Entry-Level Sales Development Representative (SDR)

Clera; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Remote work after onboarding

Job summary

Clera is building an early-stage AI recruiting technology platform and seeking a proactive sales professional to connect startups with our recruiting services. You will initiate conversations with founders, qualify interest, and schedule meetings for the sales team. This is a client acquisition role rather than candidate recruiting.

You will leverage calls, email, and LinkedIn to engage prospects, handle objections, and move opportunities through the pipeline with AI-assisted tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-volume, customer-facing role.
• Comfort making calls and communicating across phone, email, and LinkedIn.
• Ability to maintain a steady pace of outreach and follow through.
• Must be based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Make frequent outbound calls to founders and hiring leaders, turning cold conversations into qualified meetings.
• Reach prospects through email and LinkedIn, use outreach sequences, and respond promptly to interested contacts.
• Follow up reliably, share requested information, handle common objections, and reconnect with prospects when timing is better.
• Use prospect lists and AI tools to work efficiently, focusing on conversations that drive meetings.

Skills

Outbound calls

Email outreach

LinkedIn outreach

Prospect research

Objection handling

Tools

CRM software

Sales engagement tools

Job description

About the Role

Join the sales team at an early-stage AI recruiting technology company, helping connect startups with recruiting support. You will introduce the company's services to founders and hiring leaders, qualify interest, and book meetings for the sales team. This is a client acquisition role, not a candidate recruiting position.

What You'll Do

• Make frequent outbound calls to founders and hiring leaders, turning cold conversations into qualified meetings.
• Reach prospects through email and LinkedIn, use outreach sequences, and respond promptly to interested contacts.
• Follow up reliably, share requested information, handle common objections, and reconnect with prospects when timing is better.
• Use prospect lists and AI tools to work efficiently, keeping research focused on what will help start a useful conversation.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a high-volume, customer-facing role, or early-career experience that includes customer-facing work.
• Comfort making calls and communicating with new people across phone, email, and LinkedIn.
• Ability to maintain a steady pace of outreach, follow through, and learn from regular practice and feedback.
• Must be based in the United States.

Compensation & Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available. No salary range or other benefits were provided.

Location

Remote within the United States after in-person onboarding in Salt Lake City, Utah.