Sales Associate

Internal Title: Sales Development Representative

About Us:

YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and most recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B. Every day, our proprietary technology analyzes billions of alternative data points to uncover actionable insights across sectors like software, AI, cloud, e-commerce, ridesharing, and payments.

Our data and research teams transform raw data into strategic intelligence, delivering accurate, timely, and deeply contextualized analysis that our customers—ranging from the world’s top investment funds to Fortune 500 companies—depend on to drive high-stakes decisions. From sourcing and licensing novel datasets to rigorous analysis and expert narrative framing, our teams ensure clients get not just data, but clarity and confidence.

We operate globally with offices in the US (NYC, Austin, Miami, Mountain View) APAC (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Singapore), and India. Our award-winning, people-centric culture—recognized by Inc. as a Best Workplace for three consecutive years—emphasizes transparency, ownership, and continuous mastery.

What It’s Like to Work at YipitData:

YipitData isn’t a place for coasting—it’s a launchpad for ambitious, impact-driven professionals. From day one, you’ll take the lead on meaningful work, accelerate your growth, and gain exposure that shapes careers.

Why Top Talent Chooses YipitData:

• Ownership That Matters: You’ll lead high-impact projects with real business outcomes

• Rapid Growth: We compress years of learning into months

• Merit Over Titles: Trust and responsibility are earned through execution, not tenure

• Velocity with Purpose: We move fast, support each other, and aim high—always with purpose and intention

Who Thrives Here?

We hire sprinters, not coasters—people who:

• Choose growth over comfort

• Lead through challenges

• Are energized by high expectations

It’s not for everyone, and that’s intentional. If your ambition is matched by your work ethic—and you're hungry for a place where growth, impact, and ownership are the norm—YipitData might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

As Our Sales Development Representative, You Will:

• Develop creative outbound sales skills by leveraging a number of communication methods including cold calling, cold emailing, Bloomberg and others

• Own the inbound sales process by developing and iterating on the prospect experience, qualifying the opportunities and delivering the YipitData value proposition to ensure sales success

• Work with Hedge Funds and Investment Managers who rely on the next generation of alternative data research to help with their investments

• Collaborate with internal Marketing and Product Expert teams to optimize the opportunity conversion process

• Map out organizational structures of leading Hedge Funds and Investment Managers to identify prospective buyers

• Have an opportunity to develop skills across a broad range of sales technology tools such as Salesforce, Clari, Groove, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and others

About The Role:

• We are looking to hire a Sales Development Representative in Asia Pacific who will act as a key growth driver for prospective outbound client engagement across our Investor prospects

• As a Sales Development Representative, you will identify prospects within our target market, map out potential users/buyer personas and utilize a number of outbound communication channels to begin sales engagement

• You will work closely with the Sales organisation and other internal teams to book qualified opportunities for the Sales Executives with the goal of ultimately helping to drive pipeline generation and sales

• You will work closely with internal marketing teams to own our inbound lead function and improve our top of funnel sales process

• This role offers an excellent opportunity to progress your career towards full end-to-end sales

• This position is located in Hong Kong and prospecting will span Asia Pacific

You Are Likely To Succeed If You:

• Have experience as an SDR (either in an internship or full-time role) and a strong desire to be in sales

• Are excited about cold calling and embrace that this is a core responsibility of the position

• Can speak and write confidently in Chinese to engage prospects

• Are creative and like to think of different ways to engage prospects

• Are empathic and have strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence

• Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments

• Have a positive outlook

• Are resourceful and excited to learn

• Have sound judgment when handling new situations

What We Offer:

Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary

• We care about your personal life and we mean it. We offer flexible work hours, flexible vacation, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more!

• Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact that you are making, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics. Everyone at YipitData is empowered to learn, self-improve, and master their skills in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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