Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Due to our growth Black Duck Software is seeking a Sr. Inside Sales Representative to drive bookings for its application security solutions & services. This individual contributor must be highly motivated with a proven track record of quota achievement selling software tools with demonstrated experience selling to software development and security teams.
The Sr. Inside Sales Representative will report to the Sales Manager for Inside Sales. A goal for this position is the selling of license and services agreements within a targeted market segment and/or a geographically defined territory. The goal for this team is to target SMB companies and acquire new logos to achieve the revenue target. The Inside Sales Representative is responsible for ensuring Black Ducks customers successfully realize the full value of our software and services.
Responsibilities:
• Drive top-line sales revenue in a targeted market segment or geographically defined territory
• Drive adoption of software and services agreements in the territory to ensure long-term relationships and maximum contract value
• Focus on relationship building with key stakeholders in your account base
• Guide prospects through a methodical sales process to facilitate positive outcomes
• Work through our Channel organization & partners to close business
• Ensure customer success and value
• Occasionally represent Black Duck at local and/or industry events to support your territory
• Work with your manager to build a go to market plan & execute to that plan
• Maintain accurate Salesforce information and forecasting
• Minimal travel expected as this is an inside sales role.
Required Skills & Knowledge
• Minimum 5 years of application security sales experience &/or Sales Development Rep experience
• Proven track record of exceeding software sales &/or lead generation & revenue targets
• Proven ability to manage complex sales cycles
• Proven ability to sell multiyear licensing agreements
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and executives
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communications and presentations skills
• Excellent team skills to work with sales engineers, managers & other co-workers
The base salary range across the U.S. for this role is between $79,800-$119,700. In addition, this role is eligible for commission. Black Duck offers a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education.
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of application security sales experience and/or Sales Development Rep experience
- Proven track record of exceeding software sales, lead generation, and revenue targets
- Proven ability to manage complex sales cycles
- Proven ability to sell multiyear licensing agreements
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and executives
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communications and presentation skills
- Excellent team skills to work with sales engineers, managers, and other co-workers
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Black Duck and has not been reviewed or approved by Black Duck.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage provide multiple plan choices with transparent costs, with carrier updates noted for 2026. Vision via VSP and dental plan options offer defined tiers and network access.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching alongside an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback. These features support longer‑term savings and wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Exempt employees use a manager‑approved, no‑cap time‑off model, while non‑exempt employees accrue flexible time off alongside sick time. Paid leaves include parental and family care leave, with additional protections under applicable leave laws.
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What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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