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About the Role
Our world-class sales organization is looking for self-motivated teammates with high social intelligence and a natural inclination for selling and partnering to accelerate our growth as we scale rapidly! Individuals who are eager to learn, embrace challenges, and passionate about succeeding will thrive at Ramp. Our Partner Development Representatives act as the initial point of contact and are responsible for hunting and qualifying partners to build new partnerships that drive sales opportunities for Ramp.
What You’ll Do
- Identify and source new partner opportunities with the accounting sector through inbound qualification and direct outreach
- Engage and qualify prospective partners via a variety of methods, including but not limited to: emails, calls, social channels, conferences and events
- Conduct in-depth primary and secondary research to understand service offerings, firmographics, organizational structure and key stakeholders to assess potential fit
- Collarboate cross-functionally with Channel partner Managers, Marketing, Operations and Direct Sales to strategically grow Ramp’s Partner ecosystem
- Educate accounting leaders and firm stakeholders on Ramp’s partnership program and convey the value Ramp can provide to the prospective partner firm and their clients
- Ideate on new and unique ways to build and develop partner relationships
- Maintain accurate partner relationship data within Salesforce
What You Need
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent listening skills and energetic and professional phone and Zoom presence
- High level of comfort with sales, prospecting and both virtual and in-person
- Dedication to tracking and improving performance and efficiency on a daily basis
- Deep interest in understanding specific business challenges with the different verticals
- Sense of entrepreneurship: a self-starter with a high sense of urgency, ability to work within undefined processes and a will to find a way
Nice to Haves
- Background in client-facing and/or sales roles in business development, consulting or investment banking
- Prior experience partnering with or selling to accounting firms and/or financial advisors
- Prior CRM experience (preferably Salesforce)
- Experience at a high-growth startup
- Ability to understand financial services
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university
