New Business Sales Representative at Telana

Who are we?

Telana are experts in applied innovation, focused on delivering business outcomes through AI, data, software development, and cloud engineering expertise. Formed by the combination of Ancoris and Sundown Solutions, we are a top-tier partner for both Microsoft and Google Cloud. As an accredited Azure Expert MSP provider, we partner with some of the world’s leading brands and government organisations, helping them modernise, drive efficiency, and grow. Our Managed Services team is the cornerstone of our client relationships, ensuring their foundational cloud platforms are performant, optimised, and secure.

What will your role be?

The New Business Sales Representative is a pure "hunter" role, solely responsible for driving market growth by identifying, developing, and closing new logo accounts that fit Telana's Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). This position requires a self-motivated and tenacious individual with a proven track record of generating pipeline and closing complex, multi-stakeholder B2B sales.

What will you be doing?

• New Business Development: Identify and proactively engage with new logo accounts that meet the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) for Telana.
• Targeted Outreach: Develop and execute targeted outreach campaigns to engage with key business, technical, and financial stakeholders within ICP accounts.  
• Pipeline Generation: Identify, qualify, and manage new opportunities, consistently generating a robust sales pipeline.
• Sales Process Management: Manage the end-to-end sales cycle, from initial engagement and discovery to negotiation and deal closure.
• Methodological Rigor: Qualify and manage all opportunities using the MEDDIC sales methodology, ensuring a disciplined and data-driven approach to every deal.
• CRM and Forecasting: Ensure all activity, account information, and pipeline stages are accurately logged and maintained in the company’s Salesforce CRM system. Provide accurate and timely sales forecasts to leadership.  
• Internal Collaboration: Ensure effective internal communication across the company to support sales efforts and enhance the customer experience.  
• Feedback Loop: Provide customer and market feedback to internal teams to enhance product functioning and service delivery.  
• Marketing Support: Develop and support marketing activities where appropriate to drive lead generation.  

This may be you:

• Proven Experience: A track record of success in technology sales, with a specific focus on new logo acquisition and pipeline generation.
• Consultative Selling: Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder B2B sales cycles.
• Strategic Acumen: Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to identify pain and quantify its business impact.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate across different stakeholders effectively.  
• Diligence and Tenacity: Self-motivated and tenacious, with a relentless drive to meet or exceed sales targets.  
• Negotiation Skills: Strong negotiation skills and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.  
• Organizational Skills: Effective problem-solving and organization skills, with a high degree of attention to detail.  
• Willingness to Contribute: A willingness to contribute to the business and our culture more broadly than just this role.  
• Travel: Willingness to travel as required.  

What we offer you

• You will be a part of a skilled, inspiring, and supportive team, and work in an environment that encourages long term personal growth.
• Flexible, and trust-based work environment with a healthy work life balance.
• Our people come first. That’s why you’ll have access to private medical insurance, employee assistance programmes, group life assurance, income protection and access to a market leading benefits platform.
• Learning & development. We will support you in your growth journey and cover the costs of your role-based certifications.
• We have first hand experience that diversity encourages creativity and innovation and makes us better placed to understand a wider range of customers' needs. This means that whatever your background, you won’t find a more welcoming place to work.
• We have family friendly policies and encourage a work-life balance, including flexible working options in roles which permit it.