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Senior Sales Development Representative

What We Do: The Sales Development team works closely with both Sales and Marketing to drive interest in Payscale's solutions, identify potential buyers, and use compelling messaging to pique the interest of our prospects. Our goal is to help compensation professionals learn how Payscale can empower them to adopt a modern compensation strategy.    
   
What You Do: In this role you will build a strong sales foundation by learning everything from prospecting, lead qualification, research, customer personas, objection handling and more. You are the first impression for our potential clients and therefore have a huge impact on Payscale's success.    
   
Day-in-the-Life: As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), a typical day may include the following…    
  • Collaborating with full cycle Account Executives on territory planning to develop quality opportunities within assigned geographic territories or industry verticals
  • Qualifying all inbound leads by acting as a consultant where we seek to understand prospects needs and address them head on
  • Prospecting into accounts by employing innovative techniques and strategies for researching prospective companies and potential buyers to target with persona specific communication via email, phone, and LinkedIn
  • Overcoming objections and effectively communicating Payscale’s value propositions to key decision makers such as Senior Managers and Executives regarding appropriate product offerings
  • High level knowledge of product offerings 
    Staying current on industry trends and maintaining high level knowledge of competitor’s product offerings
  • Maintaining up to date records and providing valuable market intelligence to Marketing, Sales, and Product teams in sales tools like Salesforce and Outreach
  • Achieving monthly pipeline goals set by sales management
  • Continuous learning through mock calls, formal training, and regular coaching and feedback  
First Year in Role:    
  • Month 3: You will have learned the ins and outs of the role through a combination of classroom style training, frequent practice and feedback, shadowing your team members and scheduling discovery meetings for Account Executives. You will be partnering with an Account Executive to strategically prospect a territory for new opportunities and continuing to hone your skills in discovery, objection handling, and targeted messaging.
  • Month 6+: You will be a leader on the team and take an active part in improving the team as a whole, as well as assisting newer colleagues and developing more advanced sales skills  
Qualifications    
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of professional experience, preferably 1-2 years in sales including phone-based lead generation, inside sales and/or business development activities, territory planning, and outbound prospecting
  • Proficiency with Salesforce or a similar CRM
  • Proficiency with sales enablement tools such as Outreach/Salesloft, Highspot 
Skills:    
  • Curious and active listener: You have a deep hunger to learn, coupled with a willingness to experiment. You ask a lot of questions. You recognize there is a difference between "hearing" and "listening" and you even pick up on what's not being said.
  • Resilient and self-motivated: You're always striving to build upon previous successes. You realize that the quickest path to success is through quick failures, so you aren't afraid to jump in and try something new.
  • Detail oriented: The little things matter! You're able to craft a process that keeps you on track.
  • Tech savvy: you love experimenting with new technology, and you quickly learn and adapt to new processes.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communicator: You are clear, concise, professional, and engaging over the phone. You have the ability to write a confident, persuasive, and professional email.
  • Collaborative: When we all succeed, we're better for it. You share your recipe for success without even being asked. 
Tools: We'll teach you everything you need to know, but it's helpful if you are familiar with...    
  • Salesforce or a similar CRM
  • Outreach or a similar sales enablement platform
  • MS Office Suite, especially Outlook 
Compensation     
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the target base compensation for this position is $60,000, this position is also eligible for a commission of $37,500 resulting in an annual OTE of $97,500. If you are hired at Payscale, your final compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).    

Company Description 

Payscale gives employers and employees confidence to know the what and why behind pay. With our leading data, technology, and experience we make it easier for you to connect compensation to goals. 

As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees, and businesses get pay right and to make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500 in 198 countries, Payscale provides a combination of diverse and dynamic data sources, experienced compensation services, and scalable software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Target, United Healthcare, Gainsight, eBay, and The Washington Post to make fair and appropriate pay decisions. To learn more, visit www.payscale.com 

Location 

Payscale has an employee centric remote-first model that providesyou the flexibility to do your best work in a space that supports you,whilealso finding time to collaborate in person for the moments that matter. 
 
In our remote-first model, employees can work from the location that works best for them. We do not have centralized corporate offices.Employees can choose to work from home, in company-paid co-working spaces, or any combination of the two that best suits their unique needs. 

When it matters (usually no more than a few times a year) we take the time to gather for in-person events. 

Payscale has employees across the US, Canada, and the UK, however we are currently unable to hire in the Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, and Hawaii. 

Benefits and Perks   

All around awesome culture where together we strive to live our 5 values: 

  • Respect every individual, work as a team 
  • Be Customer first, customer centric 
  • Have a Bias towards action 
  • Commit to excellence (we give our best everyday) 
  • Make Data driven decisions 

An open and inclusiveenvironment where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:  

  • Monthly company All Hands meetings 
  • Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure through things like AMAs 
  • Access to continued learning & development opportunities  
  • Our commitment to a continuous feedback culture which allows us to drive performance and career growth 
  • A growing network of Employee Resource Groups 
  • Company sponsored volunteer hours 
  • And more!  

Our more standard benefits 

  • Flex Paid Time Off, giving you flexibility to rest, relax and recharge away from work 
  • 15 Paid Company Holidays, including an extended Fourth of July break, World Mental Health Day, and Juneteenth 
  • A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability, and life insurance covered up to 100% by Payscale 
  • 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match 
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents 
  • Unlimited infertility coverage benefits through our medical plans 
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) options and company contribution each pay period  
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for pre-tax employee allocations 

Equal Opportunity Employer:  

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs. 

Fraud Alert: 

Payscale values security and privacy. During your job application and interview process, we will never ask for your personal banking or financial information, social security number, or other sensitive information, if you are unsure if a message is from Payscale, please email recruiting@payscale.com 

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Payscale gives employers and employees confidence to know the what and why behind pay. With our leading data, technology, and experience we make it easier for you to connect compensation to goals. As the industry leader in compensation managemen...

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