This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sales Development Representative (Email-only) based in South Africa.
Join a fully remote growth team where you will own a high-impact outbound email channel focused on connecting with leading researchers, institutions, and organizations in the healthcare and life sciences space. This role is designed for a strong communicator who believes thoughtful, personalized outreach creates better results than high-volume campaigns. You will combine research, writing, sales strategy, and AI-powered tools to create meaningful conversations with potential clients. With full ownership of your workflow, you will have the freedom to test ideas, improve performance, and directly influence business growth. This is an opportunity to build expertise in modern sales development while contributing to work that supports advancements in medical research.
Accountabilities
- Own the outbound email strategy from end to end, including contact research, email creation, sequencing, reply management, and qualified meeting generation.
- Research prospective contacts deeply by understanding their work, goals, and context to create highly personalized outreach that drives genuine engagement.
- Write compelling cold emails and follow-up sequences that are concise, relevant, persuasive, and tailored to each recipient.
- Manage outreach campaigns through sales platforms, controlling targeting, messaging, timing, and performance optimization.
- Handle inbound replies professionally, identify opportunities, schedule introductory conversations, and support the transition of qualified leads to sales representatives.
- Use AI tools to improve research efficiency, writing quality, and campaign execution while maintaining accuracy and authentic personalization.
- Analyze campaign results, run experiments, optimize messaging, and collaborate with technical teams to improve outreach infrastructure and processes.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in outbound sales development, business development, or a similar role where you personally managed prospect research, messaging, sequences, and replies.
- Strong writing ability with experience creating concise, persuasive communications for professional audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to research individuals and organizations to identify relevant insights that improve outreach effectiveness.
- Experience using AI tools within sales, research, or content workflows, with enthusiasm for exploring new AI-powered approaches.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality over high-volume outreach.
- Ability to independently manage a sales channel, make data-driven decisions, and take ownership of results.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working remotely with significant autonomy.
Benefits
- Fully remote position with the flexibility to work from anywhere.
- Flexible working hours with no fixed schedule or time tracking.
- Unlimited paid leave policy with no approval process required.
- Company-wide December closure period.
- Wellness fund supporting physical, mental, emotional, social, and professional wellbeing.
- 17 weeks of parental leave at 50% pay.
- Equipment support and access to company-paid training opportunities.
- Professional development support through growth conversations, competency frameworks, and individual development plans.
- Opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment supporting medical research and healthcare innovation.
- Collaborative remote culture focused on ownership, trust, and meaningful impact.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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