Sales Development Representative (French Speaking Markets) in London

The Diligent Sales Development Representative I (SDR I) plays an instrumental role in the direct growth of Diligent by generating new business opportunities primarily through inbound leads. The SDR I engages with new leads to understand their business requirements and document these while being a brand ambassador for the Diligent products. An SDR I utilizes their strong conversational skills to maximise engagement and achieve targets.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leading and rapidly growing business, highly focused on achieving goals and delivering results. The role offers an excellent basic and competitive commission structure, with high achievers given the opportunity to progress within the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Navigating CRM (Salesforce) to identify inbound prospects for targeting and enrich with additional information to create value conversations that lead to Initial Meetings
• Conduct sales development best practices through email, phone, and social activities using the various software tools to connect with new prospects
• Utilize smart, targeted questions to speak knowledgeably to qualify the right decisions makers
• Skilfully build interest and influence opportunities with inbound prospects
• Coordinate meetings/demonstrations on account executive’s calendar and log activities in the CRM
• Meet or exceed targets & key performance indicators (KPIs) as determined by the business
• Other duties may be requested in accordance with business need

Required Experience/Skills

• French and English language proficiency is essential
• A keen interest in working in a sales-focused, target-driven environment.
• An understanding of the sales process (marketing, sales cycle)
• Demonstrated ability to articulate the unique proposition of Diligent solutions and obtain product knowledge
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior level executives
• Excellent presentation skills both verbally and written
• High energy, with a positive and can-do attitude that drives success.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with sales, SaaS or senior executive communications is desirable

Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking.

At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature.
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us.

To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.