Sales Development Representative, SME & Growth, DACH

Airwallex; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Airwallex is looking for a Founding Business Development Manager (SDR) in Berlin. The role focuses on building and executing an outbound strategy to drive growth in Germany. You will enhance sales processes and engage in high-value outreach, creating a substantial pipeline.

The ideal candidate has a strong entrepreneurial spirit, with a proven track record in SDR roles. Fluency in German and English is required. Compensation ranges from €70,000 to €85,000, with a hybrid working environment.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of 1 year experience in an SDR-related role.
• Demonstrated ability to build outreach playbooks in new markets.
• Fluent in German and English.

Aufgaben

• Drive growth by engaging prospects and qualifying their needs.
• Set up and iterate the demand generation and sales process.
• Design and execute outreach strategies based on performance insights.

Kenntnisse

Outbound strategy setup

Verbal and written communication

AI tools for outbound

Relationship building

Jobbeschreibung

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world‑leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder‑like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role‑related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You’re humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end‑to‑end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

As a Founding Business Development Manager (SDR) at Airwallex, you will drive Airwallex’s future growth engine in Germany. You get excited about engaging with prospects to qualify needs better, thinking creatively and independently about outreach strategies and working with colleagues in marketing to devise bespoke, product‑led marketing initiatives. You are adept at identifying high‑value opportunities and capable of managing early sales funnel activities. You are used to delivering value in complex situations and are energised by learning about new and existing products. This is a builder role — you will set things up from the ground up: design and iterate the demand generation and sales process, sharpen the articulation of Airwallex’s value proposition, and create the key tools and assets that enable scale. In Germany, this includes owning and iterating a Germany‑first, AI‑assisted outbound strategy to create high‑quality pipeline, with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong intrinsic motivation. This is also a growth opportunity to progress into a Business Development Manager role as part of your career path. If you’re hungry, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you! We operate in a hybrid environment, with a minimum of 3 days a week of working from the office in Berlin.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Move solid leads through the funnel connecting them to a salesperson, and arranging meetings.
• Initiate contact with potential customers by calling or responding to inquiries generated by the Marketing Team, and by executing focused, AI‑assisted outbound sequences for the German market.
• Design, test, and execute ‘plays’ across the customer journey through cold calls, emails, chat and social media.
• Develop relationships with prospects to uncover needs through effective questioning to qualify interest and viability for a hand‑off to sales.
• Present product information to customers once you have identified their needs.
• Follow‑up with potential customers who expressed interest but did not initially result in a sales opportunity.
• Perform regular follow‑up calls or emails and facilitate communication with existing customers to deepen relationships and identify new potential needs.
• Effectively work through lead list meeting/exceeding SLAs, consistently update activity and contact information within the CRM system and support weekly reporting efforts.
• Build, test, and scale outreach strategies and best practices, and own the outbound strategy based on performance insights and AI‑driven learnings.

What You’ll Need

• Demonstrated experience setting up an outbound strategy (playbooks, ICPs, sequencing, tooling) in a new or early‑stage market.
• Track record of top performance or prior success in an SDR‑related role (a minimum of 1‑year experience required).
• Superior verbal and written communication skills in German and English.
• Strong interest in technology, including hands‑on experience with AI tools for outbound (e.g., sequencing co‑pilots, enrichment, personalization, lead scoring).
• Entrepreneurial, builder mindset with high intrinsic motivation and a strong bias to action; comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate in a hyper‑growth environment.

Compensation

Compensation Range: €70K - €85K

Equal Opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.