Full-Time

Sales Development Representative

Updated on 8/1/2026

Tive

Tive

201-500 employees

Real-time shipment visibility via sensor trackers

Compensation Overview

$50k - $55k/yr

+ Uncapped bonus + Equity

Boston, MA, USA

Hybrid

Local to Boston and willing to work in the office; office-based or hybrid options are available.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Cold Calling
CRM
Social Media
Salesforce
Google Workspace

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Requirements
  • The candidate must have 0-2+ years of experience in a high-tech business-to-business marketing, inside sales, or sales development environment.
  • The candidate must be able to identify and contact prospective customers using cold calling, email, and LinkedIn or other social connections.
  • The candidate must demonstrate capabilities in lead management, account development, opportunity qualification, pre-call planning, call structure and control, and time and territory management.
  • The candidate must be able to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
  • The candidate must be local to Boston, Massachusetts and willing to come into the office.
Responsibilities
  • Generate qualified prospective and customer meetings for Account Executives.
  • Research key accounts within the ideal customer profile to understand their initiatives, plans, and challenges, and craft personalized account-based messaging delivered by phone, email, and social media.
  • Own the pipeline as an abbreviated sales cycle, continuously prospecting and qualifying or disqualifying new accounts.
  • Become a Tive subject-matter expert through continued learning and development to understand its solutions and competitive positioning.
  • Schedule well-qualified appointments from outbound outreach with key decision-makers within Tive’s ideal customer profile.
  • Use Salesforce, Salesloft, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and G Suite to conduct outreach, manage sales campaigns, research account and buyer intent, and collaborate.
Desired Qualifications
  • Professional proficiency with Salesforce or other customer relationship management systems is preferred.

Tive provides real-time visibility for supply chains by combining sensor trackers with a cloud software platform. The trackers collect data on location and conditions such as temperature, shock, light exposure, and humidity, then send it to the platform via the network (including a 5G-enabled option). The software lets customers actively track shipments, set custom alerts for conditions that exceed limits, and view historical data to spot trends. A 24/7 monitoring service is available to manage in-transit issues. The business model centers on sensor plus software, typically through a subscription or usage-based plan for access to the trackers and platform. Unlike some competitors, Tive emphasizes end-to-end real-time monitoring with both reusable and single-use trackers and proactive alerts, helping logistics and transportation customers improve control and optimize operations across global cargo movements.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$138.4M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Life sciences demand supports deeper penetration in cold-chain and validated shipment workflows.[11][12]
  • The Tive Seal expands into cargo security and theft-prevention workflows.[1]
  • Integrations with Transportation Management Systems increase stickiness and enterprise expansion.[1][5]

What critics are saying

  • Disposable tracker economics expose margins to hardware costs and supply-chain disruptions.[2][6]
  • Large logistics software vendors can bundle comparable visibility features into existing platforms.[3][6]
  • Service outages or delayed alerts would damage trust among regulated shippers and trigger churn.[1][2]

What makes Tive unique

  • Patented sensors and 24/7 Live Monitoring combine hardware, software, and services.[1][2]
  • The platform tracks location plus temperature, humidity, shock, light, and tampering.[2][3]
  • Tive serves regulated, high-value shipments across pharmaceuticals, food, and logistics.[2][3]

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6 month growth

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EuropeSays
Jan 13th, 2026
Lightsmith Group leads $20M round in Tive to boost climate-resilient supply chains

Tive, a Boston-based supply chain visibility startup, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Lightsmith Group, a climate adaptation and resilience investor. The company uses software and sensors to provide real-time tracking of shipments across global supply chains. More than 1,200 customers in approximately 190 countries use Tive's trackers to monitor shipment location and conditions including temperature, humidity, tilt and shock across all transport modes. The company has established a circularity programme to recycle its tracking devices. The funding will accelerate development of AI-powered supply chain visibility tools as weather and climate disruptions increase. Other investors include Sageview Capital, World Innovation Lab, AVP and Supply Chain Ventures.

The Wall Street Journal
Jan 12th, 2026
Exclusive | Lightsmith Group Backs Shipment-Tracking Company Tive

The growth investment values the company at over $500 million.

Zumera
Feb 28th, 2025
Advising Tag Sensors AS on the sale to Tive Inc. | Zumera

Tag Sensors AS offers a central solution for monitoring goods in transit. Cost-effective sensors provide critical data, alerts and analysis that ensure the integrity of goods and supply chains. The ease of reading and analysing the data via mobile phone, own platform or API technology directly in the clients’ system, delivers tremendous added value for all parties involved.

CityBiz
Jan 23rd, 2025
Tive Secures $40M Series C Funding

Tive, a leader in supply chain visibility technology, secured $40 million in Series C funding led by WiL and Sageview Capital, with participation from AVP, RRE Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, Supply Chain Ventures, and Sorenson Capital. The funding will enhance Tive's real-time shipment tracking solutions. In 2024, Tive gained over 350 new customers, and its Green Program nearly doubled returned and recycled trackers.

PR Newswire
Apr 11th, 2022
Tive Raises $54M in Series B Funding Led by AXA Venture Partners

/PRNewswire/ -- Tive, the technology leader in the new era of supply chain and logistics visibility, today announced the closing of a $54M Series B funding led...