Sales Development Representative with Nordics Languages

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. 

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta’s Sales 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 looking for professionals with strong organizational and follow up skills who work well in a team environment. Prior lead generation or sales prospecting experience and a degree would be a big plus for this role.

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.

The role in summary:

• Uncover and approach prospects to generate new business opportunities to fuel the sales pipeline
• Help create and prioritize strategic target account lists within a defined territory
• Research and build new and existing accounts (i.e.: adding contacts, emails, strategic calling)
• Conduct high-level conversations with Senior Executives in prospect accounts
• Evangelize Okta and the On-Demand mode
• Achieve monthly quotas of qualified opportunities and closed business

Skills needed to be successful:

• Previous prospecting experience
• Experience in working to sales targets, KPIs or under time pressure would be a plus
• Salesforce.com experience
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Highly motivated, driven and self-starting individual who is goal orientated
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment
• Ability to understand customer needs and meet that need with a successful product sale
• Excellent time management/organizational skills
• A passion for the Tech/ Saas industry
• Fluency in English and any one of the Nordics languages 

• Must be based in Dublin, Ireland
• Hybrid: 3 days in the office (Tuesday-Thursday), 2 days remote (Monday & Friday)
• Free lunch Wednesday & Thursday
• Free breakfast daily
• Monthly Internet & Mobile reimbursement
• Sales Bootcamp & development path
• Excellent benefits: https://rewards.okta.com/irl