Are you ready to join the API revolution?
About Kong:
Are you ready to join the API and Microservices revolution?
We are a group of makers, thinkers, and doers focused on helping today’s developers build tomorrow’s technology. Our teams work on the bleeding edge of API innovation to provide our users with a central nervous system for data and services.
We put design at the heart of everything we do, and we’re relentlessly focused on creating beautiful experiences for our customers. That’s why technology companies, major banks, e-commerce innovators, and government agencies put Kong in front of their most important web applications.
We believe in the power of Open Source and everything it stands for. That’s why developers around the world enthusiastically contribute on top of our open-source platform.
We are passionate about solving challenges that will fundamentally shape the future of technology, and we’re looking for the right people to join us on our mission. If you believe in taking ownership of your work, making an impact, and having fun along the way, we would love to talk to you.
About the role:
As our SDR Director, you will collaborate with the Kong leadership team to design and execute a global SDR and GTM strategy. You will understand the nuances of global markets and align your team resources and messaging to best support those nuances.
Your team will generate revenue by scheduling qualified first meetings for Kong field sales teams. You will provide leadership, strategic planning, and best practices to empower their results. You will develop, train and hire highly motivated and enthusiastic managers to support your team members.
Your collaboration with clients and other Kong teams will translate in success for all. The Sales Development team is the first interaction with prospective Kong customers and is key to the success of Kong.
What you’ll be doing:
- In collaboration with Kong’s go to market leadership team, you will design and execute a strategy to drive revenue globally
- Recruit, train, and optimize a global SDR management team responsible for inbound and outbound prospecting and researching
- Help the team build better collaboration with field sales representatives and sales leadership teams.
- Create a leadership engine that offers an exciting, fulfilling career path for early career SDR candidates with the goal of skills enhancement and upward growth.
What you’ll bring:
- 5+ years of SDR sales management experience
- Proven success as a Sales leader, in an IT, DevOps, or Security company
- Experience as a second line manager, developing a global SDR strategy
- Experience using CRM tools such as SalesForce.com, Outreach, Discover.org
- Grew up as an SDR and the passion to be Kong’s initial voice to the market