The primary function of a successful Sales Development Representative is centered around inbound and outbound interactions with new or existing fans of Cision through a variety of avenues. The goals of a Sales Development Representative are to identify where the fan is within their Cision journey and book a qualified appointment for Account Executives.

What You'll Do 

• Scheduling quality demos for sales team by identifying, researching, and contacting potential customers and ensure those demos occur.
• Hitting or exceeding a monthly quota and acting as the first point of contact for potential clients while executing marketing and sales tactics.
• Making 60+ outbound cold calls and customized emails per day using sales enablement tools
• Prospecting quality contacts and accounts that are a best fit for using the Cision platform, while partnering with sales representatives to ensure that opportunities are moving forward
• Collecting market data before and during customer outreach to understand prospective customer needs and effectively communicate those needs to the sales team
• Become an expert with the Cision products and services, buyer types and the tools necessary to be successful: Salesforce CRM, New Voice Media, Microsoft Outlook, LinkedIn, etc.
• Begin to expand your knowledge of Cision’s broader Sales methodology and sales cycle

What You'll Bring 

• An individual with a passion to start / grow a career within Sales.
• Relentless and always wanting to learn
• Received a 4-year degree from an Accredited College.
• An interest in moving to a consultative Sales position within a software company.
• You will have an innate hunger, self-motivation, and work ethic.
• Be confident running high-volume pipelines in dynamic, quick-moving and rapidly changing environments.
• Positivity and desire to uplift and share knowledge with your TEAM.

What We Offer

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Flex Time Off
• Health Savings Account
• Global Wellness Days

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Enterprise and Government segments by leading complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits and delivering significant new annual recurring revenue (ARR). This role drives strategic revenue growth through advanced qualification rigor, executive-level engagement, and disciplined execution across extended sales cycles.

What you'll do:

• Own and deliver net-new ARR quota within Enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to convert high-value prospects into new customers.
• Lead complex discovery across executive, procurement, security, and technical stakeholders.
• Navigate regulatory, compliance, and procurement processes associated with Enterprise and Government buyers.
• Build and defend business cases aligned to measurable customer outcomes.
• Manage extended sales cycles with high average selling prices.
• Maintain strong forecast accuracy and opportunity inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally to mitigate technical and commercial risk in high-impact deals.
• Transition new customers to post-sale teams following contract execution.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring:

• 8-10 years of experience in sales
  • Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise or complex B2B sales with quota responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to close large, multi-stakeholder deals.
• Strong executive presence and strategic selling capability.
• Experience navigating procurement, compliance, or regulated buying environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling into Government or highly regulated industries.
• Experience managing long-cycle, high-value transactions.
• Advanced training in structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for owning and growing a portfolio of Commercial accounts by driving expansion ARR and durable NRR outcomes. This role leads structured expansion and renewal strategies across moderate-complexity accounts, delivering predictable revenue growth through disciplined account planning, multi-product adoption, and value-based commercial execution.

What you'll do

• Own and deliver expansion ARR quota and renewal performance within assigned Commercial accounts.
• Develop and execute structured account plans focused on multi-product adoption and wallet-share growth.
• Lead complex discovery and expansion conversations across multi-stakeholder buying groups.
• Drive disciplined renewal strategy, negotiation, and retention execution.
• Manage larger deal sizes and moderate sales cycle complexity.
• Maintain accurate revenue forecasting and pipeline inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally with CX, Product, and Solutions to ensure alignment on expansion strategy.
• Identify commercial risk signals and proactively mitigate renewal exposure.
• Ensure clean commercial handoffs where role transitions are required.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring

