Senior Sales Development Associate

Menlo Park, CA · Remote ok$92k – $105k

About this role

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

  • Pragmatic Optimism
  • Excellence without Ego
  • Proactive Collaboration
\nJob Overview

We’re experiencing strong and increasing demand for our product from customers across multiple industries, use cases, and countries. To support commercial activity across sales teams at Mainspring and our partners, we are expanding our Growth team and are seeking a dynamic and versatile Growth Associate. In this role, you will be responsible for taking our sales development process to the next level while also stepping into market strategy and growth marketing initiatives.

If you have experience with clean energy and distributed energy resource equipment along with an ability to empathize with customers, think both analytically and commercially, and leverage AI, we encourage you to apply for this important position on our Growth team.

Responsibilities
  • Sales development

    • Training and onboarding new SDR(s)

    • Managing customer outreach in SalesLoft

    • Developing thought leadership for the team on optimal approaches to outreach

  • Growth Marketing

    • Partner with Brand Marketing team to create segment specific activation campaigns – e.g.,  ads that can be shared through channels like LinkedIn

    • Partner with Rev Ops to launch and track the performance of those campaigns – e.g., test and learn how integrating activation campaigns before and during outbound email campaigns affects response rates and meeting rates

  • Other - the growth team includes market strategy and AI integration / process optimization initiatives that will require support from this associate

    • E.g., targeting analysis - which customers should we target and why; meeting regularly with Sales teams to understand what they are seeing in the field

Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree required

  • At least 3 years of total work experience across clean energy and/or DER technologies and sales, sales development, and/or analytics

  • Proven track record of managing and implementing successful customer outreach campaigns

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain targeting analysis and outreach approach to various stakeholders including C-Suite

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

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$92,000 - $105,000 a year

This is a remote role with a 25% target bonus. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits.

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Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

Company at a glance

Mainspring is a power generator manufacturer redefining how local power is delivered to capacity constrained companies and communities. No other primary power solution can match the flexibility, affordability, and low emissions of a Mainspring Linear Generator. Mainspring customers across key industries — utilities, data centers, enterprise, and industrial — are taking control of their energy futures.

Founded2010
Team Size201-500 employees
WorkspaceRemote ok
IndustryElectric Power Generation
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States

Top Benefits

  • Stock options
  • Bonus

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