Sales Development Representative

K1x is the leading data distribution platform for alternative investments and a Fast Company Most Innovative Companies 2025 honoree. Our mission is straightforward: digitize the K-1 ecosystem. Through patented, AI-powered automation, we connect investors, advisors, tax software, portals, accounting firms, and taxing authorities, turning weeks of manual K-1 processing into seconds of structured, validated data.

Trusted by more than 40,000 organizations and backed by Edison Partners with $40M in total funding and 130% revenue growth, K1x is building the market-facing team to match our momentum.

As a Sales Development Representative at K1x, you will identify and engage Tax Partners, CFOs, Controllers, and other decision‑makers across accounting firms, private equity, wealth management, and institutional investment organizations.

This is an opportunity to help build our sales development function from the ground up. Rather than stepping into a fully established playbook, you'll work with sales leadership to test messaging, refine outreach strategies, and help shape the processes future SDRs will follow.

We're looking for someone who is competitive, curious, polished, and comfortable with ambiguity. You take initiative, learn quickly, and are willing to share what's working and what isn't.

• Execute high-volume, high-quality outbound prospecting across phone, email, and Linked In.
• Conduct deep account research using AI and tools such as Clay and Gong to identify key decision-makers and buying committees at accounting firms, institutional investors, university endowments, family offices, and private foundations.
• Leverage intent data tools (Linked In Sales Navigator, 6
  
  Sense, Zoom Info) to prioritize accounts with active buying signals and design tailored engagement sequences.

• Qualify inbound and outbound leads against K1x's Ideal Customer Profile, budget, authority, need, and timeline, [RA1] engaging prospects to uncover needs before scheduling discovery meetings for Account Executives.
• Nurture inbound leads in a timely and strategic manner, ensuring a seamless transition from initial interest to a qualified meeting.
• Deliver complete, accurate context to Account Executives on every handoff: prospect pain points, stakeholder map, and next steps.

• Manage all activity, notes, and pipeline data in Hub Spot with rigor, ensuring clean records and accurate forecasting.
• Meet and exceed weekly and monthly KPIs for outreach volume, Sales Qualified Lead generation, and qualified meetings booked.
• Review your own metrics regularly and refine your approach based on what the data tells you.

• Stay current on alternative investment industry trends, regulatory changes affecting K-1 and 990 reporting, and the competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales leadership to share field insights and contribute to targeting and positioning strategy.

• Generate qualified pipeline consistently, meeting or exceeding quarterly SQL targets for the Account Executive team.
• Book qualified discovery meetings at a rate that demonstrates strong conversion from outreach to call.
• Maintain high outreach volume daily across phone, email, and Linked In while preserving quality and relevance at scale.
• Develop working fluency in K-1 and 990 tax workflows, alternative investment structures, and the K1x product suite within 90 days.
• Keep CRM records clean and complete, ensuring every interaction is logged and every handoff is accurate.
• Contribute market intelligence back to marketing and sales leadership to sharpen go-to-market strategy.

• 1–2 years of…