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Sales Development Representative (SAAS)

Somewhere


Job Location:

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 August 2026 (19 days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Sales Development Representative
Priority Location: South Africa and Latin America
Working Hours: 9AM - 5PM (Mon - Fri) EST
Salary Range: $2000-3600/month (The final offer is at the clients discretion and depends on the candidates interview result skills and experience.)
Type of contract: Independent Contractor
Type of job: Remote

Key Responsibilities:

Pipeline Generation & Qualification

  • Generate qualified leads through outbound calling emailing and LinkedIn outreach
  • Follow up on inbound inquiries and marketing campaigns
  • Manage and qualify inbound MQLs with strong judgment and clear routing
  • Schedule meetings and product demos for Sales Directors
  • Conduct early discovery to assess fit and understand challenges in Student Housing

Sales Execution & Process Management

  • Communicate value clearly and compellingly to diverse stakeholders
  • Maintain accurate detailed activity and prospect data in the CRM
  • Meet and exceed monthly activity and opportunity creation targets
  • Ensure smooth hand-offs to Sales Business Development and Support teams
  • Assist with event follow-up (conferences webinars regional events)

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Marketing to optimize lead quality and campaign execution
  • Work with Sales Directors to refine messaging sequences and outbound strategy
  • Learn the student housing landscape and consultative selling approach by joining demos and discovery sessions
  • Gain exposure to startup operations across Product Customer Success Marketing and Partnerships

What Makes a Great Candidate:

Youre naturally curious energized by talking to people and excited about solving real problems for colleges and universities. You want to build a real sales careernot just hit the phones but learn how to run a full consultative sales cycle over time.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • Ideally has some experience with student housing as a business as an RA or student staffer for example
  • 1 years of full-time SDR or sales development experience
  • 2 years overall work experience
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
  • Strong digital fluency and ability to quickly learn new tools
  • Comfortable researching prospects identifying challenges and finding answers independently
  • Operates with ownership: no excuses no blame just results
  • Outgoing personable communication style that builds trust quickly
  • Willing to travel occasionally (up to 10%)

Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience in SaaS sales higher education or student housing
  • Experience in customer support admissions or campus operations
  • Familiarity with consultative or solution selling

Personal Qualities:

  • High-performance mindset
  • Positive resilient and motivated
  • Enjoys learning and sharing knowledge
  • Brings energy without taking yourself too seriously

Compensation:

  • Year 1: Base salary bonus tied to activity and qualification metrics
  • Year 2 and beyond: Base salary commission tied to closed revenue
  • Compensation is based on experience and qualifications.
  • Additional perks.