Graduate Sales Development Representative - Canada (Remote)

Canonical; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Sprints travel opportunities

Priority travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Sales Development Representative to drive customer engagement across inbound inquiries and outbound campaigns. You will collaborate with regional sales and marketing teams to identify prospects, map accounts, and build a multi-million pound pipeline while traveling to events worldwide to engage with potential customers.

You should be organized, persistent, and passionate about technology and business impact, with strong communication skills and a results-driven attitude.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in technology and business implications.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle inbound inquiries via email, phone and chat.
• Execute outbound sales and marketing campaigns.
• Travel to events worldwide to present and generate opportunities.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and senior stakeholders.
• Work with marketing on campaigns.
• Research information about prospective customers.
• Generate a multi-million pound pipeline.
• Identify prospects and market trends.
• Map accounts to identify new opportunities and maintain leads.

Skills

Tech interest

Business mindset

Continuous learning

Creative problem solving

Cross-team collaboration

Verbal communication

Written communication

Job description

Canonical is a global software company that publishes Ubuntu and open-source enterprise solutions for cloud, developer, IoT and AI. Ubuntu is the fastest growing Linux distribution and ranks as the number #1 OS in the cloud.

In partnership with Google, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, Canonical helps companies become more agile, productive and adopt new technologies faster. Examples of customer success include AI, Blockchain, IoT, Advanced Robotics and self-driving cars, where Ubuntu is the preferred development platform.

The role of a Sales Development Representative at Canonical

Canonical is profitable and growing. We consider our sales development organization to be the best technology sales academy in the market, and as such, we select exceptional and ambitious candidates to join our team. You will enjoy this role if you are organized, persistent, charismatic, and hard-working. You will need to be interested in tech and its business implications. In this role, you will collaborate with a regional sales and marketing team, and your primary objective is to find customer projects that fit our product lines and spread the good name of Canonical across multiple different industries and geographies.

What your day will look like

• Handle inbound customer inquiries across email, phone and chat
• Execute outbound sales & marketing campaigns
• Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face-to-face marketing and sales opportunities
• Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results
• Work directly with marketing on campaigns
• Research information about prospective customers
• Generate a multi-million pound pipeline
• Identify prospects and market trends
• Help define the processes and policies for the team
• Liaise with new and existing customers, setting up and attending meetings whilst actively mapping accounts to identify new opportunities
• Accurately create, update, maintain and nurture leads on global opportunities

What we are looking for in you

• Excellent academic results at school and university
• Passion for business and technology
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
• Creative problem solving and cross team collaboration
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Result driven with an over-achiever spirit
• Persistence & perseverance

What we offer you

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.

• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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