Sales Development Representative

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other. We actively uphold transparent and fair hiring practices that support individual opportunity, inclusive culture, and career mobility across all levels of our organisation.

As an ambitious and results-driven Sales Development Representative, you will be joining a very successful European Sales Team. In this role, you will be instrumental in driving our growth by researching, building relationships and booking initial discovery meetings across the wider sales regions. As this is an Enterprise role, the relationships built will be with senior executives in the retail space, including Heads of Finance, IT and Marketing.

Accountabilities for your role - what are you expected to do?

• Direct sales development role responsible for bringing in new sales leads for the Enterprise retail team
• Prospecting & Outreach: Conduct high-volume outbound prospecting via cold calls & emails (Min 40 emails per day plus tele conversations)
• Work with marketing on retail focused thought leadership initiatives and articles
• Full responsibility for the delivery of set financial targets and objectives
• Co-ordinate and collaborate with different Sales team members to agree key areas of focus in line with higher level strategic objectives
• Track performance, results, and provide communication to both the teams and end customers through sales development disciplines
• Lead Generation: Identify and qualify potential clients within the retail sector
• Meeting Scheduling: Secure meetings for our sales team with key decision-makers
• Sales Tools Utilisation: Leverage sales and marketing technology stacks such as TAMI, D&B, Zoom Info and LinkedIn Sales Navigator
• CRM Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all sales activities in our CRM system (Salesforce.com)
• 100% new business role – Payments

Competencies for your Role - how are you expected to behave?

• Drive for Results: Pursues goals with energy and perseverance; rarely gives up before succeeding; works to overcome barriers and challenges in order to produce desired results; can be counted on to achieve or surpass goals; consistently a top performer among peer group.
• Collaboration: Develops good working relationships with others; recognizes and values differences; encourages an inclusive collaborative environment and open dialogue; puts team’s goals ahead of personal agendas; shares information openly and transparently; openly supports team members and their efforts.
• Agility & Innovation: Demonstrate flexibility in dealing with fast-changing priorities, and different or challenging situations. Help others to continuously improve and achieve results. Explore multiple solutions to overcome obstacles. Anticipate future needs that may affect the team or organization.
• Talent Development & Engagement: Provides others with a clear direction; Sets appropriate standards of behaviour; Delegates work appropriately and fairly; Motivates and empowers others.
• Risk Management: Appropriately identify and manage risks, in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and with Company Policy.
• Ethics and Trust: Maintain high ethical standards; gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity. Conducts him or herself honestly and ethically; adheres to a core set of values and standards appropriate to the situation and acts; accordingly, is consistent in own words and actions; inspires trust and respect by dealing openly with people; keeps confidences and admits mistakes.

Technical Competencies for your Role - what are you expected to know?

• Experience and knowledge of payments industry - Advantageous
• Knowledge of technology and payment gateway providers - Advantageous
• Well-developed understanding of sales methodologies – Training will be provided
• Knowledge of CRM systems e.g. Salesforce – Advantageous
• Good communication skills across a variety of mediums such as telephone, Teams, in person meetings
• Presentation skills to match the above
• Microsoft Office 365, Zoom Info, Tami, Sales Navigator

Qualifications Required to perform your Role?

• Business degree preferable but not essential
• Growth Mindset
• A burning desire to be successful as a team absolutely essential!

Location expectations: This role is designated as U.K. home-based remote.

Accessibility: We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need adjustments at any stage of the application or hiring process, please contact your recruiter for guidance and support.

Total Rewards: U.S. Bank is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation practices in line with local regulatory and legal requirements. Our total rewards approach is designed to attract, retain, and support top talent while ensuring equal pay for work of equal value. We offer a market-competitive compensation package that includes:

• Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards.
• Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules), awarded through transparent, objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance.
• Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing, health & wellness).
• Continuous development opportunities including training, education support, and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria.
• Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all.

We regularly review our compensation and benefits to ensure they remain competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs and market trends. Further details of the compensation package will be provided upon application.

Closing Date: Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants. We aim to provide timely updates throughout the process and encourage early applications to ensure consideration.