Manager, Enterprise Business Development - APJ

Chainguard; Sydney; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

Stock options on hire and promotion, 0

100% Covered Health Insurance

Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Chainguard seeks a Manager of Business Development to lead a growing BDR team, hire and onboard new BDRs, and drive outbound prospecting, qualification, and pipeline generation. You will coach through weekly 1:1s, align with Demand Gen and Sales, and refine messaging with Marketing/Sales/Product to improve win rates.

Your leadership will shape the BDR function and help hit pipeline targets in a remote-first, international setting.

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading a team of BDRs (Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, OSS strongly preferred)
• Experience with funnel management across multiple channels and focuses
• Hands-on enablement experience in onboarding and learning & development
• Experience with sales and marketing tools, including CRM platforms, lead generation software, and AI tools
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make data-driven decisions
• Proven ability to recruit, hire, and train new people
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Located in the APJ region

Responsibilities

• Continue to build out our growing BDR function, hiring and onboarding top talent
• Develop the team’s outbound prospecting, qualification, and opportunity creation skills
• Provide ongoing coaching in weekly 1:1s to drive performance
• Collaborate with Demand Gen to optimize MQLs and campaigns
• Work with Sales to refine outbound strategies and qualification processes
• Collaborate with Marketing/Sales/Product on messaging for target accounts
• Align with Sales leadership on strategy, coverage, personas and hand-offs
• Forecast weekly, monthly, and quarterly attainment
• Monitor KPIs to boost BDR productivity

Skills

BDR leadership

Team leadership

Funnel management

Enablement

Data-driven decisions

Tools

CRM software

Lead generation tools

AI tooling

Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The Role, In a Nutshell

As the Manager of Business Development, you will lead and mentor a team of BDRs responsible for outbound opportunity generation. Your role involves hiring and onboarding new BDRs, developing and implementing strategies to optimize the BDR team's performance, setting and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and ensuring alignment with the company’s overall sales goals. You will provide hands‑on coaching and development, drive repeatable progress toward pipeline targets, and foster a collaborative environment to enhance productivity and motivation. In addition, you will work closely with the Senior Manager of Business Development, Marketing leaders, and Sales leaders to refine lead generation tactics, manage pipeline generation, and improve top of funnel conversion rates. Your leadership will be crucial in achieving pipeline targets and driving the overall success of the Business Development function at Chainguard.

What You’ll Do

• Continue to build out our growing BDR function, working with recruiting to identify top talent to hire and onboard
• Develop your team’s skills for outbound prospecting, qualifying, and opportunity creation
• Provide ongoing feedback and coaching in recurring weekly 1:1s to ensure BDR team members develop skills and performance over time
• Work closely with the Demand Generation team to provide feedback on MQLs and campaigns
• Work closely with the Sales team to improve outbound strategies and qualification processes while also tackling other areas of improvement
• Work in collaboration with Marketing/Sales/Product to develop effective messaging to outbound into target accounts and convert interest into qualified pipeline
• Work closely with Sales leadership to ensure alignment on your team's strategy and execution on account coverage, target personas, opportunity quality and BDR to AE hand-off
• Accurately forecast weekly, monthly, and quarterly attainment
• Closely monitor team performance metrics and KPIs with the goal to increase BDR productivity

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years leading a team of BDRs (Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, OSS strongly preferred)
• Experience with funnel management across multiple channels and focuses
• Hands-on enablement experience in onboarding and learning & development
• Experience with sales and marketing tools, including CRM platforms, lead generation software, and AI tools
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make data-driven decisions
• Proven ability to effectively recruit, hire, and train new people
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, unpredictable environment
• Aptitude for identifying challenges and developing creative solutions to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness
• Located in the APJ region

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A Few Of The Benefits We Offer

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.