Sales Development Representative

Sustain.Life; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Workiva is seeking a Sales Development Representative (SDR) in Amsterdam to serve as the first point of contact for prospective customers. You will partner with Account Executives to develop engagement strategies, perform target account research, and drive pipeline through outbound outreach.

Fluency in Dutch and strong communication skills are essential. As a hunter in a fast-growing SaaS environment, you will qualify leads, support CRM processes, and contribute to quarterly goals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of sales, business development, lead generation, or similar experience.
• Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and related career experience.
• Fluent in Dutch; excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives to develop engagement strategies and drive revenue.
• Provide baseline research and identify key contacts within target accounts.
• Prospect into target accounts via cold-calling, email, social outreach, and campaigns.
• Qualify leads based on defined criteria to move opportunities into the pipeline.
• Learn Workiva Platform capabilities and articulate advantages to decision makers.
• Support forecasting, CRM maintenance, and post-event follow-ups.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication

Dutch language

Multi-tasking

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Sales Development Representative (SDR)

The Sales Development Representative (SDR) is a hunter at heart, often serving as Workiva’s initial point of contact with prospective customers. This role requires the ability to quickly establish rapport with decision makers and efficiently sparks the curiosity that generates interest in our Workiva Platform. As a rapidly growing SaaS company with high-performance teams and a collaborative culture, this position plays a pivotal role in Workiva's ongoing success. Working closely with Account Executives and Sales Managers, the TDR drives pipeline growth for both existing customers and new prospects.

What You’ll Do

• Partner closely with Account Executives to develop ongoing engagement strategy with assigned customer and prospect accounts to drive revenue goals
• Provide baseline research and intelligence within target accounts to identify key contacts and critical account information
• Prospect into target accounts via cold-calling, outbound prospecting, networking, email, e-marketing, campaigns, and social outreach
• Qualify leads and contacts based upon specifically defined criteria to transition meaningful sales leads into the pipeline
• Learn and demonstrate a fundamental understanding of Workiva’s Platform and clearly articulate its capabilities and advantages to decision makers
• Contribute to critical functions associated with fulfilling the sales cycle (forecasting, reporting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) maintenance, correspondence, and communications)
• Drive attendance to various events (webinar, conferences, etc.), and provide post-event follow up
• Develop and maintain a current understanding of Workiva’s latest product offerings, and competitive product/market knowledge
• Meet or exceeds quarterly monthly or quarterly goals and metrics

What You’ll Need

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of related experience in sales, business development, lead generation or similar
• Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and related career experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with a professional demeanor
• Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement
• Ability to work successfully in a high growth organization - balancing competing priorities and initiatives
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple processes, programs, and procedures simultaneously
• Ability to maintain a high level of activity, and effectively manage competing priorities
• Capable of learning, developing, and integrating skills in an online training environment
• Experience with CRM tools - ideally Salesforce
• Proven success in meeting sales goals and metrics
• Fluent in Dutch

Travel Requirements & Working Conditions

• Ability to travel up to 10% travel for customer meetings and internal events
• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely and not in a Workiva office

Why Join Workiva

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.

At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.

Workiva is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender identity, race, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [e-mail].

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