Entry Level Sales Representative (Hybrid)

KnowBe4 • Clearwater, FL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

KnowBe4 is the global leader in Human Risk Management, trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide to secure their employees and AI agents for over 15 years. We're pioneering a new era of security. AI-powered since 2016. And market-leading since day one.

Our HRM+ combines continuous risk intelligence, advanced technical defenses, and personalized training to help organizations build strong security cultures. We help organizations understand, measure, and reduce human risk across their entire workforce, defending against, deepfakes, and emerging AI-powered threats.

We believe that protecting organizations from cyberthreats and creating a positive environmental impact go hand in hand. True resilience is collective, it requires us to protect our people, our data, and our planet.
Clearwater positions open to candidates located in greater Tampa Bay area. #ZR
The Entry Level Sales Representative will act as pre-sales support and is responsible for qualifying leads at the initial stages in the sales funnel. This position must research potential customers, connect with and educate prospects on our product offerings and qualify the leads before passing them to the sales sales team. 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 (our CRM) Salesforce.com and (in our Sales Automation Tool).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant 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
• Proven Leadership abilities
• Organizational project management experience
• 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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify prospective customers who are a good fit for KnowBe4’s range of products and services (including Egress)
• Develop opportunities for the sales team from prospecting and marketing generated leads
• Develop and implement outbound prospecting to engage prospective buyers
• Respond, engage and qualify inbound leads and inquiries
• Collaborate with sales and marketing team members on strategic sales approach
• Develop and execute on a strong prospecting plan of attack, including email and call scripts
• Track all relevant qualification and lead management activity using Salesforce.com
• Ensure successful follow through of sales cycle by maintaining accurate activity and lead qualification information in Salesforce.com and Salesloft
• Provide in depth information to the Regional sales teams to enable the most qualified and productive demos

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level