Sales Development Representative

Stripe · Chicago, Illinois · 1132 AMER Sales Development Reps · listed February 4, 2025

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The shape of it

Seniority
Not stated
Where
On site
Requirements listed
4
Length
633 words

In the posting’s own words

As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) at Stripe, you’ll work in a customer-facing role focused on connecting prospective customers with Stripe. You will work in partnership with the Marketing and Sales teams to create a high quality, predictable pipeline. We hire and train SDRs in a way that prepares them to be a high performing source of talent for Stripe Sales and Go to Market teams.

What it asks for · 4

  • A track record of top performance or prior success in academic, extracurricular, or professional endeavors.
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to clearly articulate complex topics.
  • Self-starter who is highly motivated and able to operate effectively and autonomously in a hyper-growth environment.
  • This role requires in-office participation three to four (3-4) days per week in our Chicago office.

Also a plus

  • Professional experience in a sales, customer service, or fast-paced professional environment.

What the job covers

  • Contact potential customers through cold-calling, email, and social channels, or by responding to inquiries generated from Marketing activities.
  • Book meetings with potential customers (prospects) and pitch them on Stripe’s products that are a match for their business model.
  • Develop relationships with prospects to uncover specific business needs through effective, consultative questioning to qualify interest and prepare a comprehensive hand-off to sales.
  • Research and create compelling outreach materials for high-value prospects, in partnership with SDRs and Account Executives.
  • Execute outbound sales outreach created by marketing, leveraging strategic messaging to target specific segments.
  • Follow-up with potential customers who expressed interest but did not initially result in a sales opportunity, maintaining a warm pipeline.
  • Effectively manage customer outreach, consistently meeting/exceeding Service Level Agreements (SLAs), meticulously updating activity and contact information within the Customer Relationship Management system (Salesforce) to support weekly reporting efforts.
  • Collaborate and provide essential feedback and insights to Marketing to help improve targeting, messaging, and overall campaign effectiveness.

Tools and skills named

Go to market
  • Outbound
  • Salesforce

Words the posting leans on

  • sales11×
  • customers10×
  • sdr8×
  • first4×
  • marketing4×
  • outreach4×
  • successful4×
  • support4×
  • potential customers3×
  • products3×
  • professional3×
  • prospects3×
  • sales development3×
  • top3×
  • weeks3×
  • academy2×

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