Account Development Representative

🕒 May 1

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $56.2k - $78.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

💰 Business Development (BDR)

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Kong Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

API • SaaS • Enterprise

Kong Inc. is a company that provides a comprehensive API platform designed to facilitate API management, AI integration, and developer productivity. It offers solutions like Kong Gateway, Kong Konnect, and a variety of other tools targeted at managing and optimizing the API lifecycle. Kong's platform supports multi-cloud environments and is built to deliver high performance and security. It is notably recognized by Gartner as a leader in API management and supports innovations across industries like financial services, healthcare, and technology. The company emphasizes flexibility, security, and speed, making it a favored choice for enterprises looking to enhance their digital services through APIs. Kong also supports a robust community of developers and provides extensive integrations and plugins to streamline API management and operations.

📋 Description

• 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

🎯 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 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

🏖️ Benefits

• healthcare benefits • 401(k) plan • short and long term disability benefits • basic life and AD&D insurance • equity options