Sales Development Representative - United States - Remote

About Novata

Novata is a public benefit corporation created and funded by a unique consortium of foundations and private sector companies including the Ford Foundation, the Omidyar Network, S&P Global, and Hamilton Lane. We are a for-profit, mission-driven company with a goal of empowering the private markets to build a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism. By bringing together the brightest minds in financial data, private equity, social justice and inclusive capitalism, we aim to build the best technology and tools for the private markets to better collect, analyze, benchmark, and report ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) data. We have an experienced and diverse team who are as ambitious about growing a successful company as we are about making an impact. We hope you’ll join us.

About the role

We’re looking for a results-driven sales development representative to actively seek new business opportunities, engage and build relationships with potential customers. You will provide complete and appropriate solutions for every potential customer to boost top-line revenue growth, customer acquisition levels, and profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Qualify leads from marketing campaigns as sales opportunities
• Contact potential prospects through cold calls and emails
• Present our company to potential prospects
• Identify prospect's needs and suggest appropriate products/services
• Build long-term trusting relationships with prospects
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
• Set up meetings or calls between (prospective) customers and Account Executives
• Report to the Sales Manager on sales results

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Sales Development Representative, Sales Account Executive or similar role
• SaaS/Tech based experience a plus
• Comfortable in start-up/scale up environment
• Hands-on experience with multiple sales prospecting techniques like cold calling, cold emailing and social outreach.
• Track record of achieving sales …