Sales Development Representative | Public Sector
$76k - $105k USD
About Ramp
At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.
Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 50,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $100 billion in purchases each year.
Ramp’s investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint, and ICONIQ, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.
Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.
About the Role
As a founding Sales Development Representative in the Public Sector, you will be on our first SDR team focused exclusively on building Ramp’s presence in the Public Sector market. This is an individual contributor role with a clear and primary focus: sourcing high-value deals. Our world-class sales organization is looking for self-motivated teammates with high social intelligence and a natural inclination for selling to accelerate our growth as we scale rapidly! Individuals who are eager to learn, embrace challenges, and passionate about succeeding will thrive at Ramp. Our SDRs act as the initial point of contact and are responsible for hunting and qualifying leads to build sales opportunities for the team while working closely with leadership to refine our approach to this new market. You’ll work closely with C-level executives, finance leaders, and decision-makers to bring Ramp’s value proposition to life, while partnering internally with leadership, product, marketing, and operations to ensure success in the Public Sector.
What You’ll Do
Source new Public Sector opportunities through outbound outreach
Qualify prospects through consultative selling while leveraging BANT criteria
Grow top of sales funnel through warm and cold outbound campaigns
Research companies and add prospects to our outbound list
Maintain accurate client relationship data within Salesforce
What You Need
Experience working directly in the Public Sector/SLED space
Strong written and verbal communication skills; Excellent listening skills and energetic phone presence
High level of comfort with sales, prospecting and marketing tools & processes
Dedication to tracking and improving performance and efficiency on a daily basis
Deep interest in understanding business challenges
Sense of entrepreneurship: a self-starter with a high sense of urgency and ability to work within undefined processes
Nice to Haves
Prior experience with customer-facing and/or sales roles
Prior CRM experience (preferably Salesforce)
Experience with financial services sales
Experience at a high-growth startup
Ability to understand financial services
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university
For candidates located in NYC or SF, the pay range for this role is $76,000 - $104,500. For candidates located in all other locations, the pay range for this role is $68,000 - $93,500
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
One Medical annual membership
401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
Flexible PTO
Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
Parental Leave
Unlimited AI token usage
Pet insurance
Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees
Health and Wellness stipend
In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
Budget for intra-office travel
Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.