Sales Development Representative, EMEA (German Speaking)

Hightouch
London / Austria / Switzerland /, Netherlands
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to German-speaking candidates with sales development experience who thrive in high-growth startup environments and can engage diverse audiences.

Best fit for

  • German-speaking sales professionals eager to build foundational processes in a high-growth startup.
    — “This role will heavily support our founding DACH sales team.
  • Self-motivated individuals comfortable with outbound outreach across multiple channels.
    — “Outreach directly into prospective agents via cold-calls, text, emails, integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Candidates who can distill complex ideas into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
    — “Able to distill complex ideas into actionable insights.

Things to consider

  • Fluency in German is a non-negotiable requirement for this role.
    — “Location is flexible but fluent German language skills are a must.
  • Expect to work closely with Slack for real-time customer engagement.
    — “You will live in slack and monitor for new signups.

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience with creative outreach methods beyond standard cold-calling.
    — “Find creative methods, channels, and strategies to help guide prospects.
  • Highlight instances where you've improved sales processes or strategies.
    — “Help define and improve sales processes, strategies, tactics, and more.
  • Showcase your ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
    — “Outbounding to engineers, marketers, and operation teams.
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · IndividualLevel · Junior

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What success looks like

  • top of the funnel leads
  • foundational processes and strategies
  • commercial sales team support
  • outbounding to engineers, marketers, and operations teams
Typical background
sales developmentsalesmarketing

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentLead GenerationOutbound SalesCustomer EngagementSales ProcessCRM UsageSales MetricsSales ForecastingSales EnablementSales Strategy

Preferred

Marketing AutomationSales AnalyticsSales OperationsSales Training

Stack & domain

Sales DevelopmentLead GenerationOutbound SalesMarketingCustomer Data PlatformsComposable CdpCustomer DataPerformance HistoryMarketing CampaignsData AnalysisAi MarketingCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkSalesCustomer Relationship Management

About the role

Original posting from Hightouch via Greenhouse

About Hightouch

Hightouch is an Agentic Marketing Platform powered by the industry-leading Composable CDP. With complete brand context, customer data, and performance history in one place, every marketer finally has the power to build and ship end-to-end campaigns themselves. Teams move faster, stay on brand, and get AI marketing that actually works.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, Hightouch enables marketing teams to analyze performance, brainstorm ideas, and generate creative at a speed and quality that wasn't previously possible.

Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Customer Data Platforms, Hightouch is trusted by leading enterprises like Domino's, Spotify, Aritzia, Cars.com, Ramp, and PetSmart.

At Hightouch, our mission is to help our customers leverage data and AI to grow their businesses. The team is ambitious, impact-driven, efficient — and we believe humility, kindness, and compassion are essential to our success. If you're energized by velocity, obsessed with raising the bar, and want to build alongside people who care deeply about each other and our customers, we'd love to meet you.

About Hightouch

At Hightouch, we’re on a mission to empower everyone to take action on their data. Our momentum is undeniable: we were recently recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ and named one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employers. Today, hundreds of world-class brands—including Autotrader, Calendly, Cars.com, Monday.com, and PetSmart—trust us to power their growth.

Pioneering the Future of Data

We pioneered the Composable Customer Data Platform (CDP), a category-defining approach that enables companies to activate customer data directly from their data warehouse. We’ve since pushed the boundaries of innovation with our AI Decisioning platform, which allows marketers to deploy AI agents that orchestrate 1:1 customer interactions at scale. By removing the technical barriers to data access, we enable every business user to deliver deeply personalized experiences and optimize performance in real time. While we’re headquartered in San Francisco, our talent is global, with team members collaborating from all over the world. Following our Series C funding, Hightouch is valued at $1.2B and is backed by elite investors, including Sapphire Ventures, Amplify Partners, ICONIQ Growth, Bain Capital Ventures, Y-Combinator, and Afore Capital.

Our Culture and Values

We’re a high-impact team that values substance over ceremony. We approach every challenge with a first-principles mindset, move with urgency, and treat one another with genuine compassion. We look for teammates who are:

Strong Communicators: Able to distill complex ideas into actionable insights.

Growth-Oriented: Eager to learn, adapt, and scale alongside the company.

Driven: Motivated by the persistence required to achieve ambitious goals.

About The Role 

Hightouch is looking for a Sales Development Representative to join our rapidly growing team in EMEA. In this role, you will be responsible for generating top of the funnel leads in addition to building foundational processes and strategies to the commercial sales team. You will be outbounding to engineers, marketers, and operation teams so we are looking for someone who is highly intelligent and also has the ability to connect with multiple audiences. This role will heavily support our founding DACH sales team. Location is flexible but fluent German language skills are a must. 

What You’ll Do 

Outreach directly into prospective agents that fit our ideal persona via cold-calls, text, emails, integrated marketing campaigns, LinkedIn campaigns and other methods

You work with the growth team to  research and craft personalized outreach to target accounts

Find creative methods, channels, and strategies to help guide prospects to our free trial

As part of our growing SDR team, help define and improve sales processes, strategies, tactics, and more

You will be tasked with a goal and expected to execute against it on a monthly basis

You will live in slack and monitor for new signups, engaging them directly in order to schedule meetings with them. Those meetings will be scheduled for with the sales org and the customer

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree

Be a Self-starter, ability to self-motivate in a high-growth start-up

Effective communication skills, both written and verbal

Prior experience engaging customers and prospects

Interest in tech and more specifically data

Ability to multitask, organize, and prioritize work

Even if your experience does not line up perfectly, we are still excited to have you apply. The best hires do not always check off every box of a job description.

E-Verify Statement

Hightouch participates in E-Verify. After you join the team, we'll verify your eligibility to work in the U.S. by submitting information from your Form I-9 to the Social Security Administration and, if needed, the Department of Homeland Security. This process happens post-hire only — we never use E-Verify to pre-screen applicants.

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Source: Hightouch careers (Greenhouse)

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