Lead Development Representative - SYDNEY at The Data Foundry

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Mar, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Lead Development Representative, Sales Development Representative, Business Development Representative, Inside Sales Representative, Cold Outreach, Active Listening, Research, Account Discovery, CRM, Lead Qualification, Sales Funnel, Outbound Prospecting, Discovery Conversations, Pipeline Growth, Communication, Follow Up

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Company Description At The Data Foundry, we help organisations unlock value from data, analytics, and AI. As we grow, we’re looking for a customer-focused Lead Development Representative to help fuel our sales pipeline and open doors with the right prospects. If you’re early in your sales career and enjoy research, outreach, and turning conversations into qualified opportunities, then this role is for you. You must be based in Sydney and possess either Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency. We are a customer-obsessed, boutique, data consultancy that designs, builds and implements customer-centric, data-driven products and solutions, that help solve challenging business problems across a wide range of private- and public-sector organisations. We are deliberately narrow in our data-related focus areas, but we go deep in each of them, to the point where, if it starts with the word “data”, we probably do it. We build on AWS, Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Fivetran, Power BI, Tableau, Apache, Git and a range of modern data platform technologies, using the latest tools, patterns, practices, and reference architectures. We have teams located in Melbourne and Sydney and continue to enjoy solid growth by consistently winning repeat projects with old and new customers who treat us as a trusted extension of their inhouse data, analytics, and machine learning teams. Job Description What You’ll Do Qualify inbound and outbound leads Run discovery conversations via phone, email, and LinkedIn Book qualified meetings for Account Executives Research target accounts and decision-makers Execute outbound prospecting campaigns Nurture early-stage prospects until sales-ready Maintain accurate activity tracking Work closely with AEs on campaigns and lead quality Contribute directly to pipeline growth Qualifications What We’re Looking For 1–3 years’ experience in a Sales Development Representative (SDR), Lead Development Representative (LDR), Business Development Representative (BDR), or Inside Sales Representative (ISR) role Confident communicator — written and verbal Comfortable with cold outreach and follow up Strong active listening skills Ability to identify current challenges and customer pain Resilient and consistent with activity targets Good research and account discovery skills Experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system (WorkFlowMax or similar) Understanding of lead qualification process and sales funnel stages Additional Information Join our team We are truly customer-centric: everything we do starts with a customer and works backwards from there We’re passionate about the technical community we are a part of and believe in giving something back to the open source, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks and other data-related communities that we draw so heavily from We care about climate change and don’t trust governments to deal with it in a practical or timely manner: instead, we believe that if we do our part in reducing our own carbon footprint and others follow suit then, in unison, we can all make a difference We support and contribute to a different cause each quarter, based on employee nominations, where a modest donation can have a disproportionate impact on the outcomes it delivers We’re committed to developing your career by way of a customised, Growth and Development plan We believe in diversity of thought and we’re committed to ensuring all our staff feel welcome, included, and respected every day they work for The Data Foundry Can’t pass up this awesome opportunity? APPLY NOW!

Responsibilities

The Lead Development Representative will be responsible for qualifying inbound and outbound leads, running discovery conversations via phone, email, and LinkedIn, and booking qualified meetings for Account Executives. This role also involves executing outbound prospecting campaigns and nurturing early-stage prospects until they are sales-ready.