Sales Development Representative - Chicago, IL (Ansarada)

You don't make cold calls. You make informed ones!

Prospecting: more signal, less noise

Outreach: personalized at scale

Call prep: walk into every conversation informed

Lead qualification: faster, sharper decisions

Generate and qualify pipeline:

Support strategic accounts:

Raise the bar:

Experience and skills

AI fluency:

Mindset:

Success in this role looks like:

Qualifications

• Experience and skills
• Experience in a sales or client-facing role, with a strong interest in building a career in tech sales — specifically in M&A and corporate finance. You’re commercially sharp, curious about the industry, and hungry to develop fast.
• You use LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) daily — not occasionally.
• Your prompt for real output: prospecting lists, outreach sequences, call prep, and objection handling.
• You know where AI gives you an edge — and where your instincts and energy still win.
• You share what works and you’re always looking for what’s next.
• Hunter — you love the chase and building relationships from scratch
• High-impact communicator — strong verbal and written skills, comfortable engaging senior stakeholders
• AI-curious by default — always looking for a better, faster way
• Metric-driven and outcome-focused
• Fast learner who shares the wins (and the lessons)
• Pipeline → consistent volume of high-quality, well-qualified opportunities
• Conversion → outbound-generated leads moving through the funnel
• Outreach → personalised, relevant, and landing with the right people
• Velocity → faster qualification cycles powered by sharper AI-assisted prep
• Who’s Ansarada?
• Join the team designing the future of dealmaking.
• Ansarada is the secure dealmaking infrastructure company. We help companies, governments, and their advisors protect what matters and realise their potential when it counts. From M&A and capital raising to restructures, audit, and infrastructure procurement, we provide the system of record that keeps critical information secure and processes under control.
• Founded in Sydney in 2005, Ansarada is trusted across 170 countries and has supported more than 55,000 transactions, bringing together data, workflow, and security by design so teams can move with clarity and confidence when the stakes are high.
• Great Place to Work certified for 16 years running. Recognised as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for Women and in Technology. Teams across Sydney, Ho Chi Minh, Chicago, Amsterdam, and London.
• What’s in it for you?
• Maxwell Leadership Program, book budget, and time to learn and grow.
• Real AI development — tools, training, and the space to build workflows that actually change how you work.
• Subsidised health insurance and generous paid leave (parental, birthday, community, anniversary)
• Flexible hybrid model: 3 days in office & 2 days remote.
• Competitive compensation and employee benefits.
• Virtual office tour + meet the team: www.ansarada.com/careers
• Great Place to Work: https://greatplacetowork.com.au/certified-companies/
• Women of Ansarada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2QPPxu57c
• At Ansarada, belonging means embracing and valuing everyone’s unique strengths, experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels respected, celebrated, and empowered to be their true selves.
• The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position based on a good faith assessment of the role and market data at the time of posting. Consistent with applicable law, each candidate’s compensation offer may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, your geographic region, skills, qualifications, and experience along with the requirements of the position. This position may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or overtime if applicable. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits. Specific details will be provided during the interview process. Datasite reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
• $51,600.00 - $85,300.00
• Our company is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where all individuals are respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building teams that reflect the diversity of our communities.

Responsibilities

• Prospect across email, phone, social, and live chat to engage and qualify new opportunities.
• Run outbound campaigns and convert engaged leads — with AI accelerating research and personalization at every step.
• Deliver high-quality, well-qualified opportunities to the AE team.
• Build awareness and relationships within focus accounts — driving education and engagement ahead of buying decisions.
• Join in-person meetings with key accounts to support relationship-building and revenue growth.
• Identify expansion signals and share them with the wider pod.
• Use Salesforce to track activity, manage pipeline data, and keep everything clean and current.
• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Digital Growth, and AEs to sharpen campaign targeting and follow-up.
• Share what’s working — your sequences, your AI prompts, your call openers.
• What we’re looking for
• Experience in a sales or client-facing role, with a strong interest in building a career in tech sales — specifically in M&A and corporate finance. You’re commercially sharp, curious about the industry, and hungry to develop fast.
• You use LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) daily — not occasionally.
• Your prompt for real output: prospecting lists, outreach sequences, call prep, and objection handling.
• You know where AI gives you an edge — and where your instincts and energy still win.
• You share what works and you’re always looking for what’s next.
• Hunter — you love the chase and building relationships from scratch
• High-impact communicator — strong verbal and written skills, comfortable engaging senior stakeholders
• AI-curious by default — always looking for a better, faster way
• Metric-driven and outcome-focused
• Fast learner who shares the wins (and the lessons)
• Pipeline → consistent volume of high-quality, well-qualified opportunities
• Conversion → outbound-generated leads moving through the funnel
• Outreach → personalised, relevant, and landing with the right people
• Velocity → faster qualification cycles powered by sharper AI-assisted prep
• Who’s Ansarada?
• Join the team designing the future of dealmaking.
• Ansarada is the secure dealmaking infrastructure company. We help companies, governments, and their advisors protect what matters and realise their potential when it counts. From M&A and capital raising to restructures, audit, and infrastructure procurement, we provide the system of record that keeps critical information secure and processes under control.
• Founded in Sydney in 2005, Ansarada is trusted across 170 countries and has supported more than 55,000 transactions, bringing together data, workflow, and security by design so teams can move with clarity and confidence when the stakes are high.
• Great Place to Work certified for 16 years running. Recognised as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for Women and in Technology. Teams across Sydney, Ho Chi Minh, Chicago, Amsterdam, and London.
• What’s in it for you?
• Maxwell Leadership Program, book budget, and time to learn and grow.
• Real AI development — tools, training, and the space to build workflows that actually change how you work.
• Subsidised health insurance and generous paid leave (parental, birthday, community, anniversary)
• Flexible hybrid model: 3 days in office & 2 days remote.
• Competitive compensation and employee benefits.
• Virtual office tour + meet the team: www.ansarada.com/careers
• Great Place to Work: https://greatplacetowork.com.au/certified-companies/
• Women of Ansarada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2QPPxu57c
• At Ansarada, belonging means embracing and valuing everyone’s unique strengths, experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels respected, celebrated, and empowered to be their true selves.
• The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position based on a good faith assessment of the role and market data at the time of posting. Consistent with applicable law, each candidate’s compensation offer may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, your geographic region, skills, qualifications, and experience along with the requirements of the position. This position may be eligible for bonuses, commissions, or overtime if applicable. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), a retirement savings plan, paid time off, and other employee benefits. Specific details will be provided during the interview process. Datasite reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
• $51,600.00 - $85,300.00
• Our company is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where all individuals are respected and valued. We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building teams that reflect the diversity of our communities.