Sales Development Representative - German Speaking

GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking. 

GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.

At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help! 

And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!

As a bilingual English & German SDR, your main goal will be to prospect and qualify new business opportunities with senior decision-makers. You will work highly collaboratively with experienced Sales Account Executives to win new business. 

You will be responsible for introducing GoCardless to new customers, identifying their pains, uncovering opportunities, and growing the pipeline through email outreach, LinkedIn messaging, video and phone calls. This will entail researching and identifying relevant stakeholders in the sales decision-making process. 

You don't necessarily need prior experience although having some sales, customer facing experience in any setting (recruitment, property sales, B2B, B2C) would be a plus. GoCardless will train you to become an expert on the value proposition and the market.

Tech/SaaS sales is a career with a clear growth path. GoCardless provides you with an opportunity to progress into a closing Account Executive role over time. 

This role will be part of an established, high performing and collaborative SDR team that consistently overachieves against their targets.

• Introducing how GoCardless can make a real difference to new customers
• Passionately articulating GoCardless’ value proposition in new sectors
• Nurturing prospects through to a fully qualified lead
• Thinking creatively about how best to engage new customers
• Maintaining and tracking your activity on Salesforce.com
• Developing the skills necessary for promotion to a closing or leadership position

• Experience in an outbound B2B sales role is always beneficial
• Experience in customer-facing roles and competitive target oriented environment is beneficial
• Highly motivated to maximise activity and to overachieve targets
• Entrepreneurial mind-set with a hunger to succeed
• Experience using Salesforce, working in a start-up or FinTech company are all beneficial 
• You can talk passionately about what GoCardless does 
• You are good at finding ways to motivate yourself and teammates. We pride ourselves on positivity and camaraderie 
• You embody the core values of GoCardless
• Native or bilingual proficiency in both English and German

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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