Founding SDR, Data Partnerships

Gener8 Ads Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Gener8 is hiring a Founding Sales Development Representative, Data Partnerships to help build and scale Gener8's outbound sales engine and create qualified opportunities with the world's most sophisticated companies.

This is not a traditional SDR role; it is a builder role where you identify decision-makers across AI, tech, hedge funds, research firms, and data platforms, translating research into high-quality conversations for our commercial team.

Qualifications

• 1 year of outbound sales/BD or data partnerships or similar high-performance commercial role.
• Track record of generating qualified meetings through thoughtful, persistent outbound prospecting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to engage senior and technical stakeholders.
• Strong research skills and the judgment to identify the right accounts, people, and reasons to reach out.
• Commercial curiosity and genuine interest in AI, data products, analytics, or digital ecosystems.
• Builder mindset — creating processes, testing ideas, and operating without a fixed playbook.
• Goal-oriented and resilient, with persistence to handle objections and maintain momentum.

Responsibilities

• Build qualified pipeline: Identify, research, and engage high-potential accounts across AI, technology, finance, research, and data.
• Own outbound prospecting: Use email, phone, LinkedIn, events, and creative outreach to connect with senior decision-makers.
• Create relevant messaging: Translate Gener8's datasets and use cases into concise, personalized outreach for different industries and buyer personas.
• Qualify opportunities: Understand each prospect's business, use case, urgency, stakeholders, and commercial potential before progressing.
• Set high-quality meetings: Create well-qualified opportunities and ensure strong context and handoffs to the sales team.
• Partner with commercial leadership: Work closely with senior sales leaders on account strategy, campaigns, events, and priority prospects.
• Build the SDR playbook: Help define targeting, sequences, messaging, qualification criteria, reporting, and the tools needed to scale.
• Use data to improve: Track activity and conversion performance, test new approaches, and continuously improve what works.
• Develop market expertise: Stay close to trends in AI, alternative data, digital behavior, and the industries we serve.
• Act like an owner: Move fast, stay organized, follow through, and take responsibility for creating opportunities.

Skills

Outbound sales

Lead generation

Communication

Research skills

Builder mindset

CRM discipline

Job description

Gener8 is hiring a Founding Sales Development Representative, Data Partnerships to help build and scale Gener8's outbound sales engine and create qualified opportunities with the world's most sophisticated companies.

This is not a traditional SDR role; it is a builder role where you identify decision-makers across AI, tech, hedge funds, research firms, and data platforms, translating research into high-quality conversations for our commercial team.