Account Development Representative Pune, India - Sales

Socotra, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Avalara is hiring Account Development Representatives to drive growth by creating conversations with prospects, generating new pipeline, and enabling the sales team through outbound prospecting. This is more than an entry-level role and is a stepping stone to building sales skills and a career in a high-expectation environment.

Onsite in Pune, you will work five days a week from 6:30 PM to 3:30 AM IST, reporting to the Sales Manager.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years of sales or metrics-driven experience.
• Motivated to grow a career in sales.
• Willing to work in an onsite Pune role.

Responsibilities

• Build top of the sales funnel through outbound prospecting.
• Initiate conversations with prospective customers daily.
• Qualify opportunities and schedule meetings for the sales team.
• Research accounts and identify buying signals.
• Collaborate with Account Executives on strategy.
• Use CRM and other tools to manage outreach.
• Achieve monthly performance goals tied to activity and pipeline.

Skills

Sales experience

Outbound prospecting

Resilience

CRM

AI tools

Sales engagement

Tools

CRM

Sales engagement

AI tools

Job description

What You'll Do

Avalara is hiring Account Development Representatives (ADRs) to help increase growth by creating conversations with prospective customers, building interest in our products, and generating new pipeline opportunities for our sales team through outbound prospecting.

This is more than an entry-level sales role. It is a starting point for individuals who want to build sales skills, perform in a high-expectation environment, and grow their careers over time.

At Avalara, we believe in promoting from within. If you want to learn sales fundamentals, put in the work, respond to coaching, and grow your career, then the ADR roles is for you.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• As an ADR, you will build the top of our sales funnel. You will prospect into target accounts, open doors with new partners, create momentum with prospects, and turn outreach into business opportunities.
• Every day you will initiate conversations with prospective customers, create interest in Avalara solutions, and create new pipeline through outbound outreach.
• You will qualify opportunities, handle objections, and schedule meetings for the sales team.
• Research accounts, identify buying signals, and build an understanding of Avalara's products, customers, and market
• Partner with Account Executives and sales leadership on account strategy, persona targeting, and pipeline creation
• You will use sales engagement, CRM, AI, and other tools to manage outreach, maintain operating discipline, and support webinars, events, and other demand generation plans when relevant
• Achieve monthly performance goals tied to activity quality, meetings, pipeline creation, and continuous improvement through feedback

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• You're looking for more than just a job—you want to build a meaningful, long-term career.
• You have 4-10 years of professional experience in sales or other metrics-driven environments.
• You're motivated to grow your career in sales and enjoy creating opportunities from the ground up.
• You're resilient, embrace challenges, and are willing to put in the effort every day, learn from rejection, and continuously improve your skills.
• You thrive on learning, personal growth, new opportunities, and the excitement of outbound prospecting.

Work Location & Schedule

• This is an onsite role based in Pune.
• You'll work from the office five days a week, from 6:30 PM to 3:30 AM IST.
• You will report directly to Sales Manager

#LI-Onsite

Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
• You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
• You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

How We’ll Take Care Of You

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversit y
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.