Sales Development Representative, Japan

The XDR Team

Reporting into the Japan SDR Director, the Japan XDR team supports the Enterprise, Commercial and Emerging sales segments. The team is part of the wider APJ XDR Organization (ANZ/Asia/JP) and shares the team mission of securing the future of APJ by cultivating high-calibre talent and revenue generating pipeline.

 

The SDR Opportunity

Reporting to the Japan SDR Director, this role will  prospect target accounts to set opportunities that generate demand for our sales organization.

The Sales Development Representative role is a great opportunity to kick-start your sales and marketing career here at Okta and help drive demand for our market-leading cloud adoption and management solution.

We are looking for an individual who is curious and motivated. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and communication skills. A strong candidate is flexible with change, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and eager to begin a career in Sales and Marketing.

 

What you’ll be doing

• Prospecting for new business opportunities via outbounding initiatives.
• Qualifying, nurturing and developing a volume of inbound leads on set target accounts.
• Generating sales-ready meetings and opportunities for the Account Executives.
• Researching contacts and generating demand through call and email campaigns.
• Utilizing active listening skills to uncover customer needs and business outcomes.
• Consistently achieving quota by hitting call, email, and meeting targets.
• Collaborating with other members of the sales and marketing organization to drive deals forward.
• Attending in-person and online marketing events to represent the xDR Organization.
• Using and maintaining our SaaS toolkit (SDFC, Outreach etc) to keep data accurate.
• Achieving and exceeding monthly set quotas of qualified opportunities.

 

What you’ll bring to the role

• Minimum of 3 years of previous corporate/business experience. (inside-sales desirable).
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills both in Japanese and English
• Highly motivated, driven and self-starting individual
• 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
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university

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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024