Sales Development Representative | Public Sector
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a founding Sales Development Representative in the Public Sector, you will be on our first SDR team focused exclusively on building Ramp’s presence in the Public Sector market. This is an individual contributor role with a clear and primary focus: sourcing high-value deals. Our world-class sales organization is looking for self-motivated teammates with high social intelligence and a natural inclination for selling to accelerate our growth as we scale rapidly! Individuals who are eager to learn, embrace challenges, and passionate about succeeding will thrive at Ramp. Our SDRs act as the initial point of contact and are responsible for hunting and qualifying leads to build sales opportunities for the team while working closely with leadership to refine our approach to this new market. You’ll work closely with C-level executives, finance leaders, and decision-makers to bring Ramp’s value proposition to life, while partnering internally with leadership, product, marketing, and operations to ensure success in the Public Sector.
What You’ll Do
- Source new Public Sector opportunities through outbound outreach
- Qualify prospects through consultative selling while leveraging BANT criteria
- Grow top of sales funnel through warm and cold outbound campaigns
- Research companies and add prospects to our outbound list
- Maintain accurate client relationship data within Salesforce
What You Need
- Experience working directly in the Public Sector/SLED space
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; Excellent listening skills and energetic phone presence
- High level of comfort with sales, prospecting and marketing tools & processes
- Dedication to tracking and improving performance and efficiency on a daily basis
- Deep interest in understanding business challenges
- Sense of entrepreneurship: a self-starter with a high sense of urgency and ability to work within undefined processes
Nice to Haves
- Prior experience with customer-facing and/or sales roles
- Prior CRM experience (preferably Salesforce)
- Experience with financial services sales
- Experience at a high-growth startup
- Ability to understand financial services
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university
For candidates located in NYC or SF, the pay range for this role is $76,000 - $104,500. For candidates located in all other locations, the pay range for this role is $68,000 - $93,500