Sales Development Representative

As a Sales Development Representative, you’ll play a pivotal role on the frontline of our organization. Responsible for generating new business opportunities for the entire Sophos product line through the qualification of inbound leads and outbound prospecting efforts.

What You Will Do:

• Exceed monthly KPI’s for the creation of sales accepted leads (SALs) and pipeline contribution.
• Manage a funnel of inbound leads generated through marketing efforts strategically crafting and prioritizing responses in alignment with the specified action plan.
• Hunt for net-new logo and current customer cross-sell opportunities using outbound prospecting techniques leveraging tools such as ZoomInfo, Outreach, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 6Sense, G2, and more.
• Meet daily metrics for number of calls, emails, and other prospecting activities.
• Effectively communicate with Sophos prospects and customers using phone, email, LiveChat, SMS, and our Sales Engagement Platform ( Outreach.io ).
• Communicate authentically with passion, conviction, and integrity.
• Ability to articulate Sophos company / product value in discovery calls, phone calls, and email exchanges.
• Develop and nurture robust relationships with sales counterparts (account executives, engineers) to collaboratively generate strategic highly productive campaigns for top-tier results.
• Perform research on companies as a component of lead generation and qualification utilizing given research tools.
• Effectively map out organizations and make cold calls targeting IT administrators, management personnel, and C-suite executives.
• Ask effective probing, business-oriented questions, and challenge prospects to reveal pains in their business that might be solved with improved cybersecurity.
• Develop detailed summaries of qualified leads for AE’s and our Partners to understand their business pain, stakeholders, decision process, and motivation.
• Update CRM (Salesforce Lightening ) with quotes, conversation notes, competitive information, company size, decision making criteria and other pertinent information.
• Attend and participate in weekly / monthly assigned sales team meetings.
• Provide feedback to marketing teams that will help improve our prospecting and demand generation programs.

What You Will Bring:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrates exceptional active listening skills.
• Fearlessly embraces new challenges with confidence.
• Fast learner, willing to take calculated risks and learns from mistakes.
• Highly results-oriented, driven by competitiveness, and driven to surpass KPI targets.
• Possesses an understanding of business operations and how financial goals influence decision-making in accordance with technical requirements.
• Adaptable in approach and demeanor, adept at picking up on situational cues and adjusting accordingly.
• Thrives under pressure, resilient in the face of setbacks, and views adversity as an opportunity to excel.
• Maintains a positive attitude and is a team player supporting overall team success.
• Unafraid to challenge prospects to uncover genuine business pain points, drivers, and motivations.
• Unintimidated by a prospects’ job title, experience, or demeanor
• Exhibits unwavering professionalism, ethics and integrity in all interactions with clients and team.
• Capable of quickly acquiring new skills to optimize tools, processes, and infrastructure to achieve objectives.

In Canada, the cash compensation for this role ranges from $62,000 to $83,000. This includes a base salary component and target sales commissions component. In addition to this cash compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate’s specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don’t let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What’s Great About Sophos?

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
• Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
• Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
• Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
• Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
• Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
• Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You:

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.