Sales Development at Tessian

Tessian grew by over 400% in 2018, and we aspire to do that again in the next 12 months. Our commercial team deals with every aspect of the client journey: making initial contact to start the conversation, closing deals, and making sure that every one of our clients has a fantastic experience and gets the maximum benefit from our platform.

Sales Development is the art and science of making something from nothing by reaching out to a prospect. Most of our clients started their journey with Tessian following outreach that sparked a conversation -- first this outreach was conducted by our founders, then our Business Development team and now by our purpose-built Sales Development teams in London and New York.

You will work closely with, and learn from, a team of people who have consistently scaled one of Europe's fastest growing startups, closing deals with the largest and most prestigious organisations in the world, while still in their 20s. We know that you can achieve great things early in your career, so we take a meritocratic approach to progression. Our expectation is that Senior SDRs will apply for Business Development Manager or Sales Development Manager roles at the 12 month stage of their career, with ultra-high achievers given the opportunity at 6 months.

As a team of highly motivated and intelligent people, we have a strong belief that we require the brightest and most enthusiastic people to help us realise these goals. If you have a background of exceptional achievement in any field and can show that you are committed to succeeding in your career at a hyper growth technology start-up, we’d love to hear from you.

If you are looking for the entry level position for this role, please see our Outbound Growth Associate position (Outbound Growth is the same team as Sales Development).

Please note: we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role

Within two weeks you'll be running your own outbound selling process:

• Prospecting, developing, and qualifying prospects to build pipeline for our future growth
• Researching accounts and leads, sparking new relationships, and convincing new prospects to explore our product offering
• Connecting with prospects on the phone, via email and through social media
• Consistently meeting and exceeding monthly targets
• Being guided to think strategically through the outreach process and share expert best practice
• Undergoing coaching to develop your commercial skills.

The application process:

• The Tessian team internally reviews CVs
• You’ll have a quick call with a member of the team
• You’ll complete a short written exercise
• We’ll meet you for a face-to-face interview (c. 60 minutes) and tour at our London office
• (If required) We’ll do quick follow-up calls with team members that were unable to make the face-to-face interview

We'd love to meet someone who:

• Has 6 months or more of experience as an SDR at a high growth company
• Has the passion and determination to succeed in a commercial careerCan demonstrate examples of a desire to succeed in fields they are passionate about
• Demonstrates diversity of thought and curiosityHas first-rate verbal and written communication skills
• Isn’t afraid to pick up the phone and reach out to new peopleIs results-oriented and committed to achieving goals

Why we think you'll love it here:

• You’ll work alongside amazing, high-performing colleagues
• We offer equity options with every role, and annual salary reviews.
• Everyone gets 25 days of paid annual leave (33 days including bank holidays)
• Company contributions are made towards your pension
• You’ll get a high quality MacOS tech kit to work on
• One week of remote working from abroad per year
• We have regular communal company lunches, and regular team socials and activities
• Fully stocked kitchen with plenty of office snacks including fruit, nuts, bread, cereals, and amazing coffee
• We offer a cycle to work scheme & eye-care vouchers
• Parents and carers are guaranteed one day per week of work-from-home, and we'll give you an extra day of annual leave to take your child to their first day of nursery and primary school.
• Generous enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
• If you’re coming from abroad, we’ll provide relocation assistance. Over 25% of the company is international and we’re always as supportive as we can be in helping people make the move

Tessian

Tessian is a VC backed SaaS technology company. Our mission is to keep the world's most sensitive data and systems private and secure, so we're building the world's first Human Layer Security (HLS) platform.

We’re a team of mathematicians, data scientists & engineers building breakthrough machine learning and natural language technology to analyse, understand & protect enterprise email networks.

We’ve recently raised $42m in Series B funding led by Sequoia. Sequoia partner Matt Miller is joining the board. In 2018 our venture backed business grew 400% and our team expanded from 13 to 120 people; we have ambitious growth plans for the next year, spanning all areas including our product offerings and our sales & marketing divisions. We’re excited about where this next phase of our growth will take us - we hope you are too, so we encourage you to apply today to be part of the next leg of the Tessian journey.

We’re backed by world-leading venture capital funds, including Sequoia, Accel, & Balderton Capital, who’ve invested in companies like Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Improbable & Transferwise & we’ve been named on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list, crowned the “Best Security Startup” by WIRED magazine, and awarded “Best Innovation in Data Protection & Privacy” by CogX.

Our team

You can check out some photos of our team on our Instagram, or take a look at our company page. You can also find us on Glassdoor.

Equality & diversity

Tessian is an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity amongst both our employees and prospective applicants. The Human Layer we're securing is diverse, and we know we need to be diverse and inclusive to successfully create HLS that reflects this. You can read our equality and diversity statement here.

As part of our commitment to equality and diversity, we're also a corporate member of the WISE Campaign for gender equality in STEM, our CFO is the Chair of the WISE Campaign's Young Professionals' Board, & we're a founding member of the WEDS network driving diversity & inclusion in startups.

How to apply

Please click on the 'Apply for this Job' button below to be taken to the application form which will collect all the necessary information.

Want to make your application stand out? We value well thought-out, Tessian-specific cover letters; you can write yours in the 'Additional Information' section of the application form.

Important notices

Please note that we do not accept applications or résumés from recruiters. Any unsolicited CVs, profiles, or names, submitted in any format, by any channel, to any of our team, will be deemed to fall outside any terms and/or conditions with either the person submitting the information or their company of employment/representation.

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Please note, that any job offers will be subject to the candidate passing background screening checks.