LinkedIn Hiring for Sales Development Representative at Bengaluru, India Full Time

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Location : This role is open for Bangalore / Mumbai / Gurgaon

As the Sales Development Representative in the LinkedIn Talent Solutions team, you will assist in generating new business by qualifying leads and driving various outbound campaigns. This is a great opportunity for a Sales Professional to work at a forward-thinking company and advance their career.

You will report to the Sales Development Manager, however, feedback and coordination of resources with the sales and direct marketing teams are vital to success in this area. The specialist will also provide support to the Enterprise Sales team as needed.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together. 

*What You’ll Do: *

• Cold-calling prospects

• Qualify and develop outbound sales leads and respond to product inquiries

• Run email campaigns to generate new sales prospects

• Drive attendance for marketing campaigns and events

• Complete accurate tracking of communication with current and potential customers in the CRM platform

• Work with the Account Executive team to design industry-specific outbound efforts

• Schedule demonstrations between Account Executives and potential customers 

Basic Qualifications:

• 1+ year of experience in a metrics-driven sales or client-facing role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree

• Experience working with sales outreach tools or other CRM platforms

• Expert knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and telephone skills

• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with little supervision

• Ability to analyze business opportunities and read situations well

• Ability to gather and use data to inform decision-making and persuade others

• Ability to develop compelling strategies that deliver results with strong attention to detail

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment

Suggested Skills:

• Relationship building

• Data-driven decision making

• Forecasting

• Business acumen

• Negotiation

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