Sales & Business Development - Cybersecurity Startup
Compensation: 0.3% – 0.4%
Yakshanexus is building WP1 — an Autonomous Security Engineer that helps companies find and verify real security vulnerabilities across their web applications and APIs.
We’re looking for MBA students, business students, or people with strong sales skills who want hands-on experience selling a real cybersecurity product.
This is not a typical sales role.
You will need to understand the product technically enough to give demos, answer basic technical questions, understand customer requirements, and help close deals.
What you’ll do Find and qualify potential B2B customers Reach out to CTOs, CISOs, security teams and founders Understand their security requirements Learn WP1 deeply and conduct product demos Explain technical features in simple business terms Handle customer questions and objections Follow up with prospects and convert pilots into paid customers Work directly with the founder to build the sales process Who should apply? MBA students / graduates with an interest in technology and sales People with strong B2B sales or business development skills Good communication and presentation skills Strong technical understanding is important Basic understanding of cybersecurity, web applications, APIs or cloud is a strong advantage Willing to learn the product deeply and conduct demos independently Confident speaking with founders, CTOs and security teams
You don't need to be a cybersecurity expert on day one, but you must be comfortable learning technical products and explaining them to customers.
Compensation
This is an early-stage opportunity.
ESOP / equity compensation initially Commission on every successful deal Cash compensation will be introduced as the company scales/funding comes in
You'll work directly with the founder and have the opportunity to build the sales function of a cybersecurity startup from the ground up.
If you can understand technology + sell + communicate, we want to hear from you.