Description:
The Commercial Sales Development Representative serves as a vital connection between our Sales and Marketing teams, focusing on generating and qualifying leads to create business opportunities. The Commercial SDR is responsible for initiating communication with potential customers, understanding their needs, and setting the stage for a successful sales process.
What You’ll Do
- Prospecting and Lead Generation: Proactively reach out to potential customers through phone (80%), email, and LinkedIn to identify and qualify new business opportunities.
- Lead Qualification: Process and qualify inbound leads to generate sales opportunities, ensuring alignment with Delinea's sales goals.
- Pipeline Development: Execute a minimum of 75+ outbound activities daily, including calls and emails, to build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified leads.
- Research and Relationship Building: Conduct thorough research to gather account intelligence, identify key stakeholders, and build relationships with IT decision-makers.
- Collaboration: Partner closely with the Sales team to develop and refine go-to-market strategies, ensuring a seamless handoff of qualified leads.
- Learning and Development: Continuously enhance your knowledge of Delinea’s product offerings and the cybersecurity industry through internal e-learning platforms.
- Data Management: Keep accurate records of all sales activities in CRM tools (Salesforce) and Prospect Engagement systems (SalesLoft) to monitor progress and success.
What You’ll Bring
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively engage with decision-makers.
- Drive and Motivation: A strong desire to learn and grow in a sales role, with a goal-oriented and data-driven mindset.
- Technological Proficiency: Basic understanding of CRM systems, with a preference for familiarity with Salesforce or similar platforms.
You’ll Stand Out If You Have
- Industry Knowledge: Exposure to technology sales, customer service, or a related field through internships or work experience.
- Sales Techniques: Familiarity with sales approaches such as cold calling, personalized messaging, or pipeline management.
- Adaptability: An eagerness to quickly learn and apply new concepts, especially in a dynamic, technology-driven environment.
Why work at Delinea?
- We're passionate problem-solvers helping the world's largest organizations protect what matters most: their human and machine identities.
- We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative.
- What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression.
At Delinea, our core values are STRONG and guide our behaviors and success:
- Spirited - We bring energy and passion to everything we do
- Trust - We act with integrity and deliver on our commitments
- Respect - We listen, value different perspectives, and work as one team
- Ownership - We take initiative and follow through
- Nimble - We adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment
- Global - We embrace diverse people and ideas to drive better outcomes