Sales Development Representative Intern

Lean is hiring an SDR Intern to join the sales team in Riyadh. You will run outbound prospecting and lead generation across KSA, qualifying inbound and outbound leads, booking discovery meetings, and briefing the sales team on context. This is a front-line commercial role within the regions leading financial infrastructure company.

You will develop working knowledge of Lean's client base and product use cases by running real conversations with real prospects across fintech, lending, insurance, and enterprise. You will learn how B2B fintech sales work by doing it.

About Lean

Lean is building the fintech infrastructure platform that catalyzes the next generation of payments and fintech solutions in the region. Our solutions range from open banking and open finance connectivity, account-to-account payments, credit decisioning capabilities, and cross-border stablecoin-powered payments. Our products have garnered the trust of leading companies and enabled them to deliver powerful experiences when connected with a user’s bank account, allowing users to perform prudent financial planning, get better rates on loans, transfer money to friends, and more, without compromising on privacy or security.

Backed by top-tier global investors, including General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq, and having recently raised $67.5M in Series B funding, we’re building the rails for Open Finance in MENA. We’re trusted by 300+ clients across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, from Tabby and Tas’heel to HungerStation, making it the region’s most valuable Open Banking platform.

We are building modern infrastructure and rails for MENA, processing billions of dollars in transactions and enabling seamless, secure, and compliant financial connectivity.

What you'll do

• Research target companies and identify the right decision-makers to contact
• Run outbound outreach across email, LinkedIn, and phone
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads based on fit and buying intent
• Book discovery meetings for the sales team and brief them on the prospect context
• Track activity and pipeline in the CRM accurately and without prompting
• Build familiarity with Lean's open banking and payments products so your conversations are credible

What we're looking for

• A keen networker who loves building relationships, and who feels comfortable speaking with senior stakeholders
• Based in Riyadh or able to work from there
• Fluent in Arabic and English
• Some prior experience dealing with people in a professional context, customer-facing, sales, or similar
• Comfortable picking up the phone or sending a cold message without overthinking it
• Organised enough to manage your own tracking without being chased
• Genuinely curious about fintech