Profectus Recruitment
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Founding Business Development Representative (BDR / SDR)
London (Oxford Circus) | Hybrid | £45,000 Base + £85,000 OTE + Equity
How often do you get the chance to join a company before everyone knows its name? Profectus Recruitment are partnering with an exceptionally well-funded AI technology start-up that is about to scale its commercial operation in the UK. This isn't just another SaaS business. It's a chance to become one of the first commercial hires in a company led by entrepreneurs with an outstanding track record of building, scaling and selling technology businesses worth hundreds of millions.
Backed by significant investment, a world-class leadership team and a genuinely disruptive AI platform, they're now looking for their first generation of sales talent to help build the business from the ground up.
If you've got 1-2 years of technology sales experience (ideally within SaaS and / or AI Tech) and you're ambitious enough to want more than just another SDR role, this could be career-defining. You'll work directly alongside experienced founders and senior leaders, gaining exposure that would normally take years to earn elsewhere. Your ideas will be heard, your success will be recognised and, with equity on offer, you'll have the opportunity to share in the company's future success.
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The Role
As one of the company's founding commercial hires, you'll play a key role in building its UK customer base. You'll identify and engage prospective customers, manage opportunities through the sales process and help shape how the business approaches go-to-market strategy. This is a role for someone who wants ownership, responsibility and the chance to make a genuine impact rather than simply following a playbook.
What You'll Be Doing
- Building your own pipeline through outbound prospecting, networking and social selling
- Engaging senior decision makers across target organisations
- Qualifying opportunities and arranging product demonstrations
- Managing opportunities throughout the sales cycle
- Preparing proposals and supporting commercial negotiations
- Working closely with Marketing on demand generation campaigns
- Becoming an expert in the company's AI platform and market
- Helping shape sales processes as the commercial team scales
- Consistently achieving and exceeding ambitious targets
What We're Looking For
- Degree educated
- Around 1-2 years+ experience in technology sales, SaaS or business development
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Highly ambitious with a genuine desire to build a successful sales career
- Commercially minded and naturally curious
- Confident speaking with senior stakeholders
- Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-growth start-up
- Able to work regularly from the London office near Oxford Circus
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Nice to Have
- Previous start-up experience
- Exposure to SaaS or AI products
- Salesforce CRM experience
- Knowledge of the physical security sector
What's On Offer
- £45,000 basic salary
- £90,000+ realistic OTE
- Meaningful equity package
- Private healthcare
- Direct mentoring from founders with multiple successful exits
- Outstanding progression as the company scales
- The opportunity to help build one of London's most exciting AI businesses from day one
If you're looking for a role where you can accelerate your career, learn from some of the best technology entrepreneurs in the industry and have the chance to benefit from the company's long-term success through equity, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Profectus Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
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