About Us at Go Cardless

Go Cardless is a global bank payment company. Over100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use Go Cardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.

Go Cardless processes US$130bn+of payments annually, across30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.

At Go Cardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!

And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!

The Role

As a bilingual English & German SDR, your main goal will be to prospect and qualify new business opportunities with senior decision-makers. You will work highly collaboratively with experienced Sales Account Executives to win new business.

You will be responsible for introducing Go Cardless to new customers, identifying their pains, uncovering opportunities, and growing the pipeline through email outreach, LinkedIn messaging, video and phone calls. This will entail researching and identifying relevant stakeholders in the sales decision-making process.

The Training

You don't necessarily need prior experience although having some sales, customer facing experience in any setting (recruitment, property sales, B2B, B2C) would be a plus. Go Cardless will train you to become an expert on the value proposition and the market.

The Growth

Tech/SaaS sales is a career with a clear growth path. Go Cardless provides you with an opportunity to progress into a closing Account Executive role over time.

The Team

This role will be part of an established, high performing and collaborative SDR team that consistently overachieves against their targets.

What excites you

• Introducing how Go Cardless can make a real difference to new customers

• Passionately articulating Go Cardless’ value proposition in new sectors

• Nurturing prospects through to a fully qualified lead

• Thinking creatively about how best to engage new customers

• Maintaining and tracking your activity on Salesforce.com

• Developing the skills necessary for promotion to a closing or leadership position

What excites us

• Experience in an outbound B2B sales role is always beneficial

• Experience in customer-facing roles and competitive target oriented environment is beneficial

• Highly motivated to maximise activity and to overachieve targets

• Entrepreneurial mind-set with a hunger to succeed

• Experience using Salesforce, working in a start-up or Fin Tech company are all beneficial

• You can talk passionately about what Go Cardless does

• You are good at finding ways to motivate yourself and teammates. We pride ourselves on positivity and camaraderie

• You embody the core values of Go Cardless

• Native or bilingual proficiency in both English and German

Base salary range: £30,784 - £43,200

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at Go Cardless doing similar work.

The Good Stuff!

• Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.

• Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12-month period.

• Hybrid Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in-office days determined by your team.

• Equity: All permanently employed Gee Cees get equity to share in our success.

• Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life's great adventure.

• Time off: Annual holiday leave based on your location, supplemented by 3 volunteer days and 4 wellness days.

Life at Go Cardless

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the Go Cardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, here’s where we stand:

• 45% identify as women

• 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other

• 10% identify as LGBTQIA+

• 9% identify as neurodiverse

• 2% identify as disabled

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report

Sustainability at Go Cardless

We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, we’re working towards a climate-positive future. Check out our sustainability action plan here.

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