What is the JumpStart Pathway?
JumpStart your technical career with this 6-month pathway designed for individuals with little or no professional experience. This pathway will help you develop your technical skills, pursue further education, and gain professional experience all in an award-winning work environment. If you identify as an individual from an underrepresented community who is trying to maximize your future career and educational success, then this pathway is for you. This is a fully paid position on our technical support team, and those who successfully complete this pathway will be offered a full-time position with KnowBe4.
Pathway Dates
Applications Open:
June 2022
Pathway Starts:
August 22, 2022
Why Join?
Build Your Professional Portfolio
- Showcase your personal and professional development.
- Get professional headshots.
- Create a strong resume full of new skills.
Further Your Education
- Receive comprehensive training and onboarding.
- Earn industry certifications after pathway completion.
- Receive tuition reimbursement upon pathway completion.
Learn From the Best
- Access KnowBe4's amazing network of performance coaches.
- Work with our Career Development team to plan your future.
- Join "Ask Me Anything" sessions with top executives.
Have Fun
- Join a dynamic team that understands how to make work exciting.
- Participate in frequent team-building events.
- Get all the perks of being a part of KnowBe4!
Common Career Journeys
This chart shows just a few of the common career journeys that KnowBe4’s technical support employees follow. Through our education, certification, and career development programs, the potential for growth is limitless!
The JumpStart Pathway is an opportunity to experience firsthand how the technical support team operates from a core support perspective.
As a technical support team member, you will work with the customer success team and sales representatives to provide customer support and help resolve technical issues. Technical support members are also the first line in resolving help desk tickets. The rotation will include assessments after three months to ensure the team member has a grasp of support processes and procedures.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years or older at the start of the pathway
- Must have recently received your high school diploma or GED
- Looking to start your professional career
- Driven to learn new things
- Able to work from our office in downtown Clearwater, Florida
Skills Required
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Basic understanding of computers, email, the related uses, and terminology
- Interest in technology and customer service
- Excellent time management and organization skills
Essential Responsibilities
- Consult with the organization’s customers or end-users regarding the implementation and configuration of KnowBe4’s products to modify it to suit the customer’s needs
- Test and configure KnowBe4’s products and modify them so that they function in each customer’s unique environment
- Work in conjunction with the Product team to provide feedback or other information needed to enhance KnowBe4’s products
- Consult with customers for new product ideas and enhancements related to the KMSAT console
- Communicate directly with clients or end-users to gather details as needed to fully define issues or new requirements
- Work collaboratively with CSM team to quickly resolve customer’s issues
- Investigate and document technical issues and communicate any trends or patterns to the Research & Development team
- Monitor the ticketing queue to prioritize, allocate and ensure timely resolution of issue reports and change requests
- Apply troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to guide and assist the end-user community on issues related to design, development, and deployment of KnowBe4 products
- Investigate and document issue reports and communicate findings to the development team or clients as required
- Present technical walkthroughs to customers
- Work with the sales reps and CSMs to give demonstrations of the KMSAT console to the customers and/or end-users
- Train customers and end-users on how to best use our training platform including the discussion of best practices to fully deploy the training to its employees
- Attend prospect and customer meetings, supporting the sales team as a KMSAT console subject matter expert
- Work in conjunction with the Product team to provide feedback or other information needed to enhance KnowBe4's products by consulting with customers for new product ideas and enhancements related to the KMSAT console
Upon successful completion of the JumpStart Pathway, you may apply for an open KnowBe4 position in accordance with company policy. As your employment with KnowBe4 is “at will,” KnowBe4 specifically reserves the right to terminate the employment relationship at any point during the JumpStart Pathway, or following its completion, with or without cause or advance notice, and without the need to follow any progressive discipline contained in the employee handbook.
