Sales Development Representative, Japan

Notion Notion · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan · Sales

This role is for a Sales Development Representative at Notion, a company that builds productivity tools with AI integrated. The role focuses on handling inbound requests, qualifying prospects, prospecting new accounts, and generating enterprise opportunities. The candidate will educate customers on Notion's product, experiment with outbound strategies, and collaborate with marketing and GTM teams. While not an AI expert, the role requires curiosity and willingness to adopt AI tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Handle inbound requests from prospective customers interested in buying Notion
  2. Organize and take thorough notes on prospects.
  3. Qualify those prospects to determine whether or not they’re a good fit for Notion
  4. Prospect and develop new potential accounts by educating contacts about how they can increase their team's collaboration, transparency, and productivity with Notion
  5. Experiment on outbound activity to decision makers with customized messaging and channels to generate Enterprise opportunities

Skills

Required

  • Sales experience
  • Sales development experience
  • SaaS tech experience
  • High growth environment experience
  • Cold calling experience
  • Customer engagement skills
  • Empathy
  • Storytelling
  • Japanese fluency
  • Business level English

Nice to have

  • Technical implementation understanding
  • Builder mentality
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Solutions-oriented mindset
  • Growth mindset
  • Positive attitude
  • Ability to view challenges as learning opportunities

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum 2 years experience in sales or sales development in SaaS tech or a high growth environment
  • Experience making cold calls to decision makers
  • A track record of high achievement in current and previous roles, hitting or exceeding quotas
  • Engaging and compelling customer skills - high cognitive empathy and ability to craft stories tailored to the customer
  • You LOVE talking to customers; Always interested in digging deeper and learning more about their needs
  • Fluency in Japanese and ideally business level English