Join peopleIX as Sales Development Representative

About peopleIX

We are on a mission to help Business Leads and Chief People Officers use data to understand what is happening in their workforce & teams and why to build successful, high performing organisations.

Our Story

We are building a people intelligence platform for small- and medium-sized companies. Our platform integrates to HR, recruiting. performance & engagement and payroll systems, so that organisations can visualize and analyze all their organisational and people data in one platform. With these analytics, we unlock trends, identify root-cause and provide recommended actions to improve organisation’s recruiting, productivity and retention efforts. This enables People Teams to become more proactive and driving real impact in their organisation. We are an early-stage startup with +10 team members, backed by well-known VCs. We are looking for new team members to help us grow and scale – Join us!

About the Role

You will be the first SDR on the ground driving all outbound and prospecting efforts at peopleIX. We are aiming to hit €1mn ARR and you would be a core component in achieving that!
We’re looking for a high-energy sales hunter. This is not a typical SDR role – you’ll be building our outbound sales engine from scratch and setting the foundation for our future sales team.

What You’ll Own

• Build and maintain a high-quality pipeline through strategic outreach and follow-ups
• Identify and qualify high-value opportunities for our people intelligence platform
• Partner directly with our Co-Founders to refine our sales playbook and outreach strategies
• Track, analyze, and report on key sales metrics and prospect feedback
• Get on the ground to get in touch with HR/People Executives by sending mails, cold calling, attending HR Events, etc.

What You Bring

• Proven track record of exceeding quota (minimum 1 year experience)
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to think quickly on your feet
• Strong discovery skills and ability to identify pain points
• Self-starter mentality with a hunger to build something from scratch
• Native German speaker with excellent proficiency in English

What Makes You Stand Out

• You like doing outreaches, a lot
• You’ve been told no hundreds of times
• You handle rejections well
• You can easily motivate yourself
• Startup experience or demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit
• Experience in HR Tech is a big plus

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary + uncapped commission
• Regular team-events + yearly offsite
• Flexible working hours
• Learning & development budget
• Urban Sports Club membership
• Newest technology and modern startup office in Cologne

Interview Process

• Get to know Chat
• In-Depth Interview (preferably onsite)
• Interview with one of our investors (sales expert)
• Reference Calls with 1-2 people you have previously worked closely with
• Offer 🎉

Apply

Send us a short e-mail, why we should hire you + link to your LinkedIn profile or CV – Looking forward to hearing from you 🙌🏻