Account Development Representative (Fed)

Kong Inc.; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong Inc. in the United States seeks a driven sales professional to develop and lead inbound and outbound campaigns, interact with IT and business decision-makers, and drive qualified meetings for the Sales team.

You will update Salesforce, nurture early opportunities, and collaborate with Marketing and Account Executives to maximize wins while advancing your own development and ramp goals.

Qualifications

• 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 and a strong desire to win.

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.

Skills

Sales experience

Hunter mentality

Communication skills

Job description

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

About the Role:

• 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

What You’ll Do: 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 Kong’s 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

What You’ll Bring:

• 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 and a strong desire to win.
• Ability and willingness to learn, react to and share lessons learned across the organisation.
• 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

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About Kong:

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500® and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic - on any model, any cloud. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.