Sales Development Representative, KnowBe4
German Speaker
Security awareness training platform
Open for applications
Security awareness training platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.
Role
Who you are
- Previous SDR experience
- Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field a plus
- Experience with Gmail and Google Docs
- Experience with MS Office
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Fluent in German
- Good computer skills
- Friendly phone voice
- “Pleasantly persistent” as it can take multiple tries to reach a prospect
- Ability to leave a message and sound interested
- Must be highly organized and results-oriented
What the job involves
- The International Sales Development Representative will act as pre-sales support and is responsible for reaching out to prospects, qualifying them and passing interested prospects to the sales teams
- This position must research potential customers, connect with and educate prospects on our product offerings, and qualify the leads before passing them to the direct sales teams
- The primary focus will be to turn leads into qualified opportunities by partnering with marketing and sales to create and execute on program and inbound lead generation campaigns
- The individual in this role will be expected to track all relevant information regarding qualification and lead management activity in Salesforce.com
- Reach out via phone and/or email to cold prospects and get them interested in a KnowBe4 product
- Develop and execute on a strong prospecting plan of attack, including email and call scripts
- Gauge the interest of prospects to qualify them as potential customers
- Follow up all IQL (Information qualified leads) by contacting them and getting them interested in a KnowBe4 demo and identify key contacts for the sales team to follow up
- Pass the leads to the Enterprise or SMB sales team depending on the size of the company
- Provide in depth information to the ENT and SMB reps to enable the most qualified and productive demos
- Map global customer accounts identifying key contacts in each region
- Collaborate with sales and marketing team members on strategic sales approach
- Ensure successful follow through of sales cycle by maintaining accurate activity and lead qualification information in Salesforce.com
Our take
Human error is a huge contributor to the success of phishing attacks and other cybercrime, meaning it is vital that businesses keep their staff well trained and educated in good security practices. KnowBe4 delivers a cloud-based security awareness training program, alongside simulated phishing attacks, to allow companies to make sure their people are as robust against cybercrime as their technology.
A subscription to KnowBe4 enables staff to access automated security training campaigns generated from a large library of content, with reminder emails to ensure they are on track. Its PhishER product, a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response platform, offers automatic prioritization for emails which allows security teams to respond to the biggest threats quicker.
KnowBe4 is the world’s largest integrated platform for security awareness training, serving over 50,000 customers. The company has also launched a Mobile Learner App, which provides access to training modules and notifications about assigned training, to supplement the training platform and deliver heightened services to its clients.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2019
$300m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $401.1m
Company benefits
- Company-wide Monthly Bonuses Up To $2,000 A Month
- Employee Referral Bonuses
- Vision And Dental Plans
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
- Virtual Yoga Classes & Free Gym Benefits Through Classpass
- Generous or Open Paid Time Off, Plus National Holidays
- Paid Military Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement Up To $5,250 A Year
- Certification Completion Bonuses Up To $10,000 A Year, With Reimbursement For Any Materials For The Certification
- KnowBe4’s Famous Onboarding Experience
- Hybrid Work Environment & Remote Work Options
- Relaxed Dress Code: “If You Don’t Get Arrested On Your Way To Work, You Are Good!”
- Free Fresh Fruit Delivered Weekly, Daily Food Carts, And Unlimited Snacks, Coffee And Tea
- End Of The Month Celebrations
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee Mingles (Meet People From Around The Company And Eat Free Food)
- Game Room With Ping Pong Table And Classic Arcade Games
- Events And Activities: Movie Nights, Beach Days, Family Mingles, Theme Park Visits, Evening Boat Cruises, Virtual Happy Hours And Anything Else Fun That We Think Of!
- Parental And Adoption Leave
- Breast Milk Shipping For Traveling Parents
- Adoption Assistance
- Knowster Parents Employee Resource Group
- On-site Life Coach
- Internal Promotions
- No Door Policy (We Encourage Our Staff To Share Ideas And Ask Questions)
- Opportunities For All Employees To Participate In Regular AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) Sessions With Our CEO, Stu
- Lunches With The CEO (10 Randomly Selected Employees Each Month)
Company HQ
Downtown, Clearwater, FL
Leadership
Stu Sjouwerman
(Founder & CEO)Co-founded Sunbelt Software. Former MD of Sunbelt International.
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