Prospect Development Representative (Emerging Careers)

Job Description

Prospect Development Representative (Emerging Careers) - Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

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If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.

About the job

The Inside Sales team is looking for a Prospect Development Representative (Emerging Careers) to support new business acquisition by engaging with prospective and current customers and partners through targeted prospecting and demand generation activities. In this role, you will focus on pipeline development and customer experience management by qualifying opportunities and supporting strategic sales and marketing initiatives.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys high-volume, business-to-business engagement and is interested in building a strong foundation in sales development, marketing alignment, and consultative communication.

As a Prospect Development Representative, you will:

• Discover and qualify potential sales opportunities through proactive outreach and inbound lead follow-up. 
• Manage and respond to leads generated from marketing campaigns, online channels, events, and social media. 
• Nurture and route qualified leads to the appropriate sales organization to support pipeline progression.
• Execute prospecting, appointment-setting, and event recruitment campaigns, including post-event follow-up.
• Initiate professional communication via phone, email, and digital channels with customer stakeholders, including senior-level contacts.
• Maintain accurate and timely lead, prospect, and activity data in CRM and reporting systems.
• Collaborate closely with Sales and Marketing teams to ensure consistent messaging and effective lead coverage.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.  
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.  

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with up to one year of experience in marketing, phone sales, or a high-volume customer contact position.
• Relevant industry experience, preferably in the computer hardware, software, or telecommunications industries, may be considered in combination with the above qualifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for professional outreach via phone, email, and digital channels.
• Ability to ask effective discovery questions and articulate value propositions during prospect conversations.
• Basic proficiency with CRM or lead management tools and maintaining accurate activity records.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Position location: Cary, HQ hybrid (minimum of 3 days in the office)

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Ability to prioritize customer needs and deliver tailored solutions that enhance satisfaction and loyalty.  
• Can cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with clients and stakeholders to foster long-term partnerships.  
• Proactively identify and overcome challenges to maintain momentum and deliver results. 
• Able to leverage data and market insights to craft compelling value propositions that address client pain points.  
• Demonstrate initiative and drive to exceed goals independently in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.  

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include:
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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