Sales Development Representative
Would you love to help drive sales collaboratively with solution-based products?
Are you passionate about making researchers and students more productive, helping them organize their work?
About our Team
Our Academic & Government team helps our communities accelerate knowledge for a better world by helping to establish, discover and advance knowledge. We do this by turning scientific discoveries into peer reviewed knowledge, hosting the world’s richest corpus of knowledge, allowing users to unlock insights from content and by measuring the quality and impact of research - turning insights into outcomes.
About the Role
The Sales Development Representative are focused on prospecting leads accountable for driving new sales opportunities. They focus on identifying potential customers, determining likelihood of conversion, and feeding qualified accounts correctly improving lead generation success rates. As catalyst for new sales generation, they create a conveyor belt of leads for Solutions Account Managers.
Responsibilities
- Prospecting for new business through high volume of activity on a daily basis through multiple channels. Including the phone, email and LinkedIn. Following up with prospects as previously identified.
- Owning the lead-generation process by researching assigned targets and reaching out with tested value propositions to qualify prospective customer.
- Coordinating with Marketing to track, assess and qualify omnichannel leads.
- Meeting with Solutions Account Executives to ensure all information gathered during pre-sales process is accurate and fully documented.
- Working closely with sales teams scheduling qualified demonstrations, meetings, building your pipeline, and produce real business opportunities. (In accordance with approved sales management guidelines).
- Identifying qualified prospects and navigating company structures to identify key decision makers and influencers.
Requirements
- Have sales, customer facing, lead generation, and scientific research experience are but not required.
- Demonstrate excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills including communicating complex content to a range of audiences.
- Display a self-starter attitude and excellent efficiency/self-management.
- Have a proven track record of work ethic and exceeding goals. Coupled with a positive attitude and eagerness to excel in an agile environment.
- Able to utilize outstanding problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify complex issues related to sales, marketing, and business development.
- Be interested in a career in sales and a company that will develop you.
- Be able to use Microsoft Office applications and Linked In.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Health plan benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement Benefits
- Various Leave Programs
- Educational Assistance
- Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
About the Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
U.S. National Base Pay Range: $49,200 - $82,100. Total Target Cash Range: $75,700 - $126,300. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. If performed in New York, the base pay range is $54,100 - $90,400, the total target cash range is $83,200 - $138,900.If performed in New York City, the base pay range is $59,000 - $98,500, the total target cash range is $90,800 - $151,600.If performed in Rochester, NY, the base pay range is $49,200 - $82,100, the total target cash range is $75,700 - $126,300.If performed in Ohio, the base pay range is $46,700 - $78,000, the total target cash range is $71,900 - $120,000. Pay mix between base and variable pay varies based on sales role; please discuss with the recruiter.We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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Skills Required
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex content to varied audiences
- Self-starter attitude with strong efficiency and self-management
- Proven work ethic and record of exceeding goals
- Positive attitude and eagerness to excel in an agile environment
- Problem-solving skills and ability to identify complex sales, marketing, and business development issues
- Interest in pursuing a sales career
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications and LinkedIn
- Sales, customer-facing, lead-generation, or scientific research experience
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
