Sales Development Representative - French Speaking
Yapily, United Kingdom
Job Description
Yapily is here to power a new era of financial services so that everyone can receive faster, affordable and personalised products. We are an enterprise API connectivity provider, powering applications behind the scenes, to seamlessly connect and securely access financial information. We have raised $18.4m in funding to date, and provide infrastructure for industry leaders including American Express, Intuit Quickbooks, Moneyfarm and BUX.
Headquartered in London, Yapily currently employs more than 90 people. As we begin our European expansion plans, this is an incredibly exciting time to join the business and contribute to our ambitious growth plans, with huge scope for autonomy and influence. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and driven Sales Development Representative to join our growing sales team and who wants to build a sales career with an innovative, fast-growing Fintech startup. This role is one of the first touchpoints for prospects and has the opportunity to set the tone for the sales cycle following.
The Role
We are looking for a Sales Development Representative, with French language proficiency. This is a hybrid Inbound/Outbound role. Our SDR’s balance their time between qualifying inbound leads, and strategically prospecting to find new potential customers via outbound methods. Our market is fast-changing, so prospect education and long-term nurturing are key.
We work in tight collaboration with AE’s, growing their pipeline so Yapily can achieve the revenue stream necessary for continued hyper-growth. Successful SDR’s build strong internal relationships - with product, and marketing, and others to help ensure we are prepared to best represents Yapily externally.
The company is young and the growth trajectory is steep. So SDR’s are called upon to get involved in strategy, campaign design, training/hiring, reporting and everything else. This is a core role to our commercial operations.
Requirements
- Bsc/BA 2:1 or higher degree and/or 1-3 years of relevant professional work experience.
- Working proficiency in French language
- A passion for Yapily’s mission
- Hustler Mentality
- Receptiveness to Feedback
- Accountability
- Clarity of Communication
- Team Player / Culture Fit
- Desire to Join Yapily
- Emotional Intelligence
Benefits
- Competitive salary in a rapidly growing start-up
- 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays (UK only)
- Stock Options (issued during the first year of employment)
- Flexible working options (home-based and/or flexible hours)
- Career trajectory: Our SDRs are a critical part of our commercial operations and we are keen to help them grow with the business
We are currently working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Once restrictions ease and the timing is right, we plan to adopt a hybrid approach with a mix of working from home and the office.