Sales Development Representative

Clera; United States; Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship not available

Job summary

Clera is a Salt Lake City-based early-stage AI recruiting startup seeking a hungry sales professional to drive client acquisition. You will turn outbound conversations into qualified meetings for the sales team and help introduce its hiring services to founders and hiring leaders.

You will reach out daily via calls, email, and LinkedIn, respond quickly to interest, adjust messages with context, and qualify potential clients by understanding their hiring needs and timelines.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing role with a high daily volume of conversations.
• Experience in SDR/BDR, appointment setting, inside sales, recruiting, or related fields is valued.
• Willingness to relocate or be based in Salt Lake City, Utah (Hybrid role).

Responsibilities

• Make daily outbound calls to founders and hiring leaders, explain the value of recruiting services, and book meetings.
• Reach prospects via email and LinkedIn sequences, respond promptly, and tailor messages.
• Follow up consistently and handle objections professionally.
• Qualify companies by learning hiring needs, timing, and decision-makers.
• Use AI tools to support outreach while prioritizing direct conversations.

Skills

Outbound calling

CRM experience

Prospecting

objection handling

Tools

CRM systems

Sales dialers

Outreach platforms

Job description

About the Role

Join a sales team at an early-stage AI recruiting startup and help introduce its hiring services to founders and hiring leaders. You will focus on client acquisition, turning outbound conversations into qualified meetings for the sales team.

What You'll Do

• Make daily outbound calls to founders and hiring leaders, explain the value of the recruiting services, and book meetings.
• Reach prospects through email and LinkedIn sequences, respond promptly to interest, and adjust messages with relevant context.
• Follow up consistently, handle common objections professionally, and respect clear decisions not to proceed.
• Qualify companies by learning about their hiring needs, timing, and decision-makers.
• Use prospect lists and AI tools to support efficient outreach, while prioritizing direct conversations.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a customer-facing role with a high daily volume of conversations. This can include SDR or BDR work, appointment setting, inside sales, recruiting or staffing sales, call-center work, door-to-door sales, or retail sales. Early-career candidates with customer-facing experience are welcome.
• Recent experience in sales or another high-volume customer-facing role, and interest in an individual contributor position.
• Outbound calling experience and familiarity with CRMs, sales dialers, or outreach sequences are helpful.
• Experience selling to founders, hiring managers, or small-business owners, and familiarity with AI tools or automation in sales workflows, are a plus.
• Currently based in the United States and located in, or willing to relocate to, the Salt Lake City area.

Compensation & Benefits

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid role based in Salt Lake City, Utah. In-person onboarding takes place in Salt Lake City.