Job Description
Intercom is the AI Customer Service company on a mission to help businesses provide incredible customer experiences.
Our AI agent Fin, the most advanced customer service AI agent on the market, lets businesses deliver always-on, impeccable customer service and ultimately transform their customer experiences for the better. Fin can also be combined with our Helpdesk to become a complete solution called the Intercom Customer Service Suite, which provides AI enhanced support for the more complex or high touch queries that require a human agent.
Founded in 2011 and trusted by nearly 30,000 global businesses, Intercom is setting the new standard for customer service. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and consistently deliver incredible value to our customers.
What’s the opportunity?
As a Sales Development Representative, your role is to lay the foundation for Intercom Sales by engaging with prospects and customers to help them understand the value of Intercom, and moving them forward in the sales process. As Intercom’s first point of contact you’ll play a monumental role in showcasing the Intercom brand! This is done by creating an impactful first impression and building momentum for not only the sales team, but the company as a whole. We’re creating a world-class sales organization, and are so excited you are interested in being an integral part of that!
We strongly believe in the overall growth and continued development of each new hire. When joining the Sales Development team at Intercom, you join a community that believes in your future as a power-house closer! We’re looking for folks dedicated to their development, excited to work in a fast moving environment, and strive to be better than they were yesterday.
What will I be doing?
- Engaging with potential and current customers to assess mutual fit
- Via Intercom Inbox, phone, email & Linkedin
- Multi-tasking fast paced conversations while maintaining an engaging and positive experience for Intercom’s potential customers
- Working closely with Account Executives to build pipeline and drive deals
- Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of our product and the value we can provide our customers
- Working with cross-functional partners to continuously better our workflows
- Engaging in team development and mentoring
What skills do I need?
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Exceptional listening skills & the ability to take quick action on what you’ve learned
- Strong organization and time management
- Intellectual curiosity and problem solving
- Collaborative and coachable
- Highly motivated and self-driven
Bonus skills & attributes
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- 0-3 years of work experience (Sales and/ SaaS experience is a +)
- Familiarity with these systems and tools - SFDC, Outreach, Chilipiper, Linkedin Sales Navigator, Gong, Vidu, Google Suite
Benefits
We are a well-treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us!
- Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
- Catered lunch every weekday, plus a fully stocked kitchen
- Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work!
- Flexible holidays so you can take time off when you need it
- Healthcare stipend towards private health insurance for you and your partner/spouse
- MacBooks are our standard, but we also offer Windows for certain roles when needed.
Policies
Intercom has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.
We have a radically open and accepting culture at Intercom. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.
Intercom values diversity and is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity. Intercom will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
