Lead Nurture & Response Manager

Role 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 is not primarily a cold-calling role. The focus is on responding quickly, writing thoughtful and personalized follow-ups, nurturing longer-term opportunities, and helping move interested prospects toward meetings and active hiring needs. The ideal candidate combines the discipline of a strong SDR with the communication and relationship-building skills of an account manager.

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

Requirements

• 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

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