Shieldpay

Sales Development Representative (SDR)

Shieldpay  •  London, GB (Hybrid)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Impact and Responsibilities

The SDR is responsible for hunting, qualifying, and generating a high-quality pipeline within the legal sector. They are the first point of contact for prospective clients, utilising data-driven outreach and deep industry context to book qualified meetings for Sales Managers.

We are offering a genuine launchpad from SDR to Sales Manager. By positioning a critical, problem-solving product within the legal sector you will drive tangible growth in a business that invests in its commercial talent. If you have the attitude and drive for results, we have the environment to fast-track your success.

  • Map the legal sector to identify key targets and decision makers, building a structured view of where the best opportunities sit

  • Execute multi-channel outreach across cold calling, personalised email, and LinkedIn to generate qualified meetings for the sales team

  • Attend and represent Shieldpay at industry events, building pipeline and market presence in equal measure

  • Qualify inbound and outbound leads by understanding prospect pain points, mapping them to our solutions, and applying a clear qualification framework

  • Maintain a consistent volume of qualified discovery calls each week, feeding a pipeline the business can rely on

  • Work closely with marketing and the sales team to align on campaigns, share market intelligence, and continuously sharpen outreach strategy

Expectations

  • Confident and comfortable across all outbound channels - cold calling, email sequencing, and LinkedIn - with the ability to personalise outreach in a way that gets a response

  • A track record of hitting or exceeding outbound activity targets with a resilient, positive mindset when faced with rejection

  • At ease in face-to-face environments with experience networking or representing a brand at industry events

  • Self-directed and proactive, you take ownership of your own development and bring energy and ideas to the team

  • Experience working within or selling into the legal sector is a strong advantage

Our Promise: Shieldpay is an equal opportunities employer. For Shieldpay building a fair and transparent workforce begins with the recruitment process that does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. We offer flexible working options, such as flexible hours and hybrid work, to support our employees' work-life balance

Shieldpay

About Shieldpay

Shieldpay is the payments platform for the legal and professional services industry, providing technology optimised solutions that reduce risk, provide transparency and enhance security, at pace.

Whether engaged as an escrow or paying agent, or as their managed account provider, Shieldpay removes the need and reduces the burden of managing client money for legal professionals.

Our Verify, Hold and Disburse capabilities can be scaled to different transactional needs, able to service payments of significant value, volume and international scope. Shieldpay takes on the complexity of legal payments, so legal teams don’t have to.

Shieldpay Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as a payment institution and Shieldpay Trustee Services Limited is registered and supervised by HMRC as a Trust Services Provider. We offer a compliant solution in line with SRA and CLC regulations. As part of our operation, we hold banking relationships with recognised financial institutions. Client funds and trust funds are safeguarded with authorised banks which maintain appropriate levels of prudential requirements.

Awards

Banking Tech Awards' Best Digital Solution Provider – PayTech 2023

BusinessCloud Top 50 Most Innovative Fintechs in the UK 2023

Tempo Top 50 startups to work for in London in 2021/2022/2023

Modern Law Combatting Fraud Award 2020

LegalEx Conveyancing Award 2019

Modern Law Innovation of the Year 2019

The ESTAS Conveyancer Award 2019

Barclays Entrepreneurship Award 2018

VISA PAY360 PayTech Innovation Award 2018

RegTech Spotlight Award for Financial Crime 2017

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2017
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