Sales Development Representative, Charlotte

About the Role

This is an Expression of Interest for opportunities on our Sales Development team in Charlotte, NC. Darktrace is looking for smart, coachable, and ambitious teammates to join our Sales Development Academy. Learn more about the program by visiting darktrace.com/sdr-academy and discover how you can launch your career in tech sales with a global leader in AI cybersecurity. This is a hybrid position.

Key Responsibilities

• Engaging with new prospective customers and representing Darktrace across your region, identifying all potential business opportunities.
• Identifying key decision makers whilst developing and qualifying new business opportunities within the targeted markets through cold calling, event recruitment and high-level prospecting.
• Articulating the value proposition and helping the customer understand how it will improve their business’s information security.
• Earning trust and developing relationships with senior executives by displaying knowledge, professionalism and relevance to business issues.
• Meeting set targets and working closely with Marketing and Sales by methodically working on and following up on a variety of sales campaigns.
• Maintaining quality relationships with your manager and external customer-facing Account Executives to support new business growth.
• Consistently achieving quarterly and annual KPIs.
• Booking direct one-to-one meetings at customers’ sites and at trade shows.
• Writing succinct emails to highlight the capabilities of our offering.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong execution of sales plays.
• Confident and well versed in cold calling. Ability to pivot and handle objections well.
• Ability to analyze and use account data to strategically map territories.
• Create Territory Plans and manage weekly execution.
• Consistent use of creative channels and research.
• Proficient on all sales tools and features (Salesforce, Salesloft, Zoominfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).
• Ability to build strong relationships with collaborating teams.
• Visible leader of the team, helping drive adoption of new initiatives and motivating others.
• Ability to consistently achieve quotas.
• Willing to work in-office 3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Cyber security 101, Cold Calling 101, and Sales Development 101 (learned through the Sales Development Academy).

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents
• Paid parental leave
• Pet insurance Discount
• Life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program