At Authentic8, we empower organizations to redefine how digital investigations are conducted in an increasingly complex online world. With Silo for Research, our industry-leading solution, we enable secure and anonymous investigations across the surface, deep, and dark web—helping national security, defense, law enforcement, and enterprises uncover critical insights while staying protected.
Designed from the ground up with zero-trust principles and built on globally scaled infrastructure, Silo for Research addresses today's toughest cybersecurity challenges, allowing investigators to work smarter, faster, and safer. Trusted by more than 700 customers worldwide, our platform transforms how intelligence work is done.
Join us, and be part of a mission to protect and empower those who safeguard our world. From our collaborative teams to our cutting-edge technology, we’re not just building solutions—we’re shaping the future of digital investigations.
We have an immediate opening for a Commercial Sales Development Representative (SDR). In this role, you will be responsible for the success of full life-cycle engagements with prospects and customers on behalf of Authentic8. If you’re up to the challenge, we’d like to meet you!
To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience developing leads from marketing campaigns and meeting new business sales development quotas. You will use your communication skills to cultivate relationships with prospects. We are seeking candidates that are technically savvy, outgoing, motivated, results-driven, sales minded, and enjoy working in a team environment.
Ultimately, this role assists in sourcing revenue for the business and contributing to our long-term business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Raise awareness and generate interest through cold calling, emails, and social outreach
- Conduct high level conversations and present Authentic8's value prop to prospects
- Schedule discovery calls between prospective customers and Account Executives
- Meet monthly objectives and report to the SDR manager on identified key metrics
- Actively participate in and add to team learning opportunities and best practices
- Stay up-to-date with new products and industry trends
- Develop new sales qualified opportunities via telephone and email communication within a marketing and sales driven ICP (Ideal Company Profile) focused list of accounts
- Deliver on key metrics, including but not limited to call volume, frequency and length, and email volume
- Conduct research to identify potential prospects, ideally influencers and decision makers, within each ICP; import and convert these prospects within SalesForce.com and begin outreach campaigns
Experience:
- 2+ years proven work experience as a Sales Development Representative or similar role
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Hands-on experience with sales techniques (Sandler, Challenger, etc)
- Track record of achieving opportunity generation goals
- Experience with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce)
- Familiarity with Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.
- Familiarity with LinkedIn Outreach
- Understanding of sales performance metrics
- Excellent communication and objection handling skills
- BS degree
Salary Range
- £40,000 - £45,000 GBP plus commission
Authentic8 Core Values & Principles:
Integrity: We apply our best efforts. We are honest with and accountable to others.
Mission-Focused: We clearly define and communicate our goals and do not stray in the pursuit of our objective.
Respect: We value and respect the ideas and experience our diverse backgrounds bring us. Positive consideration of differing viewpoints makes us stronger.
We are collaborative: We recognize the best work is the product of teams. We must each be reliable and expect to rely on others.
We are transparent: By operating with common information and understanding we ensure that we are aligned.
We find innovative solutions: We seek innovative solutions not as a buzzword but as a means to solve difficult problems with zeal, efficiency and quality.
We take ownership: We are responsible for our actions, our reputation and our business.
Authentic8 offers flexible time off, competitive benefits, and bonus.
It is the policy of Authentic8 to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
What We Do
Improve the efficiency of your research teams
Authentic8's Silo for Research is a fully isolated, anonymous and secure platform for conducting all forms of online investigations. Use Silo for Research to access web-based resources across the surface, deep or dark web.
Shorten your time-to-insight
Silo for Research improves analyst tradecraft across all phases of the information collection life cycle. Get your teams online and productive without deploying complicated solutions or disrupting your current infrastructure.
Access alternate networks
Span alternate regions, languages and network protocols. Silo for Research spins up one-time-use browser instances that give you access to content across geographies and web protocols. Regardless of the destination resource, your identity or affiliation is never exposed.
Silo for Research lets you match your persona to the specific investigation needs. Appear local to the subject material by accessing the internet through any of Authentic8's access points around the world. Silo for Research combined with good tradecraft ensures your research activities aren't attributed to your analysts or organization.
Automate collections
Silo for Research supports collections of all types of web content as the analyst needs it, or over a period of time. Automation tools allow you to set up regular collection routines to capture a range of web content types, transform the content to a format of your choice and securely store it in the cloud.
Preserve data in the cloud
Investigators may be required to capture and collect content as part of their process. And to maintain efficacy of potential evidence, a proper chain of control and evidentiary requirements must be met. Silo for Research integrates with Authentic8 Secure Storage, an encrypted, audited cloud-based storage repository for users and groups.
"With Silo, there is no need to have a 'dirty' machine because you are fully protected" - Authentic8 Silo for Research customer