• 3-5 years of experience in a related role. Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Experience managing Commercial account portfolios with ARR responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to drive expansion and renewal growth in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong negotiation and commercial strategy capability.
• Experience with structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $80,000 - $115,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for leading frontline Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) to deliver consistent, high-quality Sales Accepted Lead (SAL) production aligned to pipeline creation targets. The role drives daily execution, coaching effectiveness, pipeline hygiene, and short-range forecast accuracy through hands-on leadership and disciplined inspection.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of Sales Development Representatives accountable for SAL production, activity standards, and qualification quality within assigned segments or territories.
• Own team SAL attainment and short-range forecasting, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment to defined pipeline creation targets.
• Provide ongoing coaching and skill development to SDRs, including call reviews, messaging refinement, objection handling, qualification standards, and effective opportunity handoff practices.
• Drive disciplined daily inspection of activity metrics, SAL quality, conversion indicators, and data integrity to ensure consistent execution and performance visibility.
• Maintain pipeline hygiene by ensuring leads are worked, dispositioned, documented, and routed accurately within customer relationship management and sales engagement systems.
• Enforce adherence to established qualification criteria, engagement cadences, and service-level expectations to ensure SAL readiness and downstream Sales acceptance.
• Partner with Marketing and Revenue Operations to provide feedback on lead quality, routing effectiveness, campaign outcomes, and process improvements impacting funnel performance.
• Support workforce planning activities such as hiring participation, onboarding support, ramp management, and performance management to sustain productivity and coverage standards.
• Identify performance risks or gaps in SAL production and implement corrective actions through targeted coaching, activity adjustments, or process reinforcement.
• Promote a culture of accountability, data accuracy, responsiveness, and continuous improvement within the Sales Development team.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.
• Job Level Competencies Manages experienced, professional employees and/or supervisors; and/or manages large, complex technical and/or business support teams.
• Accountable for the performance and results of a team and/or department. Interprets and administers policies, processes and procedures that affect direct reports and the workflow of the team/department.
• Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges. Contributes to budget development and performance standards of department and direct reports. Assignments are defined in the form of objectives.
• Decisions are guided by policies, procedures, business plans and independent judgment.
• Collaborates with team(s), customers/ clients, functional peer group managers and occasionally senior management.
• Participates and presents at meetings with internal and external representatives.
• Decisions may have an impact on work processes and outcomes.
• Erroneous decisions or recommendations may result in serious delays and considerable expenditure of additional time, people and/or financial resources. 

Qualifications:

• Typical experience: 8+ years in related role or experience including 2+ years in management.
• Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading Sales Development or comparable frontline pipeline-generation teams in a performance-driven environment.
• Proven ability to coach individual contributors to measurable productivity and qualification standards.
• Strong understanding of sales development metrics, including SAL attainment, conversion rates, activity productivity, and pipeline contribution.
• Experience managing shortrange forecasting

The primary function of a successful Sales Development Representative is centered around inbound and outbound interactions with new or existing fans of Cision through a variety of avenues. The goals of a Sales Development Representative are to identify where the fan is within their Cision journey and book a qualified appointment for Account Executives.

What You'll Do 

• Scheduling quality demos for sales team by identifying, researching, and contacting potential customers and ensure those demos occur.
• Hitting or exceeding a monthly quota and acting as the first point of contact for potential clients while executing marketing and sales tactics.
• Making 60+ outbound cold calls and customized emails per day using sales enablement tools
• Prospecting quality contacts and accounts that are a best fit for using the Cision platform, while partnering with sales representatives to ensure that opportunities are moving forward
• Collecting market data before and during customer outreach to understand prospective customer needs and effectively communicate those needs to the sales team
• Become an expert with the Cision products and services, buyer types and the tools necessary to be successful: Salesforce CRM, New Voice Media, Microsoft Outlook, LinkedIn, etc.
• Begin to expand your knowledge of Cision’s broader Sales methodology and sales cycle

What You'll Bring 

• An individual with a passion to start / grow a career within Sales.
• Relentless and always wanting to learn
• Received a 4-year degree from an Accredited College.
• An interest in moving to a consultative Sales position within a software company.
• You will have an innate hunger, self-motivation, and work ethic.
• Be confident running high-volume pipelines in dynamic, quick-moving and rapidly changing environments.
• Positivity and desire to uplift and share knowledge with your TEAM.

What We Offer

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Flex Time Off
• Health Savings Account
• Global Wellness Days

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Enterprise and Government segments by leading complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits and delivering significant new annual recurring revenue (ARR). This role drives strategic revenue growth through advanced qualification rigor, executive-level engagement, and disciplined execution across extended sales cycles.

