VVater

Sales Development Representative

Austin, TX

Sponsorship not specified$25k-$40kDetected 83 days ago
HubSpotCRMSalesLead GenerationNegotiationOutbound SalesCommunicationPublic Speaking

About the role

  • Unlike outdated chemical, filter, and membrane systems, VVater's electric-field breakthroughs eliminate PFAS, microplastics, microorganisms, and other contaminants with record retention times, without toxic byproducts or costly consumables.
  • At VVater, starting salaries are expressed as base salaries for sales roles.
  • Provide continuous voice-of-customer feedback to Product, R&D, and Operations to inform roadmaps, pricing, and delivery playbooks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Generation and Qualification: Actively identify potential clients through LinkedIn, industry databases, and referrals.
  • Develop and implement lead generation and qualification strategies, ensuring a consistent pipeline of prospective clients.
  • Prepare and deliver engaging and informative sales presentations tailored to each potential client's specific needs and interests.
  • Own the full sales cycle: territory/account planning, outbound and inbound prospecting, discovery, technical scoping with SMEs, value/ROI framing, proposal and pricing via CPQ, commercial negotiation, and contract close.
  • Map and develop multi-stakeholder opportunities (owners/developers, municipalities and utilities, EPCs/GCs, A/E firms, operators, hospitality/resort groups, industrial plants), building strong executive and technical relationships.
  • Lead RFP/RFQ responses and proposal development; manage terms in coordination with Legal and Finance to protect scope, margin, and schedule.
  • Partner with Marketing on campaigns, events, and content; represent VVater at conferences/trade shows and convert interest into qualified opportunities.
  • Drive channel and partner engagement (manufacturers' reps, EPCs, developers, architects/landscape, mechanical/plumbing contractors) to expand reach and accelerate deals.
  • Adhere to a structured sales methodology (e.g., MEDDICC/Challenger) and VVater's deal governance; perform all other duties as instructed by the company.
  • Perform all other duties as instructed by the company.

Requirements

  • 5+ years' success selling engineered solutions or capital/industrial projects (water/wastewater, process equipment, MEP/utility infrastructure, industrial automation/controls, or closely related).

Nice to have

  • Strong command of consultative/value-based selling, opportunity qualification, competitive positioning, and negotiation
  • formal sales methodology experience preferred.
  • Proficient with CRM (HubSpot preferred), CPQ/pricing tools, and Microsoft 365
  • comfortable producing clear proposals, scopes, and cost summaries.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction/Industrial Management, or Business (technical discipline strongly preferred)
  • MBA or EIT a plus.

Compensation

  • $25k-$40k

Benefits

  • Maintain rigorous pipeline hygiene in HubSpot (or similar), with stage definitions, next steps, close plans, and 90-day forecast accuracy; report weekly on pipeline coverage, conversion, cycle time, and margin health.

Company info

  • You will prospect, qualify, scope, propose, negotiate, and close opportunities across municipal, industrial, and private development customers, then ensure a clean hand-off to delivery.
  • Additional compensation from sales commissions and short-term incentives are also part of the compensation package for the Sales Representative.

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