Position:
Lead Nurture & Response Manager
Company:
Simera
Location:
South Africa (Remote)
Employment type:
Not Specified
Work Arrangement:
Remote
Short Summary:
Simera is looking for an exceptional communicator to manage follow-up with companies and referral partners who have expressed interest in our global hiring services. This role focuses on responding quickly, writing thoughtful and personalized follow-ups, nurturing longer-term opportunities, and helping move interested prospects toward meetings and active hiring needs.
Responsibilities:
- Respond to positive replies from email, LinkedIn, and referral partners
- Write personalized and creative follow-up messages
- Re-engage prospects who have stopped responding
- Nurture companies that are interested but not ready to hire
- Book qualified meetings for senior sales leaders
- Follow up after meetings, proposals, candidate submissions, and interviews
- Maintain accurate CRM records, next steps, and follow-up dates
- Use phone calls when a live conversation can help move an opportunity forward
- Identify urgent or high-value opportunities and escalate them appropriately
Requirement:
- 2–5 years of experience in SDR, business development, account management, customer success, recruitment, staffing, or another client-facing commercial role
- Exceptional written and spoken English
- Strong experience managing warm or partially qualified leads
- Ability to write naturally without relying on generic templates
- Excellent organization, persistence, and commercial judgment
- Experience using email, LinkedIn, CRM, and sales-engagement tools
- Comfortable communicating with founders, executives, HR leaders, and hiring managers
- Willing to work afternoon and evening hours in South Africa to support US prospects
Preferred Experience:
- B2B SaaS, recruitment, staffing, HR technology, outsourcing, or global hiring
- Inbound or senior SDR experience
- Experience nurturing longer sales cycles and reactivating dormant leads
- Experience communicating on behalf of senior executives