Sales Development Representative (Hybrid)

About the role

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

Arlington positions open to candidates located in the Washington DC area.

The Sales Development Representative is responsible for reaching out to prospects, qualifying them and passing interested prospects to their assigned Territory/Account Executive(s).

What you will do

• Reach out via phone and/or email to cold prospects and get them interested in a KnowBe4 product
• Gauge the interest of prospects to qualify them as potential customers
• Pass the qualified and interested prospects to their assigned Territory/Account Executive(s)

What you bring

• Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field a plus
• Experience with Gmail and Google Docs

Experience with MS Office

• Experience with a CRM or other Sales Tools a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• 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

Pay and benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

No recruitment agencies, please.

About the company

We are the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.

Equal opportunity and notices

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.