Sales Development Manager (Inbound)

• →Hire, onboard, and develop new Business Development Representatives
• →Set and define the Business Development strategy
• →Maintain a strong focus on outcomes and impact
• →Develop your team’s skills for prospecting, qualifying, and Opportunity creation
• →Provide regular coaching, feedback, and professional development
• →Closely monitor metrics with the aim to increase productivity
• →Work closely with sales managers and account executives to ensure proper alignment on account coverage, target personas, opportunity quality and SDR to AE hand-off
• →Articulate the business value of Okta, and maintain in-depth knowledge of the Okta platform, our competitors, and industry trends

Okta’s Top 5 Core Leadership Competencies are part of the deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. They also align strongly to our cultural cornerstones, our Okta values: love our customers, empower our people, never stop innovating, act with integrity, and maintain transparency. It’s our expectation that our managers and leaders embody these core competencies:

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.          
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Minimum 1+ years directly managing a team of SDR/BDR’s (startup/growth-stage experience highly preferred)
• Strong executive presence and the ability to maintain confidentiality and business ethics
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills
• Expert in using Salesforce.com and other sales tools/products to drive productivity
• Proven ability to effectively hire and train new BDRs
• Effective presentation and listening skills
• Comfort working in fast-paced environments and ability to work through unknowns

• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.          
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness (EQ): Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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