Inbound Sales Development Representative - APAC

About the Team

The Sales Development team powers the top of the funnel for OpenAI. We convert inbound demand into qualified pipeline, experiment with outbound plays, and ensure prospects land in the right sales motion quickly and seamlessly.

About the Role

Inbound SDR’s will act as the face of OpenAI’s Go-To-Market team and create an exceptional experience for our soon-to-be customers. They will be the first point-of-contact, reviewing daily customer inquiries and prioritizing contact with the highest potential inbound leads.

We’re looking for people who have:

• Proven ability to run a comprehensive discovery call and effectively position next meeting with the Account Directors

• The ability to operate with high horsepower, be adept at frequent context switching and working on multiple projects at once with expansive ownership, and ruthless prioritization.

• Exceptional customer communication and administration skills

• Strong executive presence who can build relationships with any level of persona

• An understanding of the AI landscape, our applications, and the problems they solve for our customers.

This role is based in Singapore. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Create qualified opportunities and seamlessly pass them to Account Directors.

• Send thorough and helpful follow-ups to all customers, including those that aren’t a fit for Enterprise.

• Document playbooks for future hires.

• Build future automated GTM workflows.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• 1-4 years of software sales experience

• The ability to thrive in ambiguity and work autonomously

• Have fantastic communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex concepts in a simple way.

• Exceptional organizational skills

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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