Sales Development Representative

Who are we:

Founded in 2013, Ignition is the leading revenue generation platform for accounting and professional services businesses to spark greater efficiency and profitability.
Ignition automates and optimizes proposals, billing, payments and workflows in a single platform that fits seamlessly into existing technology stacks.

With a vision to transform how professional services and their clients do business together, Ignition empowers 7,250+ businesses to reach their full revenue potential.

To date, Ignition customers have engaged over 1.7 million clients and generated US $8b in revenue via the platform. 

Ignition’s global workforce spans Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Philippines, US and the UK.

Company Values:

• We are better everyday
• We work without ego
• We are smarter together
• We hero our customer

Role location:

We are open to candidates located in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. We have adopted hybrid work arrangements, allowing you the option to work from home, a shared workspace, or a combination of both.

About the role:

Are you looking to kickstart your career in SaaS Sales? Want to work with an incredible team, learn the ropes and quickly grow your sales career? If so, this opportunity might just be what you've been looking for.

We are looking for talented, passionate, and motivated individuals to join our team as a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to join the ‘Go to market’ team.  You’ll help accountants, bookkeepers and other professional services businesses move their traditional methods of client engagement to a business critical platform that offers their clients sleek and professional branded experiences, automating large parts of their business including invoicing, payments and workflows. 

As a Sales Development Representative, you'll play a key role in our marketing and sales efforts through the development of qualified leads that result in more product demos and sales for the company. Your main objective is to get prospective customers excited about what we're doing and schedule product demonstrations for them with our Account Executive team. You’ll be an integral part of helping the company build a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities and grow its revenue.

What your day to day will look like:

Your main objective is to get prospective customers excited about what we're doing and schedule product demonstrations for them with our Sales team. You'll be an integral part of helping the company build a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities and grow its revenue:.

• Engage prospective customers by phone and email and to make a great first impression with our prospects by demonstrating strong knowledge in key areas such as product, competitors, industry, and more (you'll be thoroughly trained on this!)

• Qualify leads and advance them to the next step in our company's sales cycle

• Being Comfortable and excited by converting outbound activity into new business

• Get excited by turning outbound activity into new business by searching for, and engaging with prospective clients via our database (Hubspot), LinkedIn, Apollo.

• Partner closely with our Inside Sales team to ensure strong communication and proper handoffs

• Hit your monthly targets for qualified demos booked and completed

• Participate in industry trade shows (light travel involved) to showcase the Ignition platform and acquire a large amount of leads

• Be a product knowledge expert and successfully overcome prospective customer objections

• Actively look for opportunities to improve and optimise our sales processes

• Learn our technology stack (Hubspot, Gong, Zoom) to become more efficient and effective at your job

What you need to succeed:

• Willingness to test, learn and improve with your team, with a growth mindset
• Excellent written communication for copywriting emails & social posts
• Articulate verbal communication skills for speaking with prospective clients
• Smart time management and organisational skills
• Ability to handle criticism without taking it personally
• System and process driven person with and with the ability to show initiative, be flexible, and solve problems on the run
• Happy to work both autonomously, but also with a strong team ethic
• Basic understanding of the sales process, lead generation, and email marketing
• Willingness to learn and understand the Ignition product and value proposition
• Outgoing personality, who loves to chat!

Why join us:

• Founder led, global SaaS organisation, in hyper growth mode and scaling fast 
• We work without ego in a collaborative, open and transparent work culture
• Competitive salary and employee stock options from day 1
• Annual education allowance to support your professional growth
• Curious and smart coworkers who won’t back down from a challenge
• Employee recognition program
• Quarterly wellness allowance to spend on your wellness and what this means to you
• Paid subscription to Headspace and TELUS Health EAP & Wellbeing Platform 
• Flexible working supported by work from office reimbursement and mobile allowance to allow you to set yourself up safely to work from home
• Personal tax return assistance - after all, we are in the accounting business!
• Paid parental leave 
• An extra paid day off to celebrate your birthday, alongside volunteering leaves 
• Monthly virtual social events

Please consider applying, even if you don’t tick all the boxes. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented minority groups often only apply for roles where they meet all the detailed criteria.  Experience comes in many forms, and skills are transferable. We are committed to adding diverse perspectives to our teams and encourage everyone to apply if interested.

Ignition is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Ignition is proud to provide employment and recruitment accommodations during the recruitment process. Once our team reviews your resume and contacts you if there is a fit, we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format, please contact [email protected]