Sales Development Representative (SDR) – Remote

About the role

Join a specialist recruitment firm as a Sales Development Representative working fully remotely on US business hours. You will own prospecting, list building and outbound outreach to generate qualified conversations for the founder, with occasional support for marketing and candidate delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Build and clean targeted prospect lists of hiring managers and decision‑makers.
• Research target accounts and prepare briefing notes for relevant outreach.
• Set up and run multi‑channel outbound campaigns (email, LinkedIn) using Smartlead and the CRM.
• Write, test and optimise outreach sequences, subject lines and follow‑ups to improve reply and meeting rates.
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads against the ideal client profile.
• Book discovery calls onto the founder’s calendar and hand them off with full context.
• Keep CRM and pipeline data clean and up‑to‑date.
• Support marketing and candidate delivery when needed (newsletters, social posts, shortlists).

Required profile

• Proven experience running SDR, lead‑gen or sales‑development functions.
• Excellent written English; ability to craft persuasive outreach.
• Strong ability to build prospect lists, design sequences and analyse reply‑rate data.
• Comfortable with outreach tools and CRMs, or quick to learn them.
• Detail‑oriented and enjoys systematic processes and tracking leads.
• Exposure to the recruitment industry is a plus but not required.

Required skills

• Smartlead outreach platform.
• CRM software for pipeline management.
• LinkedIn for multi‑channel outreach.
• Claude AI for content generation.

What we offer

• Structured six‑month ramp‑up with training on outbound, tools and recruitment business.
• Modern tech stack (Claude, Smartlead, CRM tools) and proper training.
• Fully remote work with a schedule aligned to US business hours.
• Results‑focused environment – focus on booked meetings and pipeline generation.