Sales Development Representative (SAAS)
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities:
Pipeline Generation & Qualification
- Generate qualified leads through outbound calling emailing and LinkedIn outreach
- Follow up on inbound inquiries and marketing campaigns
- Manage and qualify inbound MQLs with strong judgment and clear routing
- Schedule meetings and product demos for Sales Directors
- Conduct early discovery to assess fit and understand challenges in Student Housing
Sales Execution & Process Management
- Communicate value clearly and compellingly to diverse stakeholders
- Maintain accurate detailed activity and prospect data in the CRM
- Meet and exceed monthly activity and opportunity creation targets
- Ensure smooth hand-offs to Sales Business Development and Support teams
- Assist with event follow-up (conferences webinars regional events)
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Marketing to optimize lead quality and campaign execution
- Work with Sales Directors to refine messaging sequences and outbound strategy
- Learn the student housing landscape and consultative selling approach by joining demos and discovery sessions
- Gain exposure to startup operations across Product Customer Success Marketing and Partnerships
What Makes a Great Candidate:
Youre naturally curious energized by talking to people and excited about solving real problems for colleges and universities. You want to build a real sales careernot just hit the phones but learn how to run a full consultative sales cycle over time.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Ideally has some experience with student housing as a business as an RA or student staffer for example
- 1 years of full-time SDR or sales development experience
- 2 years overall work experience
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- Strong digital fluency and ability to quickly learn new tools
- Comfortable researching prospects identifying challenges and finding answers independently
- Operates with ownership: no excuses no blame just results
- Outgoing personable communication style that builds trust quickly
- Willing to travel occasionally (up to 10%)
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience in SaaS sales higher education or student housing
- Experience in customer support admissions or campus operations
- Familiarity with consultative or solution selling
Personal Qualities:
- High-performance mindset
- Positive resilient and motivated
- Enjoys learning and sharing knowledge
- Brings energy without taking yourself too seriously
Compensation:
- Year 1: Base salary bonus tied to activity and qualification metrics
- Year 2 and beyond: Base salary commission tied to closed revenue
- Compensation is based on experience and qualifications.
- Additional perks.