Sales Lead

Sopra Steria Group; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting and technology company is seeking ambitious Sales Leads to drive success in the private sector. In this energetic and collaborative environment, you'll manage key client relationships, overseeing the full sales cycle while collaborating with various practices to deliver tailored solutions. This full-time, permanent role offers flexibility and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record in selling complex technical solutions.
• Ability to manage client conversations confidently.
• Self-starter with strong time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead follow-up on warm leads from the senior team.
• Own the sales cycle from qualification to close.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across industries.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Sales Techniques

Client Relationship Management

Job description

Are you ready to take the next step in your sales career with the freedom to shape your future success?

We’re looking for ambitious Sales Leads to join our SDS team. You’ll be stepping into a key role that helps us unlock opportunities in the private sector, turning client interest into high-impact partnerships. You'll work alongside an experienced and supportive team, who open doors for you to walk through and convert into tangible results.
Our sales culture is energetic, collaborative, and driven by curiosity. You’ll thrive here if you’re a self-starter who loves being part of a lean, high-performing team where your contributions directly influence outcomes.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading follow-up conversations on warm private sector leads opened by our senior team.
• Owning and progressing the full sales cycle, from qualification to close.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships across varied industries.
• Working closely with our practices (e.g. Data & AI, Cloud, ServiceNow, Salesforce) to craft compelling propositions.
• Implementing sector-specific sales strategies to grow pipeline and revenue.
• Bringing a technically minded approach to understanding client needs and solution matching.

What you’ll bring:

• A proven track record to sell complex or technical solutions
• High energy, hunger to win, and a drive to make things happen.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills—able to hold credible client conversations.
• A self-starting mindset with strong organisational and time management skills.
• The ability to collaborate optimally with technical teams to shape solutions.
• A curious, confident personality who thrives in fast-paced environments.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience developing your own pipeline as well as working warm leads.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: UK Wide
Internal Recruiter: Michael
Referral bonus: £1.500
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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