Sales Development Representative - Enterprise (Manchester)

Sophos; Manchester; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work model

Diversity & inclusion networks

Volunteer days & charity initiatives

Job summary

Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, is seeking a Sales Development Representative to convert inbound leads and prospect new business across its product and service portfolio. The role emphasizes outbound activity, engaging with decision makers, and delivering high-quality sales opportunities to the Sales teams.

Ideal candidates have a background in sales or business development, experience with CRMs, and a track record of meeting targets.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial environments with sales or business development.
• Proven ability to hit commercial targets and manage high-volume outbound activities.
• Familiarity with IT products/services and sales productivity tools.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed outbound targets and generate new opportunities.
• Engage with decision makers and convert leads into sales opportunities.
• Summarize sales opportunities for local reps and partners.
• Collaborate with SDR, Marketing and Sales teams to progress opportunities.
• Utilize CRM and Outreach to manage and accelerate the pipeline.
• Provide feedback to Marketing and Sales for continuous improvement.
• Work with EMEA SDR colleagues to foster culture of innovation.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Questioning & Listening

Adaptability

Accountability

Proactivity

Planning & Prioritising

Team collaboration

Fluent English & French

Education

Sales or Business background

Tools

CRM / Salesforce (SFDC)

Job description

About Us

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.

Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Job Overview:

As a Sales Development Representative, you will help drive the growth of Sophos, an innovative market leading IT security vendor, by quickly converting inbound marketing qualified leads and skilfully prospecting for new business opportunities right across the company’s product and service portfolio.

What You Will Do:

To succeed in this fast paced and exciting role, successful candidates would need to:

• Meet and exceed targets – Key KPIs focus on level of outbound activity, number of qualified opportunities passed to the Sales teams, and value of new pipeline generated
• Successfully engage with the right number of decision makers
• Quickly convert marketing supplied leads into high quality sales opportunities
• Create new business opportunities, by making effective use of the market intelligence and productivity tools that support outbound prospecting
• Build commitment to further action by presenting value based messaging
• Resolve objections, blocks and stalls, to keep the sales conversation moving forward
• Provide local Sales Reps and our Partners with full summaries of the sales opportunity, including details of a prospect’s business pain and infrastructure
• Develop strong collaborative partnerships with other SDR, Marketing and Sales team members
• Make effective use of the company’s CRM, alongside other SDR specific tools (e.g. Outreach)
• Drive future improvements, by providing qualitative and quantitative feedback to colleagues and stakeholders in Marketing and Sales
• Work with EMEA SDR colleagues to progress culture of innovation, collaboration and success
• Works closely with both Marketing and Sales.

What You Will Bring:

Experience:

• Worked within commercial environments
• Background experience or education around sales and business
• Previous experience of Sales or Business Development
• Has performed high-volume outbound demand generation activities
• Has sold IT products and services
• Owns a working knowledge of CRMs, and other sales productivity tools
• Has previously carried and delivered commercial targets

Skills & Experience:

• Communication and Influencing
• Questioning and Listening
• Adaptability and Self Development
• Taking Accountability
• Proactivity
• Planning and Prioritising
• Working with, Supporting and driving others
• Creating Insight and Value
• Fluent in English and French

Desirable

• Systems knowledge (SFDC/CRM)

What's Great About Sophos?

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
• Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
• Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
• Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
• Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
• Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
• Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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