Sales Development Representative (Mandarin Speaker)

Beacon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon is hiring a Sales Development Representative to join the high-performing Beacon Sales team. You will sell subscriptions to our market-leading SaaS platform into the biopharmaceutical market, engaging senior stakeholders and driving opportunities.

This is the first step in a clearly defined career path into full-cycle sales and account management. The role emphasizes consultative conversations, industry knowledge, and a structured sales methodology, with hybrid work and a route to rapid

Qualifications

• Degree with 1+ year of B2B sales experience.
• Fluent or native Mandarin speaker.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Prospect senior stakeholders across accounts, including Heads of R&D, Translational Sciences, Clinical and Competitive Intelligence, and C-level executives.
• Understand how organisations approach competitive and research intelligence, identify challenges, and show Beacon value.
• Be measured on number of qualified opportunities generated and conversion into new customer accounts.

Skills

Mandarin fluency

Sales mindset

Prospecting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Beacon is a business intelligence organisation specialising in data intelligence and building communities of key opinion leaders in the Life Sciences industry. Our products are considered best-in-class, and with the business experiencing rapid growth and aiming to double in size again over the next five years, it’s an exciting time to join if you’re seeking fast personal development and career progression.

About the Role

We are currently looking to hire an ambitious and driven Sales Development Representative to join our high-performing Beacon Sales team. The Beacon Sales team sells subscriptions to our market-leading SaaS platform into the biopharmaceutical market. We pride ourselves on deep industry knowledge, consultative sales conversations, and structured sales methodology. This role is the first step in a clearly defined career path into full-cycle sales and account management.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for prospecting senior stakeholders across our accounts, including Heads of R&D, Translational Sciences, Clinical and Competitive Intelligence, as well as C-level executives.
• Your goal will be to understand how organisations currently approach competitive and research intelligence, identify the challenges they face, and uncover where Beacon can add value.
• You will be targeted and rewarded on the number of qualified opportunities you generate and how many convert into new customer accounts.

Qualifications

• Degree educated with 1+ year of B2B sales experience
• Fluent or native Mandarin speaker

Required Skills

• Genuinely passionate about sales, proud to attract new clients and closing creative deals
• Highly motivated and driven to succeed in the world of business
• Coachable, fast to implement learning to improve skills and knowledge, and eager to develop
• Resilient and commercially minded
• High energy and creative in everything you do

Pay range and compensation package

Start Date: August 2026

Hybrid working, 2 days per week in our London Victoria office