Sales Development Representative

About Sonarsource

At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help organizations build responsible, secure, high-quality code quickly and systematically. We build solutions that don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we fix problems at the source – source code, to be specific. We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe team members should have the opportunity to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission: provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.

Job Summary

Do you want to sell a great product that customers use and love? Do you want to be part of a fast-growing company and work with an amazing team? Can you work independently and also help build a great culture? At SonarSource we are experiencing huge growth and are looking to expand.

The impact you can have

Use your problem-solving abilities and customer focus to help us evangelize the code quality management philosophy that over 100,000 organizations have already chosen to adopt. You will have the opportunity to use your well-developed sales skills to; demonstrate the value of products, ensure adoptions, and grow our customer base. You will interact with developers, decision-makers, and procurement, across a wide variety of industries and company sizes.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct inbound and outbound prospecting activities, including cold calls, email outreach, and LinkedIn engagement.
• Research and identify potential leads and target accounts based on defined criteria.
• Leverage various tools and resources like Salesforce, Salesloft, and Zoominfo to build and maintain a healthy pipeline of prospects.
• Qualify leads by assessing their fit with our ideal customer profile and understanding their needs.
• Document and update lead information and interactions in our CRM.
• Collaborate with marketing to align lead-generation efforts with campaigns and initiatives.
• Collaborate with the sales team to transition qualified leads for further engagement.

Requirements

• Proven successful experience in outbound lead generation; ideally in a SaaS or subscription model in Japan.
• Strong time management and attention to detail.
• Highly organized and strategic in workflow.
• Native Japanese speaker.
• English-language communication and listening skills: ability to handle objections as well as to take feedback and coaching.
• A proactive attitude and goal-oriented mindset with a focus on meeting or exceeding targets.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills to work closely with the sales teams.