ADR leadership team has a true understanding of where each ADR is at in their personal development process, and mentors and enables them to ensure that they have the means and opportunity to be considered for their next role

At [Employer hidden], we truly believe that if you want to earn your MBA in sales, this is the place to be

As a leadership team, we spend an exorbitant amount of time working in the trenches with our teams to help them fine-hone their business and sales acumen and ramp them to productivity, success, and greater roles

Your First 90 Days

By the end of month 1, you will:

• Have met your new team and had fun playing with some new tools
• Become a part of the wider [Employer hidden] family
• Have had a successful sales bootcamp training
• Have a good understanding of what makes [Employer hidden]’s product offerings so special
• Understand how our Account Development, Marketing and Account Executive teams all work together

By the end of month 2, you will:

• Be comfortable talking to clients on the phone about [Employer hidden]
• Have worked with our Account Executive team on your first opportunity
• Have shadowed a ton of calls and practiced several role plays
• Started delivering your ramp quota

By the end of month 3, you will:

• Know our sales funnel inside and out, and feel confident to add value to our sales org
• Show clear delivery of our sales methodologies
• Provide insights to both our Account Development and marketing organizations to help us to continue to iterate and improve
• Delivered against your ramp quota

Work with the Sales team to develop inbound and outbound campaigns from idea generation through to qualified call

Develop strong sales and product knowledge and interact with IT and business decision-makers via telephone, video, LinkedIn, and email

Update lead and prospect activity in Salesforce to ensure effective lead management

Set qualified introductory meetings for the Sales team

Nurture early phase opportunities for future pipeline potential

Exceed monthly and quarterly opportunity quota

Build strong relationships with our marketing team and Account Executives, where we pull together to maximize the win for our business

Invest in your self-development, focusing on the skills and attributes that will make you successful in your core role and get you set for future success

And any additional tasks required by the manager