Sales Development Representative (India)

Deepgram
India
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates who thrive in a fast-evolving AI-driven environment and have a background in technical SaaS sales, working closely with cross-functional teams in India.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior SaaS sales experience and a passion for voice AI technologies
    — “1+ year of customer-facing work experience in SaaS”
  • Individuals who can manage complex outreach schedules and high-frequency touchpoints effectively
    — “Exceptional at prioritizing complex outreach schedules and managing high-frequency touchpoints”
  • People who are comfortable using AI tools and integrating them into their daily workflows
    — “actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of adaptability due to the rapid pace of AI innovation
    — “we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid”
  • This role is not suitable for those who prefer highly prescriptive or traditional work structures
    — “not excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with technical product sales in your resume and interview responses
    — “Prior sales experience selling a technical product”
  • Demonstrate your ability to articulate value propositions clearly and concisely
    — “depth of understanding regarding customer needs in the ASR space”
  • Showcase your capability to research and identify speech recognition use cases in the market
    — “Research companies to find new speech recognition use cases and opportunities in the market”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • new customer acquisition
  • sales pipeline growth
Typical background
sales developmentcustomer research

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentCustomer ResearchPipeline Building

Preferred

AI IntegrationTechnical Product Selling

About the role

Original posting from Deepgram via Ashby

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Daily, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native foundation models are accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted and on-premises software, with unmatched accuracy, low latency, and cost efficiency. Backed by a recent Series C led by leading global investors and strategic partners, Deepgram has processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

COMPANY OPERATING RHYTHM

At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset—AI use and comfort aren’t optional, they’re core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance.

Every team member who works at Deepgram is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work. We measure how effectively AI is applied to deliver results, and consistent, creative use of the latest AI capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly, integrating AI into their workflows, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do.

Additionally, we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid, and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. This may not be the right role if you’re not excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly, or if you’re seeking something highly prescriptive with a traditional 9-to-5.

Deepgram is looking for an Inbound & Outbound Sales Development Representative to drive new customers and revenue to our rapidly growing company. You will create sales opportunities for Deepgram as you share our mission with CTOs, VPs of Product, and CEOs. You are a critical component in Deepgram’s Revenue organization and will play a pivotal role in growing our top-line revenue to new heights!

What You'll Do

  • Work with our Partnerships team, Account Executives, and your fellow SDRs to build a strong sales pipeline of new logos, striving to exceed quarterly sales targets
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (especially Sales Ops and Sales Engineers) to ensure sales effectiveness
  • Have a depth of understanding regarding customer needs in the ASR space, competition, and Deepgram products to be able to fully articulate our value proposition
  • Research companies to find new speech recognition use cases and opportunities in the market

You’ll Love This Role If You

  • Value having leadership that has tenure and a track record of success
  • Thrive working with A Players as cross-functional partners across GTM
  • Understand the importance of selling a product that is market validated and can deliver on its technical promise
  • Are passionate about what Deepgram is building and how we are changing what is possible with speech
  • Are eager to launch your sales career towards enterprise sales

It’s Important to Us That You Have

  • 1+ year of customer-facing work experience in SaaS
  • Prior sales experience selling a technical product
  • Dynamic written and verbal communication skills
  • Empathy and a unique ability to understand customer needs
  • Exceptional at prioritizing complex outreach schedules and managing high-frequency touchpoints

It Would Be Great If You Had

  • Experience prospecting companies that fit an ideal customer profile and understanding their business
  • Consistently overachieved against sales targets in past experiences

Notice: We're aware of individuals impersonating Deepgram recruiters. All legitimate Deepgram recruiting communication comes from an @deepgram.com http://deepgram.com email address. If you've received a message claiming to be Deepgram, please forward it to careers@deepgram.com.

Source: Deepgram careers (Ashby)

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