Sales Development Representative - French speaking - Manchester Area

Sophos; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative IT security vendor as a Sales Development Representative. This role offers the chance to drive growth by converting leads and prospecting new business opportunities. With a hybrid work model, you will engage with decision-makers and utilize market intelligence to create value. Be part of a forward-thinking company that values diverse perspectives and fosters a collaborative environment. Your contributions will help defend organizations against cyber threats while enjoying a supportive workplace culture focused on employee wellbeing and development.

Benefits

Remote-first working model

Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks

Annual charity and fundraising initiatives

Global fitness and trivia competitions

Monthly wellbeing webinars and training

Global wellbeing days for employees

Qualifications

• Degree in Sales or Marketing, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in commercial environments and sales-related roles.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed sales targets through effective prospecting.
• Convert inbound leads into high-quality sales opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams for success.

Skills

Communication and Influencing

Questioning and Listening

Adaptability and Self Development

Taking Accountability

Proactivity

Planning and Prioritising

Creating Insight and Value

Fluent in English

Fluent in business/formal French

Education

Sales and/or Marketing degree/diploma/certificate

Tools

CRM Software

Outreach

Job description

About Us

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

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 skillfully prospecting for new business opportunities right across the company’s product and service portfolio.

This role is hybrid and requires 3 days office presence in Manchester.

What You Will Do:

• 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

What You Will Bring:

• Sales and/or Marketing degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent
• Worked within commercial environments
• Background experience or education around sales and business
• Fluent in business/formal French (native or C1 Level)
• 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

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Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back –we encourage you to apply.

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. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

· 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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