Sales Development Representative

Sales Development Representative Location: Hybrid - Burlington, MA [3 Days in Office]Come Hack With Us! Join us on our mission of protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world! Pentera is the leader for Automated Security Validation, allowing every organization to test with ease the integrity of all cybersecurity layers, unfolding true, current security exposures at any moment, at any scale. As a result, thousands of security professionals and service providers worldwide use our platform to guide remediation and close security gaps before they are exploited. We are a unicorn with more than 350 employees around the globe, with over 850 customers in production in more than 50 countries!Pentera has won various Industry Awards, including the Frost & Sullivan “Best Practices Award for Global Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) Market Leadership 2022 and the 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor Award. We are backed by Top tier investors such as Insight Partners, K1 Investment Management, The Blackstone Group, and AWZ.Penterians are one team with a shared mission. Become a Penterian – change the way the world does cyber!About the role:Do you have the ability to stand out and differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack? If you’ve got a sales hunger and desire to learn, succeed, and attack your territory, then let’s talk!The Sales Development Representative (SDR) is a critical function of the Pentera sales team and is responsible for generating leads and building new customer pipeline for a specific region. The SDR will initiate contact with top target accounts, follow up on marketing-generated leads, and move prospects through the discovery phases. At Pentera, we believe in promoting from within and our SDRs will have a clear growth path for transitioning into closing roles.A successful SDR is a self-starter, has excellent telephone/communication skills, is well organized, can multitask, and is comfortable contacting and speaking with Security Exports and Decision Makers over the phone.Roles and responsibilities:Generate new customer introduction calls for the field sales team by means of proactive outbound prospecting via phone, email and social networkingMaster and deliver the Pentera value proposition and differentiation pointsAccurately log, track, and maintain records in Salesforce.comEstablish, develop and grow new business relationships with influential contactsFocus on understanding an organization’s business drivers, challenges, and pain pointsWork closely with the inside and field sales team in the ongoing optimization of strategic sales approaches and to effectively devise territory plansFollow a clear and defined Qualification Process.