Twilio Digital Sales Rep - SaaS Career Growth UK in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Role Level & Market Positioning: With a 5+ year requirement, this is a mid-to-senior individual contributor sales role. "Digital Inside Sales" titles at established SaaS companies like Twilio typically carry OTE (on-target earnings) in the £60,000–£90,000 range in the UK market, though no salary is disclosed here — worth clarifying early in the process.
Skills You'll Develop: This role builds a valuable and transferable skill set:
- CPaaS/API platform solution selling — highly sought after as communications technology expands
- Salesforce CRM forecasting and pipeline management
- Cross-functional stakeholder management (Product, Engineering, Marketing)
- Nonprofit/social impact sector expertise — a niche with growing demand as ESG priorities rise
Culture Signals: Twilio is a publicly traded, established tech company (not early-stage), but the Twilio.org social impact arm gives this role a mission-driven character. Expect a structured sales process with defined plays and quotas, not pure entrepreneurial hustle.
Green Flags: Remote-first culture, strong benefits package, mission-driven niche (nonprofits), and Twilio's brand credibility as a career credential.
Watch-outs: The role spans a very broad nonprofit account base (NGOs, healthcare, credit unions, public sector), which could mean high volume and stretch targets. No salary transparency is a yellow flag in a competitive UK market. Confirm quota expectations and ramp structure before accepting.
Who We Are
At Twilio, we're shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences.
Our dedication to remote-first work, and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you're part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we're acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands.
Hiring and How We Work
We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions!
While we are a remote-first company, you may be asked to report in person on an ad-hoc basis for team gatherings, functional off-sites, or customer meetings.
See Yourself at Twilio
Join the team as our next Digital Sales Representative.
About the Job
This position plays a key role in further growing Twilio's social impact organization. As our Digital Inside Sales Representative, you will be responsible for lead qualification, net new customer acquisition, solution selling, and closing deals within our nonprofit accounts — all while upholding the Twilio Magic and driving forward with the ultimate goal to help our customers do good.
Responsibilities
In this role, you'll:
- Manage and expand customer accounts within Twilio.org's Self-Service and Named Account customers across community & social services, public sector, healthcare, traditional NGOs, humanitarian aid, credit unions, and other non-profit customers.
- Work with customers to understand their business and technical requirements, and design solutions using Twilio's communications API platform for their specific use cases.
- Manage entire sales cycles and own a book of business with the goal of closing new revenue, protecting revenue, and driving upsell and cross-sells while addressing issues that may arise.
- Execute programmable sales plays to consistently deliver strong revenue, gross margin, and gross profit results.
- Work cross-functionally with internal teams (Sales, Sales Development, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Support) to execute renewals, address customer requirements, advise on digital communication strategies, and help customers onboard to the Twilio platform.
- Generate and maintain an accurate sales pipeline and forecast utilizing Salesforce CRM through proactive efforts and collaboration with your manager.
- Execute automation strategies to serve a large quantity of customers while maintaining NPS and preventing churn.
- Drive deals forward, remove obstacles for customers and internally, find the best solution for each customer, and recommend process improvements to support the whole team.
- Develop expertise in the social impact and nonprofit market to help prospective customers understand how others are leveraging Twilio's platform to scale their reach and missions.
Qualifications
Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Twilio values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!
Required:
- At least 5+ years of sales, marketing, and/or operations experience in a technical SaaS/CPaaS space, with a record of top performance.
- Technical solutions selling experience — including closing experience — and enjoyment working with customers to solve their problems.
- Demonstrated track record of managing business forecasts and financial models.
- Comfortable working with business and highly technical leaders, while influencing their understanding and building supportive partnerships.
- Analytical account development strategy based on using data to find opportunities and prove value.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with appetite to define processes and build programs.
- Record of delivering revenue and gross profit results.
- Deep personal interest in the social impact market and dedicating your career to making a positive difference.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical and financial details sound simple.
- High adaptability, with comfort trying new things and building within a rapid-paced environment, and comfort with ambiguity and change.
- Strong process-orientation with focus on amplifying improvements in your own work by improving systems and processes across the team.
- World-class organization, prioritization, and documentation skills.
- Experience with social impact and public sector entities is a plus.
Location
This role will be remote, and based in the UK.
Travel
We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.
What We Offer
There are many benefits to working at Twilio, including competitive pay, generous time-off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.
Twilio thinks big. Do you?
We like to solve problems, take initiative, pitch in when needed, and are always up for trying new things. That's why we seek out colleagues who embody our values — something we call Twilio Magic. Additionally, we empower employees to build positive change in their communities by supporting their volunteering and donation efforts.
So, if you're ready to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and be the best version of yourself, apply now! If this role isn't what you're looking for, please consider other open positions.
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