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Associate Sales Development Representative

Rapid7 is a cybersecurity company providing data security and analytics solutions, including vulnerability management, incident detection and response, application security, and cloud security. Founded in 2000, the company aims to help organizations reduce risk and eliminate threats across modern IT environments.

Rapid7

Employee count: 1001-5000

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As a Sales Development Representative (DACH), you will play a critical role in driving pipeline growth across our International business by generating and qualifying new sales opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to begin or accelerate a career in high-tech sales within a high-growth cybersecurity organisation.

About the Team

Our Sales Development team sits within the Sales function and is responsible for generating both warm and cold leads that fuel our sales engine. The team directly contributes to revenue growth across the International business and has a strong track record of developing SDRs into high-performing Account Executives.

About the Role

As a Sales Development Representative (DACH), your primary responsibility will be to generate and qualify outbound sales opportunities for our Account Executives across the DACH region. Specifically, your focus will be to:

  • Generate and qualify outbound sales leads through proactive outreach, including cold calling

  • Conduct ongoing research to identify new prospects, obtain contact information, and initiate targeted campaigns

  • Follow up on marketing-generated leads and convert initial interest into sales-accepted leads

  • Articulate a compelling value proposition and secure qualified meetings for Account Executives

  • Accurately track all prospect interactions and activities within the CRM system
    Partner with Account Executives to strategically target accounts and build pipeline

  • Achieve and exceed quarterly targets, including qualified lead and meeting quotas

The skills and qualities you’ll bring include:

  • Fluent German and fluent English language skills

  • Experience in a customer-facing environment (phone or face-to-face)

  • Ability to effectively qualify leads and uncover customer needs

  • Confidence in outbound prospecting, including cold calling

  • Ability to articulate a clear and compelling sales pitch

  • Resilience and the ability to bounce back from setbacks

  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to thrive in a team environment

  • Ability to manage multiple outreach channels and prospecting tools

  • Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.

About Rapid7

At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact. We’re building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.

Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we’re continuing to push the envelope - just like we’ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you’re ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we’re ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.

About Rapid7

At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact. We’re building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.

Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we’re continuing to push the envelope just like we’ ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you ’re ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we’re ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.

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Mid-level

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Founded in 2000 by Alan Matthews, Tas Giakouminakis, and Chad Loder, Rapid7 embarked on a mission to provide innovative cybersecurity solutions. The company was established with the vision of helping organizations effectively detect and respond to security threats. Alan Matthews brought his extensive cybersecurity expertise, Tas Giakouminakis provided the technical software development knowledge, and Chad Loder contributed his entrepreneurial vision to shape the company's strategic direction. What began as a focused endeavor to address the evolving landscape of cyber threats has grown into a global leader in vulnerability management and incident detection. Over the years, Rapid7 has consistently pushed the boundaries of security technology through innovation and strategic partnerships. A key milestone in their journey was the launch of Nexpose, their flagship vulnerability management solution, in 2007. This was followed by the strategic acquisition of Metasploit, a renowned open-source penetration testing tool, in 2010, significantly expanding their product portfolio. The company's growth trajectory continued, leading to its initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 2012 (though another source indicates 2015). In 2015, Rapid7 further enhanced its threat detection capabilities by acquiring Logentries, a provider of cloud-based log management and analytics solutions. The introduction of InsightIDR in 2018, a cloud-based SIEM solution, marked another significant step in empowering organizations to detect and respond to security incidents in real-time.

Today, Rapid7 is a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, dedicated to making successful security tools and practices accessible to all. Their Insight Platform technology, expert services, and thought-leading research enable over 9,000 customers worldwide to improve their security programs and innovate safely. As technology continues to advance rapidly, every company has essentially become a technology company, inherently creating new security risks. The migration to the cloud and the proliferation of connected devices present security teams with an increasingly complex and unpredictable attack surface. Rapid7 believes that as cybersecurity challenges escalate, two primary factors hinder organizations from effectively managing their security exposure: the complexity of security tools and the scarcity of qualified cybersecurity professionals to manage them. These challenges are compounded for resource-constrained organizations. Rapid7 aims to bridge this 'Security Achievement Gap' by simplifying complex security problems. Their solutions empower teams to more effectively reduce vulnerabilities, monitor malicious behavior, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate routine tasks. This is all supported by a dedicated team of security researchers and consultants who bring real-world attacker behavior knowledge and emerging vulnerability insights directly to their customers. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Rapid7 operates globally, serving a diverse range of industries including technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, and government.

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