Sales Development Representative 1

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you ready to power the Worlds connections

If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

Role Overview & Key Responsibilities:

Work with the Sales team to develop and lead inbound and outbound campaigns from idea generation through to qualified call

Develop strong sales and product knowledge and interact with IT and business decision-makers via telephone video LinkedIn and email

Update lead and prospect activity in Salesforce to ensure effective lead management

Set qualified introductory meetings for the Sales team

Nurture early phase opportunities for future pipeline potential

Exceed monthly and quarterly opportunity quota

Build strong relationships with our marketing team and Account Executives where we pull together to maximize the win for our business

Invest in your self-development focusing on the skills and attributes that will make you successful in your core role and get you set for future success

And any additional tasks required by the manager

Must be Located in the Greater London Area and willing to work onsite in a hybrid role

What youll bring:

1-2 years of strong sales experience
A self-starter with a track record of hitting and exceeding goals
A hunter mentality - comfortable prospecting cold-calling and following up on incoming leads and a strong desire to win.
Ability and willingness to learn react to and share lessons learned across the organization.
Open to feedback and can apply to your daily workflow.
Outstanding communication skills including both phone and written communication as well as active listening
An extraordinary character with an incredible drive for success high work ethic curious by nature and obsessed with smashing sales goals
Validated time leadership skills and ability to work independently and through coaching
Desire to work in a driven and fast-paced environment
Passionate about cutting-edge technology with the aptitude to learn new and exciting IT software products as well as understand business critical solutions quickly

What youll be doing: Your First 90 Days:

By the end of month 1 you will:

Have met your new team and had fun playing with some new tools.
Become a part of the wider Kong family.
Have had a successful sales boot camp training.
Have a good understanding of what makes Kongs product offerings so special.
Understand how our Account Development Marketing and Account Executive teams all work together.

By the end of month 2 you will:

Be comfortable talking to clients on the phone about Kong.
Have worked with our Account Executive team on your first opportunity.
Have shadowed a ton of calls and practiced several role plays.
Started delivering your ramp quota.

By the end of month 3 you will:

Know our sales funnel inside and out and feel confident to add value to our sales org.
Show clear delivery of our sales methodologies.
Provide insights to both our Account Development and marketing organizations to help us to continue to iterate and improve.
Delivered against your ramp quota.

About Kong:

Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .

Required Experience:

Are you ready to power the Worlds connectionsIf you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.Abo...