Hire a Filipino Sales Development Rep. Outbound Prospecting That Fills Your Pipeline.
Filipino SDRs prospect, cold email, cold call, qualify leads, and book meetings for your account executives. They work your CRM, run your sequences, and deliver qualified pipeline. Hire through RecruitGo with full Philippine labor law compliance.
Your AEs Should Be Closing, Not Prospecting
Every hour an AE spends researching leads and writing cold emails is an hour not spent on demos and closing. A dedicated SDR owns the top of the funnel so your AEs walk into conversations with buyers who already want to talk.
Experience with cold calling US prospects, personalized outreach emails, navigating gatekeepers, handling objections, and qualifying leads using BANT and MEDDIC. They understand outbound is a volume game with a quality filter.
Filipino SDRs speak English with neutral accents. They handle objections, ask discovery questions, and build rapport in the same conversational English your prospects expect.
A mid-level Filipino SDR costs $900 to $1,300/month base. Add commission and total is $1,100 to $1,800. A US SDR costs $6,500 to $8,500/month OTE. For the cost of one US SDR, you can hire 3 to 4 Filipino SDRs.
Filipino SDRs have years of experience working night shifts aligned to EST, CST, and PST. Your SDR is online and dialing when your prospects are at their desks.
SDR Cost Comparison by Country
Base salary ranges. Most SDR roles also include 20 to 40% commission tied to meetings booked or pipeline generated.
Filipino SDRs combine strong English with the persistence outbound sales demands. Many have B2B experience from the BPO sector, where outbound calling for US companies is a well-established career path.
What Does an SDR Do All Day?
An SDR owns the top of your sales funnel. Their job is to generate qualified meetings for your account executives.
SDR vs BDR vs Account Executive
These titles overlap but serve different functions in the sales process.
| SDR | BDR | Account Executive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary function | Outbound prospecting. Books meetings for AEs. | Can overlap with SDR. Sometimes inbound or new market development. | Runs demos, manages sales cycle, closes deals. |
| Funnel ownership | Top of funnel. | Top to mid funnel. | Mid to bottom of funnel. |
| Key metric | Meetings booked, pipeline generated. | Qualified leads, opportunities created. | Revenue closed, deal size, win rate. |
| Comp structure | Base + 20-40% variable (meetings/pipeline). | Base + commission (similar to SDR). | Base + 40-60% variable (closed revenue). |
| Philippines salary | $600 to $1,800/month base | $700 to $1,800/month base | $1,200 to $3,000+/month base |
EOR-Employed SDR vs Freelance Contractor
SDRs access your CRM, prospect data, sales playbooks, and pricing. They represent your company in direct conversations with potential customers.
| Comparison | EOR-Employed (RecruitGo) | Freelance / Direct Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Employment status | Fully employed with local contract | Independent contractor (often misclassified) |
| Social security | SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG all covered | None. Your liability if reclassified |
| 13th month pay | Calculated and paid by EOR | Not applicable (but legally required if deemed employed) |
| CRM and prospect data | NDA and data handling clauses in employment contract | Freelance NDA has limited enforceability |
| Commission structure | Structured compliantly through EOR payroll | Commission to contractors creates misclassification risk |
| Sales process adherence | Full-time, dedicated. Follows your playbook consistently | Freelancers may use own methods |
| Pipeline continuity | Full-time SDR builds momentum over months | Freelance SDRs move between clients. Pipeline resets |
| Your legal risk | Zero. EOR bears employer liability | Full. You may be deemed the employer |
Hire Your SDR in 3 Steps
Share your ICP, target market, sales tools (HubSpot, Salesforce, Apollo, Outreach), outreach channels, qualification framework, and whether the SDR handles inbound, outbound, or both.
We assess: cold call ability (live role play with objections), cold email quality (3-touch sequence from a brief), CRM proficiency, qualification methodology (mock discovery call), English fluency, and resilience. You receive 2 to 3 candidates with call recordings and video introductions.
Select your SDR. We handle employment, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG, compliant payroll including commission. SDR onboarding takes 1 to 2 weeks: product training, ICP review, playbook walkthrough, shadowing before live calls.
Hire SDRs From Other Countries Too
The Philippines is our top market, but we also source from these countries.
Hiring a Sales Development Representative
Frequently asked questions about hiring Filipino SDRs through RecruitGo.
Filipino SDRs cost $600 to $1,800/month base. Entry-level (basic outbound, list building, email sequencing) cost $600 to $900. Experienced (multi-channel outbound, cold calling, discovery calls, CRM ownership) cost $900 to $1,300. Senior SDRs/team leads cost $1,300 to $1,800+. Most add 20 to 40% commission. US equivalent: $6,500 to $8,500/month OTE.
Yes. Filipino SDRs speak English with neutral accents, handle objections confidently, and are trained in consultative cold calling. We test spoken English and cold call ability through live role-play exercises.
HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Close (CRM). LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, ZoomInfo, Lusha (prospecting). Outreach, SalesLoft, Lemlist, Instantly (engagement). Aircall, RingCentral, Dialpad (calling).
B2B SaaS mid-market: 15 to 25 meetings. Enterprise: 8 to 15. SMB: 25 to 40+. Depends on ICP, market, and outreach channels.
Yes. Common structures: per-meeting bonus ($25 to $100), percentage of pipeline (1 to 3%), or tiered monthly bonus. Commission is structured compliantly through our payroll.
1 to 2 weeks before live calls. Product training, ICP review, playbook walkthrough, tool setup, shadowing. First meetings by week 2 to 3. Full productivity by week 6 to 8.
