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KnowBe4

Account Manager (SMB) (Hybrid)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Clearwater, FL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Customer Success

🗓️ November 16th, 2025

Salesforce

Edtech.com's Summary

KnowBe4 is hiring an Account Manager (SMB). This role focuses on managing and expanding relationships with small and medium business customers by driving revenue growth through cross-selling, seat expansion, and subscription upgrades. The Account Manager works closely with teams to maximize customer value and meet sales quotas.

Highlights
  • Own and manage a book of business targeting small and medium businesses with 25-500 employees.
  • Drive account expansion by identifying opportunities to add seats, upgrade subscriptions, and introduce complementary security products.
  • Develop and maintain a healthy sales pipeline and prioritize strategic selling to key decision makers.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success Managers and Renewal Specialists to support product adoption and renewals.
  • Track customer interactions and pipeline status using Salesforce and Gmail.
  • Require 3+ years of experience selling software to SMBs, with a proven track record in account expansion and quota achievement.
  • Familiarity with IT security concepts and a numbers-focused approach to pipeline management and forecasting.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to conduct discovery calls, demos, and craft compelling correspondence.
  • Bonus qualifications include a bachelor's degree in business or technology, Network+ or Security+ certifications, trade show experience, and pricing negotiation skills.
  • Compensation includes uncapped earning potential with bonuses based on sales performance and a collaborative sales environment in Clearwater, Florida.

Account Manager (SMB) (Hybrid) Full Description

About KnowBe4

Join the cybersecurity company that puts security first; literally and without compromise. At KnowBe4, our AI-driven Human Risk Management platform empowers over 70,000 organizations worldwide to strengthen their security culture and transform their workforce from their biggest vulnerability into their strongest security asset. As the undisputed industry standard with unusually high customer retention rates and recognition as a Leader by G2 and TrustRadius, we're not just providing security awareness training - we're redefining what it means to be a trusted security partner in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

Our team values radical transparency, extreme ownership, and continuous professional development in a welcoming workplace that encourages all employees to be themselves. Whether working remotely or in-person, we strive to make every day fun and engaging; from team lunches to trivia competitions to local outings, there is always something exciting happening at KnowBe4.

Clearwater positions open to candidates located in greater Tampa Bay area.

The Opportunity

Join our growing Sales team as the trusted advisor who helps small and medium businesses strengthen their security posture through expanded KnowBe4 solutions. As Account Manager (SMB), you'll own a book of business where you've already proven value—now it's your job to deepen those relationships and unlock the full potential of our product suite. You'll drive expansion with customers of 25-500 employees, identifying opportunities to add seats, upgrade subscriptions, and introduce complementary products that genuinely make their organizations more secure. The successful candidate is a determined relationship-builder who thrives on the hunt for expansion opportunities, takes ownership of their numbers, and finds real satisfaction in helping customers get more value while growing annual recurring revenue.

What You'll Do

Account Ownership: Manage your assigned book of business with a focus on maximizing revenue—identifying cross-sell opportunities, capturing growth through seat expansion, and upgrading customers to higher subscription tiers that match their evolving needs.

Pipeline Development: Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of expansion opportunities by staying close to your accounts, understanding their business challenges, and positioning the right KnowBe4 solutions at the right time.

Strategic Selling: Identify key decision makers, qualify opportunities, and articulate the value proposition of our full product suite—helping customers understand how additional solutions strengthen their security posture and improve outcomes.

Quota Achievement: Hit or exceed your monthly sales targets through disciplined prospecting, strategic account prioritization, and deal execution that balances customer value with company growth.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Customer Success Managers and Renewal Specialists to create a coordinated approach that drives product adoption, captures expansion opportunities, and supports the renewal process when growth is on the table.

Lead Conversion: Follow up on marketing-generated leads within your accounts, turning interest into qualified pipeline and closed business that contributes to your monthly goals.

Customer Intelligence: Maintain meticulous records in Salesforce—tracking calls, emails, demos, notes, and next steps so you always know where opportunities stand and can act quickly when the timing is right.

What You'll Bring

You're the kind of seller who doesn't wait for opportunities to come to you—you dig into your accounts, find the openings, and have the grit to see deals through to close.

3+ years selling software to small and medium businesses, ideally in a role where you've owned account expansion, managed a book of business, and consistently hit quota through your own hustle.

Proven sales track record with the determination and resilience to push through rejection, navigate complex buying processes, and close business even when it takes persistence and creative problem-solving.

Relationship-building instincts—you know how to stay top-of-mind with customers, identify who really makes decisions, and build trust that leads to expanded commitments over time.

Familiarity with IT security concepts and challenges so you can speak credibly about the problems our solutions solve and position products in ways that resonate with technical and business buyers alike.

Numbers-focused mindset for managing your pipeline and forecasting accurately—you track your metrics, know your conversion rates, and use insights to focus your energy where it matters most.

Self-starter mentality with the motivation to work independently, prioritize your own day, and take ownership of your results without needing constant direction.

Strong communication skills—both written and verbal—that let you run effective discovery calls, craft compelling emails, and deliver demos that connect product capabilities to customer needs.

Salesforce and Gmail proficiency so you can manage your workflow efficiently and keep leadership informed without administrative tasks slowing you down.

Bonus points if you have:
  • Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or related field
  • Network+ or Security+ certification that deepens your technical credibility
  • Experience attending trade shows and converting face-to-face interactions into pipeline
  • Background negotiating pricing within established guidelines to close deals that work for both sides
Why You'll Love It Here

Uncapped Earning Potential: Your grit and determination directly translate to your paycheck—exceed quota and you'll be rewarded for the additional revenue you bring in.

Warm Book of Business: You're not starting from scratch—you'll inherit established customer relationships where you've already delivered value, making expansion conversations more natural and winnable.

Product Portfolio That Sells Itself: Represent a comprehensive security awareness suite that customers genuinely need, making your job about matching solutions to real problems rather than convincing people they need what you're selling.

Collaborative Sales Environment: Work alongside Customer Success and Renewals teammates who share account goals and help you identify opportunities, making it easier to grow accounts through coordinated effort.

Tampa Bay Location: Work from our Clearwater office with other driven sales professionals who push each other to perform, share what's working, and celebrate wins together.

Career Growth: Prove your ability to expand SMB accounts and you'll have clear paths to larger territories, enterprise segments, or sales leadership roles as the company continues to scale.

 

Our Fantastic Benefits

We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits.

Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.

Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.

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