Sales Development Representative

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

“The Sales Development Representative role provides an exciting platform for career development for sales-oriented, ambitious, hungry individuals who have a creative & entrepreneurial flair, along with highly developed communication skills. You’ll play a strategic role in the company’s continued growth by finding and breaking into the next premier customers for FICOs flagship cloud software products. Experience of working in a fast-paced commercial environment is essential. Previous sales experience is desirable. We are looking for someone who has the drive, ambition and ability to develop relationships." - Hiring Manager, Sales Development

What You’ll Contribute

• Prospect and contact key decision makers in a focused number of medium & large sized businesses within Financial Services and generate interest in FICO solutions in South Africa.
• Generate new business opportunities through prospecting into Financial Services in the assigned region (South Africa)
• Contact, research, educate and qualify inbound and outbound leads to generate qualified sales opportunities
• Cultivate a strong pipeline by following up, qualify and convert marketing leads into sales-ready meetings and opportunities for Key Account Managers
• Effectively and efficiently log all interactions and leads in Salesforce
• Interact frequently with assigned territory sales team to ensure they stay engaged in the
• Focus on customer by understanding their industry, business, pain points and challenges and have a consultive approach towards prospects.
• Develop extensive solution knowledge to provide detailed insight to prospects
• Partner with Field Marketing team to provide immediate campaign feedback and input on future campaigns.
• Identify target messaging and qualification improvements as required for overall sales development program effectiveness.

What We're Seeking

• Experience in Inside Sales, Sales Development, or Business Development.
• Experience working within South Africa.
• Experience within the financial services sector.
• Tools and technology: Salesforce, Microsoft.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values:  Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

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Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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