Sales Development Representative - Private Equity SaaS

Location City of London
Discipline: SaaS, Sales
Job functions Sales
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 base salary DOE, uncapped commission
Job ref: 298767

​A profitable, growing data and intelligence business is looking for an ambitious Sales Development Representative to build qualified pipeline across the global private-markets industry, with fast-track progression into an Account Executive role.

About the company:
  • Specialist data and insights platform focused exclusively on private markets

  • Supports leading private equity, infrastructure, private credit, real estate and venture capital firms globally

  • Provides peer-group-specific intelligence covering:

  • Compensation and bonus benchmarking

  • Carried interest and long-term incentive plans

  • Hiring activity and senior people movements

  • Reward and retention trends

  • Diversity, equity and inclusion

  • Helps senior leaders make informed decisions around compensation, talent strategy, hiring and employee retention

  • Used by stakeholders including Managing Partners, CFOs, COOs, HR Directors, Compensation Leaders and Heads of Talent

  • Profitable and growing business investing in the continued development of its commercial team

  • Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment offering direct exposure to senior leadership

About the role:
  • Identify and research prospective clients across the global private-markets industry

  • Build targeted prospect lists across private equity, infrastructure, private credit, real estate and venture capital firms

  • Engage senior decision-makers through email, LinkedIn, telephone and other outbound channels

  • Develop tailored messaging based on each prospect’s investment strategy, geography and organisational priorities

  • Generate qualified demonstrations and new-business opportunities for the Account Executive team

  • Work closely with Account Executives to ensure meetings meet the agreed qualification criteria

  • Maintain accurate records of activity, conversations and opportunities within HubSpot

  • Use Apollo and other sales tools to research accounts, identify stakeholders and manage outreach

  • Collaborate with leadership and marketing on campaign execution, messaging and market feedback

  • Develop a detailed understanding of the company’s datasets, clients and commercial proposition

  • Consistently achieve monthly activity, meeting and pipeline-generation targets

  • Gain exposure to the full sales process, including demonstrations, proposals, negotiations and closed business

  • Progress into an Account Executive position in as little as six months, subject to performance

Your previous experience:
  • 1 to 3 years of experience within sales development, business development, recruitment or another client-facing commercial position

  • Evidence of working towards measurable targets within a performance-driven environment

  • Confident communicating with senior and executive-level stakeholders

  • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create clear and personalised outreach

  • Comfortable prospecting through telephone, email and LinkedIn

  • Organised and able to manage a high volume of accounts, contacts and follow-up activity

  • Proactive approach to researching companies and identifying relevant decision-makers

  • Curious, commercially minded and motivated by achieving results

  • Comfortable receiving coaching and taking ownership of personal performance

  • Ambitious to progress into a full-cycle Account Executive role

  • Experience using HubSpot, Apollo or comparable sales engagement tools would be advantageous

  • Experience within financial services, private markets, data, intelligence or subscription-based businesses would be beneficial but is not essential

Package:
  • £45,000 to £50,000 base salary, depending on experience

  • Uncapped commission structure

  • £100 commission for each qualified demonstration, with qualification determined by the Sales Executive team

  • Commission paid monthly

  • Monthly threshold of seven qualified demonstrations

  • Fast-track progression into an Account Executive role, potentially within six months based on performance

  • Clapham, London office

  • Direct access to senior commercial leaders and decision-making

  • Exposure to leading private-markets firms across the UK and internationally

  • Opportunity to join a profitable, growing company where high performers can have a meaningful impact