About Niche

Every month, millions of people use Niche to choose where to live, work, and go to school. We have in-depth reviews, rankings, and statistics on every college, K-12 school, and neighborhood in the U.S. and millions of monthly website visitors. Located in Pittsburgh, we're quickly becoming one of the largest websites in the U.S.

Niche.com is all about finding where you fit in and that mission inspires how we operate every day in our office. Our management team is dedicated to our award winning workplace that encourages openness, teamwork and resourcefulness. On top of that, we want Niche to be a place people truly enjoy working.

Job Summary

We are looking for a fearless new business prospector. Your role will be to seek new business opportunities by contacting and developing relationships with potential customers. 

Prospecting and lead generation activities are primarily focused on making warm and cold telephone calls, as well as sending email messages, to leads in our database.  You will use your communication skills to cultivate strong relationships with customers.

If you are motivated and results-driven, and enjoy working in a team environment, we’d like to meet you. If you want to work for a fast paced company that is on the rise, you will want to meet us!

Responsibilities and Duties

• Qualify leads from marketing campaigns as sales opportunities
• Contact potential clients through phone calls and emails
• Be the voice of our company to potential clients
• Identify client needs and suggest appropriate products/services
• Build long-term trusting relationships with clients
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
• Set up meetings or calls between (prospective) clients and Account Executives
• Report to the VP of Sales on (weekly/monthly/quarterly) sales results
• Stay up-to-date with new products/services and new pricing/payment plans

Qualifications and Skills

• Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls)
• Track record of achieving sales quotas
• Experience with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce)
• Analysis of spreadsheets and charts
• Understanding of sales performance metrics
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to deliver engaging presentations

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven work experience in Business Development, Sales Development, Prospector or similar role.

Why Niche?

• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation
• Premium health plan, including vision and dental (provided at no cost to the employee)
• 20 PTO days, 10 paid holidays and 3 paid volunteer days per year
• Parental leave
• Stock options and SIMPLE IRA
• Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users!

Candidates only.  No recruiters or agencies, please. All of our open positions are located in our Pittsburgh, PA office. Sorry, we do not offer relocation assistance.

Niche will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future for this opening.

Niche is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.