Snowflake
Sales Development Representative
Snowflake isn’t just a great technology company. We’re all about the data—easily enabling governed access to near-infinite amounts of data, and cutting-edge tools, applications, and services.
Sales and customer success
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why Snowflake
Snowflake delivers the Data Cloud — a global network where thousands of organizations mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Inside the Data Cloud, organizations unite their siloed data, easily discover and securely share governed data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single and seamless experience across multiple public clouds. Snowflake’s platform is the engine that powers and provides access to the Data Cloud, creating a solution for data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and data sharing.
About the role
Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Sales Development Representative to come aboard to focus on the Australia market! Our SDRs will work hand in hand with Inside Sales to generate leads and build customer pipelines. This is an entry-level role with a dedicated growth path and the training to be a great technical sales professional. We are looking for self-starters with a passion for technology and people.
AS A SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:
* Generate appointments by means of proactive outbound prospecting and lead activity management in an effort to qualify and market our solutions to potential customers. * Work directly with marketing to discover opportunities from leads, and set appointments from those leads. * Use of strong selling and influencing skills to set up qualified appointments. * Understand the Snowflake Database enough to provide a high level introduction. * Leverage taught sales techniques to maximize customer interactions. * Log, track, and maintain outbound activity. * Work closely with Sales Directors and attend customer meetings as required. * Attend sales meetings, vendor training, and local trade shows to keep current with technology.
OUR IDEAL SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE:
* 3+ years of experience in prospecting roles and a university degree from an accredited institution. * Excellent verbal and written communication in English * Strong in-person, phone, and written customer communication skills. * Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization. * Understanding of workflow systems and their application to customer business process improvement. * Ability to make formal and informal presentations to staff and clients. * Ability to prioritize work assignments and shift work efforts based on the needs of the department or business goals. * Strong PC skills required; knowledge of Salesforce.com a plus. * Ability to manage time effectively, work independently, and be self-motivated. * Prior track record of achievement in positions with significant accountability. * Interested in pursuing a career in technology. * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. * Pro-active, independent thinker with a positive attitude. * Presentation, and relationship management skills
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
What you'll be responsible for
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Outbound Prospecting
Generate new sales opportunities and move them through the funnel by drafting outreach messages and sequences, and identifying the needs of customers
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Lead Qualification
Determine which prospective customers are most likely to purchase the organization's product/service, using a lead specific qualification framework
Skills you'll need
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Resilience
Bounces back from stressful experiences while being optimistic, emotionally aware, and adapts to change
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Results orientation
Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them
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Verbal communication
Speaks clearly to convey information effectively to a target audience