Sales Development Representative, Grafana Labs
West
$78.5-81.3k
OTE
+ Equity
More information about location
Open & composable observability platform
Job no longer available
Open & composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$78.5-81.3k
OTE
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unite data, no matter where it lives, and empower its users to analyze, take action, and make smart decisions.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for driven, humble, technically curious people who embrace a team-first attitude and demonstrate extreme ownership
- Open to feedback and coaching, always looking for ways to improve
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication style
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize many tasks and demands
- Willingness and ability to take on any task - no matter how small or big - with a focus on quality
- Resourceful and proactive in an environment that is constantly evolving
- Driven by purpose and by winning with a team-first attitude
- We’re looking for people who are curious and passionate about technology, so make sure you invest some time in learning about Grafana Labs
What the job involves
- As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will focus on three core missions
- One, you will help our users and prospects navigate their Grafana journey by engaging with and listening to them in order to provide them with appropriate resources and guidance
- Two, with these learnings, you will partner with our Sales Team to connect with other influential people in these organizations to identify new business opportunities that are the pipeline for our company’s revenue goals by partnering proactively with our Sales Team
- And three, you will develop valuable, transferable skills to help you achieve your career goals
- By fulfilling our three core missions, you will contribute importantly to Grafana Labs’ community and business goals
- In this role, you will balance reactive and proactive work, responding to inbound inquiries as well as outreaching to target accounts
- You will need to research and have a detective mindset in order to craft thoughtful, value-add messaging; and you’ll need to be confident driving business conversations on the phone
- You will need to know how to use AI as a tool to constantly improve your productivity
- This is a demanding and rewarding role
- It is a fast-paced and challenging environment
- While our company is growing sustainably, we still have a lot of building and improving to do
- And we do this work together with our teammates from more than 15 different countries
- This is a great team to join, whether you’re just starting your career or looking to pivot into the tech industry
- You’ll have managers and teammates that care deeply about you as a professional and human, and you will learn more than you thought possible
- Build and maintain knowledge of our technology, competitors, open source ecosystem, and industry trends
- Follow up on inbound leads effectively and efficiently
- Use a multi-channel approach (email, social, calling) to proactively outreach to new leads within target accounts; our top SDRs are confident and effective on the phone
- Use Salesforce and Grafana dashboards for lead and account management and research
- Use research and data to prioritize and customize outreach to target prospects and accounts via email and LinkedIn
- Drive effective discovery conversations to understand users’ needs and goals in to provide them the appropriate resources and communicate how Grafana can help them
- Consistently meet new business opportunity and pipeline targets
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as marketing and sales to win as a team
Application process
- Let’s be honest - interviewing is not easy. However, we want you to come prepared and succeed. When we interview, we’re trying to determine a couple of things:
- Would you be successful if you were part of our team?
- Will you love working here and be a positive influence on your fellow colleagues?
- Will you grow professionally and personally during your time here?
Our take
Observability plays a crucial role in software development, where dashboards are pivotal for monitoring the health of IT infrastructure across an organization. However, for developers, the frustration of spending unnecessary time navigating between different dashboards to find the latest information detracts from valuable programming time.
Grafana creates customizable observability platforms for its clients, to enhance the efficiency of this process. Its offerings include cloud-based data structures, dashboards, API plugins, and collaboration tools. The company boasts over 25 million users globally, with a customer base exceeding 5,000 and including prominent names like Bloomberg, PJ Morgan Chase, eBay, PayPal and Sony.
While Grafana provides free plans with a simplified tool package, the Grafana Enterprise Stack offers customized solutions on a monthly subscription. The company's continues to improve to meet the evolving needs of its users, enhancing functionality with each iteration. It also fosters community engagement by enabling users to share their Grafana dashboards with the broader open-source community.
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Insights
49% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$270m
SERIES D
Apr 2022
$240m
SERIES D
Total funding: $805.2m
Company benefits
- Vacation: Balance is key. Our team enjoys 30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, and sick leave. We also take a breather on a number of Grafana Shutdown Days each year
- Healthcare: We’re proud to provide health coverage or stipends for our colleagues in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, and India
- Retirement planning: There’s no time like the present to start saving for your future. We make employer contributions into the pension pots of our team members in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany
- Professional development: On top of a $1,500 annual learning and development stipend, Grafanistas have thousands of on-demand courses at their fingertips to help them grow professionally. Want to attend a conference or training? Go ahead. Just pass on what you learned
- Work location: Vast majority of our roles are fully remote, focused on hiring the best talent and allowing you to perform from the comfort of your home. If you fancy a change of scene, we’ll also reimburse you up to $175 a month for a personal co-working space
- Choice of tech: There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the tech required to do your job. Choose the laptop and accessories you need when you join us, and we’ll refresh them every three years
- Mindfulness: When you join the team, you can sign up for a complimentary subscription to Headspace to take advantage of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Our wellbeing resource group also organize sessions run by fellow Grafanistas or external trainers
- Paid parental leave: Grafana offers paid parental leave to all eligible new parents. This offers Grafanistas time to bond with and care for their children in the first year after birth or adoption
- Global Employee Assistance Program: We offer all team members a 100% confidential support service with 24/7 365 access to professionally qualified counsellors and specialists
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raj Dutt
(CEO & Co-Founder)Currently a Board Member at NSONE. Previously founded Voxel where they served as the CEO for 12 years. They also served as the Senior Vice President of Technology at Internap Network Services.
Torkel Ödegaard
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Mälardalen University with a Master's in Computer Science. Founder of Coding Instinct. Previously worked as a Consultant at H&M, Avega, and Ebay.
Anthony Wood
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Visa and Voxel as a Senior Systems Engineer. They also have Systems Engineering experience at PalVision and iiNet.
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