What you'll do:

• Own and deliver net-new ARR quota within Enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to convert high-value prospects into new customers.
• Lead complex discovery across executive, procurement, security, and technical stakeholders.
• Navigate regulatory, compliance, and procurement processes associated with Enterprise and Government buyers.
• Build and defend business cases aligned to measurable customer outcomes.
• Manage extended sales cycles with high average selling prices.
• Maintain strong forecast accuracy and opportunity inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally to mitigate technical and commercial risk in high-impact deals.
• Transition new customers to post-sale teams following contract execution.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring:

• 8-10 years of experience in sales
  • Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise or complex B2B sales with quota responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to close large, multi-stakeholder deals.
• Strong executive presence and strategic selling capability.
• Experience navigating procurement, compliance, or regulated buying environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling into Government or highly regulated industries.
• Experience managing long-cycle, high-value transactions.
• Advanced training in structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Enterprise and Government segments by leading complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits and delivering significant new annual recurring revenue (ARR). This role drives strategic revenue growth through advanced qualification rigor, executive-level engagement, and disciplined execution across extended sales cycles.

What you'll do:

• Own and deliver net-new ARR quota within Enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to convert high-value prospects into new customers.
• Lead complex discovery across executive, procurement, security, and technical stakeholders.
• Navigate regulatory, compliance, and procurement processes associated with Enterprise and Government buyers.
• Build and defend business cases aligned to measurable customer outcomes.
• Manage extended sales cycles with high average selling prices.
• Maintain strong forecast accuracy and opportunity inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally to mitigate technical and commercial risk in high-impact deals.
• Transition new customers to post-sale teams following contract execution.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring:

• 8-10 years of experience in sales
  • Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise or complex B2B sales with quota responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to close large, multi-stakeholder deals.
• Strong executive presence and strategic selling capability.
• Experience navigating procurement, compliance, or regulated buying environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling into Government or highly regulated industries.
• Experience managing long-cycle, high-value transactions.
• Advanced training in structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Enterprise and Government segments by leading complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits and delivering significant new annual recurring revenue (ARR). This role drives strategic revenue growth through advanced qualification rigor, executive-level engagement, and disciplined execution across extended sales cycles.

What you'll do:

• Own and deliver net-new ARR quota within Enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to convert high-value prospects into new customers.
• Lead complex discovery across executive, procurement, security, and technical stakeholders.
• Navigate regulatory, compliance, and procurement processes associated with Enterprise and Government buyers.
• Build and defend business cases aligned to measurable customer outcomes.
• Manage extended sales cycles with high average selling prices.
• Maintain strong forecast accuracy and opportunity inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally to mitigate technical and commercial risk in high-impact deals.
• Transition new customers to post-sale teams following contract execution.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring:

• 8-10 years of experience in sales
  • Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise or complex B2B sales with quota responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to close large, multi-stakeholder deals.
• Strong executive presence and strategic selling capability.
• Experience navigating procurement, compliance, or regulated buying environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling into Government or highly regulated industries.
• Experience managing long-cycle, high-value transactions.
• Advanced training in structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Enterprise and Government segments by leading complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits and delivering significant new annual recurring revenue (ARR). This role drives strategic revenue growth through advanced qualification rigor, executive-level engagement, and disciplined execution across extended sales cycles.

What you'll do:

• Own and deliver net-new ARR quota within Enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to convert high-value prospects into new customers.
• Lead complex discovery across executive, procurement, security, and technical stakeholders.
• Navigate regulatory, compliance, and procurement processes associated with Enterprise and Government buyers.
• Build and defend business cases aligned to measurable customer outcomes.
• Manage extended sales cycles with high average selling prices.
• Maintain strong forecast accuracy and opportunity inspection discipline.
• Partner cross-functionally to mitigate technical and commercial risk in high-impact deals.
• Transition new customers to post-sale teams following contract execution.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

What you'll bring:

• 8-10 years of experience in sales
  • Actual experience may vary depending on role complexity, geography, and internal development opportunities or a comparable mix of training, education, and experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise or complex B2B sales with quota responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to close large, multi-stakeholder deals.
• Strong executive presence and strategic selling capability.
• Experience navigating procurement, compliance, or regulated buying environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling into Government or highly regulated industries.
• Experience managing long-cycle, high-value transactions.
• Advanced training in structured sales methodologies.

The OTE range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 and will vary based on a wide range of factors including location, experience, qualifications and team.

This role is responsible for owning net-new customer acquisition within Commercial segments by converting qualified prospects into first-time customers. This role creates new annual recurring revenue (ARR) through disciplined pipeline generation, structured discovery, and execution of defined sales plays in transactional to mid-market complexity environments.