Sales Development Representative, Travel
Airwallex
About Airwallex
Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
Airwallex is looking for a highly goal-oriented sales professional to join our new Sales Development team. As such, this is a great role for someone with at least a few months of experience as an SDR and will have a unique opportunity to shape our initial processes and how our platform clientele experience our products.
You will be responsible for generating and cultivating leads specifically for our Travel vertical. Your duties will include strategic messaging on a variety of mediums, contacting decision makers, and planting the seeds for a successful sale. Additionally, you will work closely with stakeholders in Airwallex globally to relay feedback and help shape the future of our US go-to-market strategy.
This role has an in office expectation of two days per week, hybrid schedule. The role also includes occasional travel to conferences and events.
You will:
Join the fastest growing team in Airwallex's Global Commercial org
Have autonomy and flexibility to develop and refine our sales processes
Develop and execute plans, partner with AEs to close business
Work with AE’s to build outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities
Attract and start relationships with executive stakeholders at new and existing clients
Research and connect with leaders from multiple functions (e.g., Engineering, Product, and Finance) to lead complex product workshops and financial analyses
Lead and contribute to team projects
Engage with Product and Engineering teams to help drive product strategy
You have:
Bachelor’s or equivalent work experience
6+ months experience in sales
Experience calling into the travel industry
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Start-up, fintech, and B2B experience preferred
We are open to a wide range of experiences so please apply if the role looks interesting, even if you don’t think you meet all the qualifications
What we offer:
Competitive salary, commission plan and pre-IPO equity, generous vacation, sick leave and company holiday schedule
Wide ranging responsibilities and opportunities to grow including possible international assignments or permanent transfers
Assortment of health and wellness benefits including multiple medical coverage options several with $0 premium cost to the employee
Other perks and more
At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organize regular team building events and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.