Best suited to mid-level sales professionals with APAC market experience and familiarity with Singaporean business culture, working remotely from Australia.
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Original posting from Cresta via Greenhouse
Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day.
Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu, founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.
Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta.
About the role:
As a Sales Development Representative in APAC, you will be responsible for building the sales pipeline through outbound prospecting and inbound qualification across a diverse set of APAC markets. You will help generate qualified leads that result in new business, supporting our scaling efforts and contributing to the success of our team.
This role requires someone who can communicate effectively across APAC markets, including confidently engaging Singapore-based prospects and customers. Familiarity with Singaporean business culture, communication styles, and Singlish is strongly preferred.
We are looking for driven professionals with sound business acumen, strong technical aptitude, and natural sales instincts to join our fast growing sales organization.
This role is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Responsibilities:
Grow Cresta’s customer list through personalized emails, calls, and creative social media outreach across APAC markets
Write effective and compelling messaging to engage targeted accounts
Work closely with Sales and Marketing to plan, strategize, and execute outreach campaigns that help drive revenue growth
Analyze market research data and develop strategic approaches to raise awareness and generate interest for Cresta
Partner with account executives to help generate meetings and sales pipeline
Create and prioritize target account and contact lists
Conduct high level conversations with executives in prospect accounts
Achieve monthly quotas of meetings, qualified opportunities, and pipeline generated
Assist with drafting sales pitches, presentations, reference material, and other documents as required
Qualifications We Value:
6+ months prior sales experience (within a Software/High Tech company preferred)
Based in Melbourne, Australia, with full working rights in Australia
Experience working with or selling into APAC markets preferred
Familiarity with Singaporean communication styles and Singlish strongly preferred
Ability to work in a time-sensitive and high-volume environment
Highly competitive personality
A positive attitude: You’re a team player and you’re resilient in the face of challenges and are not afraid to hear “no thank you!”
Self-starter always looking for ways to do your job better. When you see an opportunity, you jump on it
Strong organizational skills with ability to effectively prioritize
Articulate with strong business acumen
You’re a clear, concise, and compelling storyteller across written, verbal, and visual
Prior customer-facing experience in sales, hospitality, retail, contact center, or high-performance environments is a plus
Perks & Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive and people-first benefits package to support you at work and in life:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans to fit you and your family
Paid parental leave for all new parents welcoming a new child
Remote work setup budget to help you create a productive home office
Monthly wellness and communication stipend to keep you connected and balanced
20 days of vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend
Compensation at Cresta
Cresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.
Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.
This role is variable target compensation eligible. There is potential to exceed target earnings when goals are surpassed.
We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to recruiting@cresta.ai.
Source: Cresta careers (Greenhouse)