B2B SDR - Arabic SaaS & AI Messaging Sales MENA in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This SDR role at Division50 targets a high-growth niche — conversational AI and messaging automation for the GCC market (UAE and Saudi Arabia). Skills developed here are increasingly in demand as businesses across MENA adopt WhatsApp Business API and omnichannel platforms.
Compensation reality check: A $500/month base is significantly below market rate for a full-time B2B SDR — even in Egypt and MENA. Global SDR base salaries typically range from $1,500–$4,000/month. This structure signals a commission-heavy model, which suits aggressive closers but creates income risk for those still building skills. Request full commission plan details (rate, quota, cap) before accepting.
Career development upsides:
- Hands-on experience with conversational AI and SaaS platforms — a fast-growing and transferable skill set.
- Prospecting in UAE/Saudi Arabia gives you rare regional expertise that commands premium salaries at larger SaaS companies.
- Bilingual (English + Arabic) SDR experience is genuinely scarce and highly valued in MENA-focused tech sales teams.
Red flags to watch:
- Low base salary with vague commission terms — high performance risk.
- You are working for an intermediary (Division50) on behalf of an unnamed client, which limits brand-building on your resume.
- The "opportunity to move into a full-time role" language suggests the current engagement may be part-time in practice despite being advertised as full-time.
Best suited for: Early-career Arabic-speaking sales professionals building a MENA SaaS portfolio, or experienced SDRs seeking supplemental income with upside potential.
Headquarters: Egypt
URL: http://division50.com
Target markets: UAE and Saudi Arabia
Languages: Fluent English and Arabic
Division50 is hiring a full-time SDR for a client offering a customer communication and conversational AI platform. The platform brings channels such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger into one shared inbox, helping businesses manage customer conversations, organize contacts, automate follow-ups, and deploy AI agents.
You will identify businesses with customer communication and sales challenges, qualify their needs, and book discovery meetings or product demonstrations for the client's sales team.
Responsibilities- Research businesses in the UAE and Saudi Arabia that generate leads or serve customers through messaging channels.
- Identify decision-makers across sales, marketing, customer service, operations, and business ownership.
- Generate opportunities through cold calling, LinkedIn, and email outreach in English and Arabic.
- Explore challenges such as missed inquiries, slow responses, inconsistent follow-ups, and conversations spread across multiple channels.
- Explain the value of a unified inbox, contact management, messaging campaigns, and AI-assisted customer engagement.
- Qualify prospects based on their communication channels, inquiry volume, team structure, current tools, and buying timeline.
- Book 20 qualified meetings per month and follow up to support attendance.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and share clear discovery notes with the sales team.
- Proven B2B SDR or outbound sales experience, preferably selling CRM, SaaS, marketing automation, WhatsApp Business solutions, or customer engagement platforms.
- Fluent spoken and written English and Arabic.
- Experience prospecting into the UAE or Saudi market.
- Understanding of messaging-based sales, lead management, customer service workflows, and automation.
- Ability to connect software features to sales and customer experience outcomes.
- Strong cold-calling, objection-handling, research, and follow-up skills.
- Experience managing an outbound pipeline using CRM systems.
- Availability for a full-time schedule aligned with UAE and Saudi business hours.
- $500 USD monthly base salary + commission.
- Fully remote role.
- Opportunity to move into a full-time role based on performance and business needs.
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