Sales Development Representative (English-speaking) (f/m/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Berlin (Hybrid)

Short Description
SPREAD builds AI-powered software that helps leading manufacturers like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Bosch, and Rheinmetall master the complexity of software-defined products.
Our Engineering Intelligence Platform transforms disconnected technical data into usable insights — enabling engineering teams to bring products to market up to 10× faster, 50% more cost-efficiently, and with higher quality. Recognized with the SPARK AI Innovation Award (Handelsblatt & McKinsey, 2024) and listed among LinkedIn’s Top Startups DACH, SPREAD is one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI companies.
We’re expanding fast and looking for a Sales Development Representative  (SDR) to join our Berlin sales team. You’ll be on the front line of growth — connecting with engineering and technology leaders, starting high-impact conversations, and creating qualified opportunities for our Account Executives.
This role fits someone who thrives on momentum: curious, ambitious, and driven to learn. You like clear goals, fast feedback loops, and working in a team that moves quickly, values precision, and plays to win.
Your Mission
Drive Pipeline
  • Own outbound prospecting into target accounts across automotive, defense, manufacturing, and industrial sectors.
  • Run high-quality, high-volume outreach (~300+ calls/week) across phone, email, and LinkedIn.
  • Tailor messaging for different personas — engineers, managers, and executives.
  • Generate qualified opportunities and hand them off seamlessly to Account Executives.
Research & Discovery
  • Research target accounts and map key stakeholders, initiatives, and challenges.
  • Lead concise, structured discovery calls that uncover pain points and connect them to SPREAD’s value.
  • Develop a clear understanding of the technical and organizational dynamics in complex enterprises.
  • Choose a focus vertical — Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, or Machinery — and build your network and expertise there.
Process & Execution
  • Use Salesforce, Salesloft/Outreach, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator to manage cadences, data, and activity.
  • Maintain accurate CRM notes, follow through on every lead, and measure your performance weekly.
  • Learn from data — test, iterate, and continuously improve.
Learning & Growth
  • Embrace feedback, coaching, and iteration; refine your approach every week.
  • Learn SPREAD’s product and industry deeply enough to engage technical buyers with credibility.
  • Bring energy, discipline, and ownership to everything you do.
  • Collaborate closely with Marketing to share insights, ICP learnings, and messaging improvements.
Your Experience
  • 1–3 years in B2B SaaS or tech sales, or strong motivation to break into the field.
  • Native-level fluency in English (German is a huge advantage).
  • Competitive drive and resilience — thrives on challenges, treats targets as motivation, and stays focused under pressure.
  • Customer empathy and commercial awareness — understands business value and communicates SPREAD’s impact with authenticity and confidence.
  • People energy and communication — extroverted, engaging, clear, and confident; listens actively and builds trust quickly.
  • Curiosity and learning agility — hungry to understand complex products and customers; learns fast and applies feedback immediately.
  • Structured and analytical thinking — plans outreach with intent, uses data to refine approach, strategizes effectively, and executes consistently.
  • Organized and accountable — keeps CRM data clean, follows up reliably, and takes ownership of outcomes.
  • Comfortable in a fast-moving, ambitious environment where momentum and results matter.
  • Bonus: Experience with enterprise accounts, AI or engineering software, or a background in manufacturing or industrial tech.
Why SPREAD?
SPREAD is transforming how engineering organizations work with data and AI. Our customers — from BMW to Rheinmetall — rely on our platform to deliver complex products faster, cheaper, and with greater precision.
We’ve grown double digits every year since 2019, and we’re only getting started. You’ll join a company that combines the scale and credibility of an established enterprise partner with the energy and opportunity of a modern AI scale-up.
At SPREAD, you’ll have:
  • AI-Driven Impact: Work with real technology solving complex, global challenges — not hype.
  • Career Acceleration: A clear path to Account Executive and beyond as you build expertise and results.
  • Learning Culture: Collaborate with experienced enterprise sales leaders who will help you master B2B sales at a world-class level.
  • Growth and Ownership: Join a team where ideas move fast, progress is visible, and every contribution shapes the next chapter of SPREAD’s journey.
About us
SPREAD is pioneering Agentic Engineering Intelligence. Our low-code platform transforms fragmented hardware and software product data into dynamic Product Twins, creating an AI-ready knowledge base that powers smarter decisions and automation across the entire product lifecycle.
At the heart of our technology lies the world’s first Universal Engineering Information Model (EIN) — a semantic framework that connects domain-specific and lifecycle data into a federated Engineering Intelligence Graph, continuously evolving over time. This foundation enables specialized AI agents to execute tasks like compliance checks, dependency analysis, and specification generation — seamlessly integrated into the tools engineers already use.
The impact is tangible: companies using SPREAD achieve up to 10x faster time-to-market, 50% lower lifecycle costs, and significantly higher product quality.
Industry leaders such as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Rheinmetall, and others rely on SPREAD to build the next generation of software-defined products.
Headquartered in Berlin, SPREAD delivers enterprise-grade security (ISO 27001 & TISAX), full GDPR compliance, and flexible deployment options — in the cloud or on-premises.

Our Vision
The future of engineering is data-driven and agentic. We make product data the most accessible, intuitive, and impactful resource in engineering — so that engineers can unleash their full creativity and drive innovation at scale.
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