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KnowBe4

Sales Account Executive (Hybrid)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Arlington, VA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Sales

🗓️ July 9th, 2025

Salesforce

Edtech.com's Summary

KnowBe4 is hiring a Sales Account Executive (Hybrid). The role involves promoting and selling KnowBe4's Security Awareness Training Platform to small and mid-sized businesses, managing client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and achieving sales targets within the assigned territory.

Highlights
  • Promote and sell KnowBe4's range of products and services focused on security awareness training.
  • Identify and close new customers, primarily small and mid-sized businesses (under 500 employees).
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of potential customers through networking, cold calling, and prospecting.
  • Use Salesforce and Gmail as part of daily sales operations.
  • Forecast and achieve or exceed monthly sales quotas and targets.
  • Familiarity with IT security concepts and practices required; Network or Security Plus certification preferred.
  • Minimum 1-3 years experience selling software, preferably to small and medium enterprises.
  • Bachelor’s degree is a plus, along with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Work within the SMB Sales department focusing on clients in the Washington DC area.
  • Compensation includes uncapped commissions, monthly bonuses, company-wide bonuses, and additional benefits like tuition and certification reimbursement.

Sales Account Executive (Hybrid) Full Description

About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the globe. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.

Fortune has ranked us as a best place to work for women, for millennials, and in technology for four years in a row! We have been certified as a "Great Place To Work" in 8 countries, plus we've earned numerous other prestigious awards, including Glassdoor's Best Places To Work.

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.

Arlington positions open to candidates located in the Washington DC area.
We are looking for Sales Account Executives who apply a "consultative" selling approach to their clients. This is a great opportunity for Sales Executives who want to make a positive difference in people's lives by selling KnowBe4’s Security Awareness Training Platform. As an Account Executive you will manage opportunities that will consist of small and mid-sized businesses (under 500 employees). We offer uncapped commissions, monthly bonuses, and a casual, positive work environment that offers room for growth.

Responsibilities:
  • Promote and sell KnowBe4’s range of products and services
  • Identify and close net new customers in the assigned territory
  • Build and maintain pipeline of potential customers by developing and managing relationships with prospects
  • Forecast new business prospects that result in successful client relationships and sales
  • Identify key decision makers while developing and qualifying new business opportunities within the targeted markets through cold calling, networking and high-level prospecting
  • Articulate the value proposition of KnowBe4’s products and help the customer understand how it will improve their business’s security awareness training (and security overall)
  • Achieve or exceed monthly quotas and/or targets 
  • Be well versed in KnowBe4’s product offerings and promote the products and services at trade shows as requested
  • Follow up on marketing leads to generate new sales opportunities and pipeline
  • Act strategically in offering or negotiating discounted pricing, in line with established policies and procedures
  • Maintain accurate and thorough records for customer calls, emails, notes, tasks, demos and other relevant information in compliance with the Administration Policy 

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree a plus 
  • Proven track record in sales 
  • 1-3 years selling software to Small Medium Enterprise a plus
  • Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the IT Security Field
  • Experience with Salesforce and Gmail
  • Network or Security Plus preferred
  • Excellent verbal and written communications
  • Stats driven business professional
  • Motivated, energetic self-starter
  • Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
  • Must be able to work with minimum supervision

Our Fantastic Benefits
We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, certification completion bonuses, and a relaxed dress code - 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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