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Forethought

Sales Development Representative | SaaS / AI (EST in US/Ontario CA)

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in Canada
70K-110K Annually
Junior
Easy Apply
Remote
Hiring Remotely in Canada
70K-110K Annually
Junior
The Sales Development Representative will drive outbound prospecting efforts, achieve sales goals, collaborate with Account Executives, and maintain CRM records while engaging technical buyers.
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Launched in 2018, Forethought offers the world’s most advanced AI agents for CX — enterprise-ready and built for every customer moment. Handling billions of monthly interactions for leading companies like Upwork, Grammarly, Airtable, and Datadog, Forethought’s AI agents think, act, and improve — delivering better customer experiences and scalable business impact.

We are tackling a $400B+ market opportunity, and we’re assembling a world-class team of Strategic Sales Development Representatives (SDR), Outbound, to help us get there!
What You’ll Be Doing (Responsibilities):

  • Drive a high volume of proactive, outbound prospect outreach through phone, email, and social media.
  • Achieve weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales-qualified opportunity goals.
  • Partner with Account Executives to strategically target and engage best-fit accounts.
  • Research technical buyers and craft contextual, compelling emails and cold calls.
  • Maintain and update records within our CRM, ensuring accurate documentation of research and activities.
  • Collaborate with Marketing to refine messaging and clearly articulate Forethought’s value proposition.
  • Support list building and other research projects to identify opportunities.
  • Participate in continuous training to refine your skills and stay ahead of industry trends.
Who You Are (Skills and Qualities):
  • Experience: 4 to 18 moths as SDR.
  • Industry: Experience selling SAAS products | Startup experience
  • Resilient and Coachable: You embrace feedback, learn from challenges, and continuously strive for improvement.
  • Highly Curious and Persistent: You have a natural curiosity and determination to uncover opportunities and engage prospects effectively.
  • Organized and Reliable: You excel at managing tasks, maintaining accurate records, and consistently following through on action items.
  • A Strong Communicator: You possess exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with an ability to simplify complex ideas.
  • Self-Starter: You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment and are driven to achieve results.
  • Technically Savvy: You’re comfortable engaging with technical decision-makers and leveraging tools like Sales Navigator, Outreach, and Salesforce (experience is a plus but not required).
  • Team-Oriented: You collaborate well with others, including Account Executives, to achieve shared goals.
  • Competitive and Results-Driven: You’re motivated to exceed goals and benchmarks.
  • Cold Calling enthusiast - Hiring someone who thrives speaking to customers first hand—if you love dialing, handling objections, and turning cold calls into pipeline, this is for you.
  • Average Selling Price: Average deals are greater than $70,000.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Compensation

The salary range, $60,000-$70,000, reflects the target for new hire base salaries; final offers are tailored to the candidate's specific location, years of experience, and job-related competencies.

If you’re ready to grow fast, embrace ambiguity, and help shape a world-class outbound program at a startup redefining the future of AI-powered customer support, we’d love to hear from you – apply today!

Top Skills

Outreach
Sales Navigator
Salesforce

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