Business Development Representative

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The Challenge

Okta’s Business Development Representatives are high energy professionals that drive the demand, awareness, and interest for our market-leading cloud Security solutions. You will partner and collaborate closely with members of our Account Executive and Marketing teams to generate qualified sales leads, set meetings, and yield new deal opportunities.

We're an identity company. Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance, and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great.

Responsibilities: 

  • Qualify, follow up, educate, and develop a substantial volume of inbound leads to progress prospects further into Okta’s sales process
  • Generate sales-ready meetings and opportunities for Account Executives using Okta’s qualification criteria
  • Research accounts, identify key players and generate interest through cold discovery calls, and email campaigns
  • Utilize your active listening skills to understand and uncover customer needs and business problems to effectively communicate how Okta can solve them
  • Work closely with the Marketing team to drive continuous improvement in lead quality, conversion rates, and pipeline generation
  • Provide accurate lead distribution and thorough discovery to the assigned Account Executive
  • Consistently achieve quota to ensure territory revenue and growth objectives
  • Use and maintain the Salesforce.com system according to Okta’s standards; provide metrics on leads

Required Qualifications:

  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills 
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Highly motivated, driven and self-starting individual
  • A desire to grow and advance a career in sales 

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Okta is rethinking the traditional work environment, providing our employees with the flexibility to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, no matter where they are located.  We enable a flexible approach to work, meaning for roles where it makes sense, you can work from the office, or from home, regardless of where you live.  Okta invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.  Find your place at Okta https://www.okta.com/company/careers/. 

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Okta.  More details about Okta’s privacy practices can be found at: https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy.

 

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