Sales Development Representative - German Speaker

Overview

Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.

As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.

Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia’s VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.

Welcome to the video first world! From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and at work. If you’re reading this and nodding, check out our brand video.

Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high‑quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now…

About Synthesia

We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high‑quality videos. Whether it’s for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, and McDonald’s.

In 2023, we were one of 7 European companies to reach unicorn status. In February 2024, G2 named us the fastest growing company in the world. In 2025 we announced our series D funding. In total we’ve raised over $330 M in funding from top‑tier investors, including NEA, Atlassian Ventures, WiL, PSP Growth, and existing investors such as Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, GV and prominent founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.

Responsibilities

• Drive Synthesia’s growth through inbound and prospecting activities, generating leads that will turn into opportunities and closed business.
• Educate and work on leads via inbound or outbound activities through phone calls, emails, social media, events, webinars, and campaigns.
• Develop an in‑depth understanding of each lead generation process, supporting marketing activities, prospect touch‑points, and Account Executive hand‑off.
• Create and activate email sequences, and make cold calls to map and penetrate accounts.
• Conduct follow‑up calls and emails until meetings are set.

About You

• Must be native/bilingual in German and English.
• Keen interest in software/SaaS solutions, consulting, Web3, or other tech areas.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑growth, rapidly changing environment.
• Attention to detail and outstanding communication skills, including phone, listening, and writing.
• Self‑driven with a desire to help Synthesia grow, supported by autonomy to create scalable processes for success.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with a strong growth mindset.
• Ambitious and self‑motivated, comfortable in a quota‑carrying environment.
• Commit to working from our Regents Place office 5 days a week.

Bonus Points

• Prior experience using sales automation/prospecting tools (Amplemarket, Salesloft, Outreach) and CRM (Salesforce).
• Experience at a fast‑growing startup.
• Ace at cold calling and relationship building.

Expectations

• Put the customer first.
• Own it & go direct.
• Be fast & experimental.
• Make the journey fun.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + stock options in our fast‑growing Series D startup.
• Private medical insurance (London).
• Paid parental leave: 16 weeks of full pay to primary caregivers, 5 weeks to secondary.^(1)
• 25 days of annual leave + public holidays in the country where you are based.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme (London).
• Regular socials and a fun culture.
• Generous referral scheme.
• Pension contribution/salary sacrifice (London).
• Brand new computer + monitor and an additional home office set‑up budget.
• Huge opportunity for career growth as you’ll help shape a market‑defining product.