BDR Manager

Sana Commerce; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere (up to 8 weeks/yr)

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Sana Commerce is seeking a BDR Manager to lead a Dubai-based team and drive pipeline growth for our fast-growing SaaS business. You’ll coach BDRs, own targets, and partner with Account Executives to sharpen qualifications and hand-offs across regions.

In addition to building a scalable go-to-market plan and territory strategy, you’ll implement effective outreach sequences and messaging with Marketing, ensuring strong performance across time zones and markets.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in B2B sales development or business development.
• At least 1 year leading, coaching or mentoring BDMs/SDRs.
• Experience selling into BENEFR, UK, US or DACH markets.
• Data-driven with funnel metrics; comfortable with CRM and sales engagement tools such as Salesforce or HubSpot, Outreach or Salesloft, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
• Near-native or fluent professional English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and motivating a team of BDRs through weekly 1:1s, call reviews and role-plays, while staying hands-on by prospecting into strategic accounts yourself.
• Owning the team's targets for qualified meetings and pipeline, forecasting them accurately, and reporting activity, conversion and pipeline results and insights from the CRM to sales leadership.
• Hiring and onboarding new BDRs as the team grows, and building a clear career path for them towards Account Executive roles.
• Developing the team's go-to-market approach: splitting the target account pool into territories so every account is worked, and designing and improving outreach sequences, call scripts and messaging together with Marketing.
• Partnering with Account Executives to agree qualification criteria and hand-over standards, and keeping the hand-off tight.

Skills

B2B sales

Team leadership

CRM tooling

LinkedIn Navigator

English fluency

Go-to-market planning

Tools

Salesforce

HubSpot

Outreach

Salesloft

Job description

Job description

Company Description

At Sana Commerce we're committed to an inclusive environment and recognize that our diverse workforce is one of our greatest strengths.

At Sana Commerce, we simplify B2B commerce complexity, connect digital journeys, and provide intelligent guidance that helps manufacturers grow. We are a fast-moving SaaS company creating the future of connected commerce, looking for experienced professionals who are ready to take ownership of their careers and drive predictable outcomes for our customers.

Our goal is clear: we make digital B2B buying as trusted and guided as a conversation with a top sales rep. When commerce runs natively on the data the business already runs on, manual work disappears, trust returns, and manufacturers move beyond efficiency into true growth.

At Sana Commerce, we're looking for a BDR Manager to lead and coach a team of Business Development Representatives (BDRs) based in Dubai, helping to drive measurable pipeline growth, execute strategic account plans, and turn top accounts into opportunities. As the starting point of our sales pipeline, this team creates the qualified opportunities our Account Executives turn into long-term customers, and shapes how we prospect into new regions.

What you'll get

• The opportunity to make a globalimpact at a fast-growing SaaS scale-up.
• Working closely with global leaders on strategic initiatives.
• Up to 8weeks “work from anywhere” per year.
• A hybrid working model – 3days from the office, 2days from home.

Job Description

What you'll be doing

• Leading, coaching and motivating a team of BDRs through weekly 1:1s, call reviews and role-plays, while staying hands-on by prospecting into strategic accounts yourself.
• Owning the team's targets for qualified meetings and pipeline, forecasting them accurately, and reporting activity, conversion and pipeline results and insights from the CRM to sales leadership.
• Hiring and onboarding new BDRs as the team grows, and building a clear career path for them towards Account Executive roles.
• Developing the team's go-to-market approach: splitting the target account pool into territories so every account is worked, and designing and improving outreach sequences, call scripts and messaging together with Marketing.
• Partnering with Account Executives to agree qualification criteria and hand-over standards, and keeping the hand-off tight.

Qualifications

What you'll bring:

• 3–5 years in B2B sales development or business development, ideally in SaaS, with a proven track record of beating targets.
• At least 1 year leading, coaching or mentoring BDMs or SDRs, formally or as a senior team member, with strong coaching skills and the ability to motivate a team across time zones.
• Experience selling into either the BENEFR, UK, US or DACH market.
• A data-driven approach: you use funnel metrics to find what's working and fix what isn't, and you're comfortable with CRM and sales engagement tools such as Salesforce or HubSpot, Outreach or Salesloft, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
• Near-native or fluent professional English, spoken and written.

Nice to have: knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics) or B2B e-commerce; experience with account-based marketing and multi-threading into large accounts; familiarity with manufacturing, distribution or wholesale; and additional languages, such as Dutch or German.

Additional Information

Who we are

At Sana Commerce, our values drive everything we do:

• Champions of Our League – We deliver lasting success, balancing quick wins and long-term value
• Supercharge Our Customers – We’re revolutionizing B2B commerce together, helping our customers to lead and succeed
• Determined to Grow – We embrace challenges, growing and raising the bar for ourselves and our industry
• Bold Together – We dare to be bold because we have each other’s back

Job descriptions can be tough to interpret. Even if you may not tick all the boxes, wehave ambitious plans and we encourage people who share our vision and look forward to growing with us.