Kong

1 month ago

Sales Development Representative

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Job Summary

Join Kong as a Sales Development Representative to drive inbound and outbound campaigns, qualifying opportunities and paving the way for Account Executives. You will engage IT and business decision-makers via phone, video, LinkedIn, and email, manage leads in Salesforce, and contribute to hitting ramp quotas while collaborating with Marketing and Sales teams in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.

Location: Chicago

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Sales

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and lead inbound and outbound sales campaigns from idea generation through to qualified call.
•Interact with IT and business decision-makers via telephone, video, LinkedIn, and email to build relationships.
•Update lead and prospect activity in Salesforce to ensure effective lead management.
•Set qualified introductory meetings for the Sales team and nurture early phase opportunities.
•Exceed monthly and quarterly opportunity quota while collaborating with Marketing and Account Executives.

Key Requirements

•1-2+ years of strong sales or customer-facing 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.
•Ability and willingness to learn, react to and share lessons learned across the organization.
•Outstanding communication skills including both phone and written communication as well as active listening.

Experience:SaaS

Skills:CommunicationSelf-motivationCollaborationProblem-solvingTime management

Tech Stack:SalesforceLinkedInEmail

Company Brief

Kong

Provides a cloud-native API and service connectivity platform (Kong Gateway, Konnect, Kuma, Insomnia) that secures, manages, and observes APIs and microservices for enterprises across cloud and hybrid environments.

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor

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Kong

1 month ago

Sales Development Representative

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Chicago

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Sales

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and lead inbound and outbound sales campaigns from idea generation through to qualified call.
•Interact with IT and business decision-makers via telephone, video, LinkedIn, and email to build relationships.
•Update lead and prospect activity in Salesforce to ensure effective lead management.
•Set qualified introductory meetings for the Sales team and nurture early phase opportunities.
•Exceed monthly and quarterly opportunity quota while collaborating with Marketing and Account Executives.

Key Requirements

•1-2+ years of strong sales or customer-facing 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.
•Ability and willingness to learn, react to and share lessons learned across the organization.
•Outstanding communication skills including both phone and written communication as well as active listening.

Experience:SaaS

Skills:CommunicationSelf-motivationCollaborationProblem-solvingTime management

Tech Stack:SalesforceLinkedInEmail

Company Brief

Kong

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor