Sales Development Representative- German Speaking

Job Description

Do you want to gain a comprehensive understanding of the ever-changing cyber threats that operate behind the scenes of today’s economy? Do you dream of owning your own business? Are you self-motivated with a passion for engaging with external businesses and generating revenue? If so, this might be right role for you!

Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) business provides a service that detects and responds to cyber-attacks on behalf of our clients using a strong combination of people, process and technology. The technology platform – consisting of a cloud backend, agent software and D&R specialist tools - we use is designed and built in-house by the F-Secure engineering team specifically to support a highly effective MDR service. How are doing then? Our most recent Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey among F-Secure MDR customers gave us a score of 54. Great testament to that fact that we protect our customers effectively and we do it smoothly.

We’re looking for people who have a desire for sales, and are either looking to jump-start, or continue to drive their sales career forward, in a market that is forecast to grow at a 5 year CAGR of >16%.

Sales Development Representatives are responsible for…

• Being the front line of new business growth for F-Secure’s MDR Business Unit
• Targeted lead generation, qualification and prioritization, and related activities
• Contacting new potential customers (CISOs, CIOs, IT Directors, Security Analysts, Risk Officers, etc.) to schedule meetings on behalf of the sales managers, working towards weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual targets
• Coordinating with our awesome sales and marketing teams, to support and synchronize various lead generation activities
• Building relevant Subject Matter Expertise to enable effective networking on social media through blogs, video posts, insightful commentary, and value adding engagements with potential customers

Who we think will be a great fit…

• We are looking for the below skills and qualities from a Sales Development Representative:
  Competitive, passionate individuals who apply their creativity to succeed no matter what
• Confident making cold approaches to new business prospects and adding value at each interaction.
• Relevant language (written and oral) skills – native German and fluent English skills
• Persistence and motivation to hit and exceed lead generation targets.
• Passionate about fighting for a good cause and having a job with a purpose.
• Curiosity in understanding business risk management, threat landscape, cyber security and geopolitical themes, and an ability to translate and talk about them insightfully.
• Able to thrive in an intensive learning environment and quickly apply feedback provided.
• Social, presentable, approachable, and able to construct strong, concise arguments.

Our four promises to you…

• Freedom – you will have the opportunity to define new ways of working how we engage with our customers, and how product value gets represented
• You will work together with experienced and enthusiastic colleagues, and within F-Secure you'll find some of the best minds in the cyber security industry
• Your work will be clearly visible and recognized – all over the world and across our business units
• You can rely on the support from the entire F-Secure leadership including our top executives
  

You can’t design culture...

The F-Secure team is diverse, fluid, fun-loving, and full of energy. It’s our job to preserve that, so we’ve made it our business to help individuals traverse from passion to passion, from specialism to specialism, from the flavor of today to tomorrow’s. We move with their needs, and help them build pathways, always focusing on the things that make them happy in and beyond of the office.