SDR Team Manager (Hybrid)
KnowBe4 · Arlington, VA
- Base
- Not disclosed
- OTE
- Not disclosed
- Posted
- 12d ago
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- Pay
- No pay listed at all.
- Transparency
- Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
- Pipeline
- Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
- Time on market
- Open 11 days.
- Company hiring
- 9 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.
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The role
Lead a team of 10+ SDRs at KnowBe4, a security awareness and attack simulation platform, to hit monthly pass goals. You'll also write prospecting email copy and set outbound email and call cadences. Hybrid, Arlington/DC area.
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Who you are selling to
Not stated in the posting.
Pipeline expectations
Mostly self-sourced. Expect a lot of outbound.
Compensation
The posting doesn't list pay.
What is not disclosed
This posting doesn't tell you:
- Base salary
- OTE
- Quota size
- Quota attainment
- Average deal size
- Territory
- Sales cycle length
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Full posting
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 SDR Team Manager is responsible for managing a team of 10+ Sales Development Reps and ensuring that their team meets and/or exceeds their monthly pass goals on a consistent basis. In addition, this position will be charged with creating new content for email. Prospecting and developing a schedule for when emails and calls should be made to prospective customers.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct a team meeting daily to outline expectations and to establish production goals based on quarterly, monthly and weekly production goals, and discuss any product changes related to prospecting
- Draft new material for emails to be sent to prospective customers used to garner interest in our products
- Monitor and respond accordingly to the What’s Working emails
- Maintain reporting with teams passes and other relevant details
- Maintain and analyze sub-statistics in order to obtain pass goals for SDRs
- Identify areas of improvement for the SDR team, and coach those employees in need when appropriate.
- Be an expert on prospecting and other key elements that are necessary to be a top performer
- Meet and/or exceed individual goals to contribute to the team’s success
- Exemplify the values and mission of the Company
- Handle day to day needs and requests for their SDR team
- Provide genuine recommendations as to the hiring, firing, promotion, and discipline of subordinate employees to which the Company gives significant weight
Requirements:
- Experience with Gmail and Google Docs
- Experience with MS Office (Word and Excel)
- Experience with sales prospecting tools
- Experience with web browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.)
- Leadership skills required
- Mastery of closing techniques, discovery questions, prospecting, building rapport and other key elements of the sales cycle
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Excellent time management and organization skills
The compensation for this position ranges from $115,000 - $130,000 including base, bonuses and commissions, which will vary depending on how well an applicant's skills and experience align with the job description listed above.
Our Fantastic 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.
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. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
No recruitment agencies, please.