Notion

Sales Development Representative (AMER)

Notion$85K — $100K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of sales or sales development experience in SaaS or high-growth environments
  • Strong customer engagement skills with high empathy
  • Experience in cold calling decision makers
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas
  • Collaborative approach with a builder's mentality
  • Positive attitude and resilience in challenging situations
  • Genuine passion for understanding and meeting customer needs

Responsibilities

  • Manage inbound sales inquiries from prospective customers
  • Take detailed notes on prospects to maintain accurate records
  • Qualify prospects to assess fit with Notion's offerings
  • Develop new accounts by educating on collaboration and productivity improvements
  • Experiment with messaging and outreach to generate enterprise leads
  • Conduct outreach via multiple channels including email, phone, and LinkedIn
  • Hold meetings to understand customer challenges and goals
  • Contribute to playbook creation and sales motion definition
  • Own pipeline generation strategies and tactics
  • Master product knowledge for customized demonstrations and solutions
  • Collaborate on performance initiatives and product launches with cross-functional teams

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with required in-office days
  • Commitment to diversity in hiring
  • Opportunity for professional development in a fast-growing company
  • Engagement in the building phase of a new revenue team
  • Possibility of working with a diverse range of clients and projects
Full Job Description
About the Role:

We're seeking a motivated Sales Development Representative with an entrepreneurial and building spirit to join our founding sales team! As an early team member, you'll be instrumental in helping define our sales motion, meaningfully shape our future product, and drive business revenue, all while having a blast doing it!

What You'll Achieve:
  • Handle inbound requests from prospective customers interested in buying Notion
  • Organize and take thorough notes on prospects
  • Qualify those prospects to determine whether or not they're a good fit for Notion
  • Prospect and develop new potential accounts by educating contacts about how they can increase their team's collaboration, transparency, and productivity with Notion
  • Experiment with different audiences, messaging, and channels to generate Enterprise opportunities
  • Reach out to prospects via email, phone, and LinkedIn to educate them on our product/service
  • Hold face-to-face and Zoom meetings with prospective customers to understand their business challenges and goals
  • Help build playbooks and define our sales motion
  • Hold ownership over pipeline generation tactics and strategic approaches
  • Learn about our product inside and out and be able to give demos customized to the needs of different personas
  • Collaborate and influence on performance initiatives, product launches, and service innovation when working with cross-functional partners
    • Work with our Global and regional Marketing team to build strong program feedback loops
    • Work with our global GTM team to hit revenue & pipeline generation targets


Skills You'll Need to Bring:
  • You have 1 yr+ of experience in sales or sales development in saas tech or a high-growth environment
  • Engaging and compelling customer skills - high cognitive empathy and ability to craft stories tailored to the customer
  • Experience making cold calls to decision makers
  • A track record of high achievement in current and previous roles hitting or exceeding quotas
  • A builders mentality who thrives in collaborative environments
  • A tireless positive attitude with strong grit, especially when navigating unchartered territories
  • A passion for customers and a natural empathy for their needs
  • A love for getting to know new people and helping them solve their business problems
  • You are energized to be part of the building phase for the revenue team in a hypergrowth company
  • You can put yourself in others' shoes and see situations from perspectives other than your own
  • You don't need to be an AI expert, but you're curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.


Nice to Haves:
  • You've got strong technical chops - comfort with speaking about technical implementations
  • A growth mindset, positive attitude, and ability to view challenges as learning opportunities, not failures


Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role's scope and complexity, and the candidate's experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated range for total on target earnings (including hourly and on target incentive pay) for this role is $85,000 - $100,000 per year.

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A Note on AI

You don't need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement - when that's the case, we'll make it explicit in the qualifications. People who thrive here don't treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, move faster, and build more creatively.

About Notion

Notion is a software company that provides a productivity and collaboration platform for teams. The company's platform offers a range of features, including note-taking, project management, and task tracking. Notion's software is designed to help teams streamline their workflows and improve their productivity. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Notion
Size
300 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$80 million
Founded
2016
Revenue
$80 million
NASDAQ

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