Sales Development Representative

About the role

Start your tech sales career at a high-growth software company in New York or Chicago MeritFirst is partnering with fast-growing software companies to hire their next Sales Development Representatives. We're looking for driven, coachable people who want to break into tech sales, or who have a year or two of experience and want to join a company on a real growth curve.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and book meetings with decision-makers at mid-market and enterprise companies
• Run outbound campaigns across phone, email, and LinkedIn
• Qualify inbound leads and hand off opportunities to Account Executives
• Track activity and pipeline in Salesforce or a similar CRM
• Hit weekly and monthly meeting targets with support from sales leadership

Requirements

• 0–2 years of experience in sales, customer-facing roles, or any competitive environment
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Resilience, curiosity, and comfort hearing "no"
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

• OTE of 70k - 120k
• Promotion paths to Account Executive
• Structured sales training and hands-on coaching
• We match candidates with multiple high-growth software companies, so one application can put you in front of several teams