Founding Sales Development Representative
New York City, New York, United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$90,000 - $110,000 USD
Key skills
GoAICRMLeadershipCommunicationSales
About this role
Who we are:
Nirvana is on a mission to harness the power of data to revolutionize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. We are bringing much-needed innovation into the legacy, trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry. We have developed cutting-edge predictive models that use real-time IoT data from billions of connected devices, allowing us to better understand and price risk. Our AI-driven platform fundamentally changes the way an insurance company operates with personalized risk scoring, faster underwriting, modernized claims, and proactive, data-driven insights to help customers prevent accidents.
We’ve already proven the scale—serving thousands of fleets and more than doubling our written premiums year over year. Our data moat is growing exponentially with more than 30 billion miles of telematics data, leading to more predictive models and new insights into how we can better understand and reduce risk. Altogether, our loss ratio, efficiency, and customer experience are redefining what can be done in the industry.
With $270+ million raised, including our Series D round in December 2025, we’re only accelerating our growth, with strong support from top-tier VCs including Lightspeed, General Catalyst, and Valor. Nirvana’s leadership team has previously helped scale multi-billion-dollar companies from scratch, including Samsara, Rubrik, and Flexport, and includes industry veterans from Hiscox, The Hartford, and RLI.
Born as a spinout of Nirvana and backed by the same investors, Vega Claims (AI native insurance claims solution) is building from the ground up to modernize the $250B global market.
About the role:
We’re looking for a Senior Sales Development Representative who is excited to join this new business unit and help build from 0 to 1. This is a unique opportunity to join and get founding equity and uncapped OTE! As the founding SDR, you’ll be at the front of our go-to-market motion: hunting for leads, mapping accounts, and creating demand for a new product that’s reinventing one of the largest industries in the world. This is not a traditional SDR seat - you will get a front-row seat and influence how our sales org is built.
This role is ideal for individuals looking to develop enterprise technology sales skills and to advance their careers. Overachievers will earn accelerated commissions and be well-positioned for promotion into closing roles.
We’re a distributed team spread across the US, Chile, and India, with offices in San Francisco, CA, Columbus, OH, New York, NY and Atlanta, GA. We’re hiring a hybrid role going into the New York City office for this position.
What you’ll do:
Identify, research, and engage potential customers through outbound prospecting.
Manage a well organized pipeline of prospects in the CRM.
Collaborate with the General Manager to refine sales messaging & outbound strategies.
Meet or exceed quarterly goals for opportunities generated.
About you:
Some prior sales experience (internships included), ideally involving outbound outreach or customer engagement.
Strong communication skills, both written & verbal.
Highly-motivated and goal-oriented.
Thorough critical thinker who isn’t afraid to take risks and make decisions.
Self-starter who independently seeks out opportunities to learn & succeed.
A growth mindset and a willingness to be collaborative with your teammates in the relationship building process.
Bias-to-action - you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty & stretch yourself.
Owner mentality - take accountability for your actions & results.
Successfully able to work in high-growth & ambiguous start-up environments.
Benefits:
Competitive salary
Medical, dental & vision insurance
401k with company match
Flexible PTO
We set our salary ranges using compensation data from companies similar to our stage and size. For this role, the estimated on target earnings (OTE) for this position is $90,000 - $110,000. The actual base salary will vary depending on multiple factors unique to each candidate, including location, job-related knowledge, transferable skills, work experience and our assessment of your level during the interview process. Nirvana offers equity for all full-time employees, which is not included in the range listed above and will have an impact on your overall compensation.
Nirvana offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive benefits including 100% employer paid healthcare plans, an up to 4% 401k match program, paid time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursement, work-from-home stipend and more.Nirvana is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re interested in this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. We'd like to consider you for this position and roles that may be a fit in the future.
Nirvana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Nirvana considers all qualified applicants in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.