Sales Development Intern (Hybrid)

KnowBe4•Arlington, VA

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

KnowBe4 is the global leader in Human Risk Management, trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide to secure their employees and AI agents for over 15 years. We're pioneering a new era of security. AI-powered since 2016. And market-leading since day one. Our HRM+ combines continuous risk intelligence, advanced technical defenses, and personalized training to help organizations build strong security cultures. We help organizations understand, measure, and reduce human risk across their entire workforce, defending against, deepfakes, and emerging AI-powered threats. As a Sales Development Representative Intern at KnowBe4, you’ll see business through the lens of the provider of the world's largest integrated new-school security awareness training and simulated phishing platform as you grow your knowledge of KnowBe4’s products, systems, business operations, and sales strategies. The sales development internship program will give aspiring sales professionals exposure to real strategies and techniques applied in a working sales organization. The individuals selected will be exposed to real sales conversations and get hands-on experience effectively finding, cleaning and prospecting new accounts to become KnowBe4 customers. You will work alongside current SDRs and interface with the Account Executives you will deliver to.

Requirements

Strong Communication and Empathy
Confident and Positive
Resilient and Adaptable
Competitiveness and Tenacity
Collaborative Team Player
Good computer skills
Must be a Junior or Senior candidate
Degree in Hospitality, Communications, Customer Service, Marketing or Business Management/Administration

Responsibilities

Map company structure and verify their information to find workable accounts
Map and identify appropriate contacts from the workable accounts
Learn critical elements of prospecting conversations in preparation for qualification calls
Role-play to learn conversation best practices, mirroring, labeling, and objection-handling techniques
Conduct calls and emails to drive solid demo bookings
Schedule and hand-off demo ready lead to quota carrying Sales Representatives
Learn how to organize, clean, prospect, and maintain our CRM database
Shadow sales development representatives with prospective customers to grow in your conversation knowledge, understanding and skills
Listen to demos of sales calls from Account Executives of varying levels of tenure
Work with cross-functional sales teams to understand the KnowBe4 business model better
Get a full understanding of the Sales Roadmap to Success
Get a solid understanding of the Information Technology industry and the importance of security awareness training within a prospect’s organization
Learn all critical elements of a solid sales prospecting process
Learn and complete a successful sales handoff from prospecting efforts
Apply negotiating skills effectively
Translate classroom experience into practical application during the internship