Sales Development Manager

Menlo Ventures; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly motivated Sales Development Manager to support its EMEA team. You will be responsible for recruiting and managing a world-class team while driving pipeline growth. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of leadership experience in sales development or account executive roles, with excellent communication and organizational skills. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the SDR function within a rapidly growing organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years SDR or AE Leadership/Team Lead experience with a demonstrated track record of success exceeding quotas.
• Strong hunter mentality with direct experience managing teams responsible for creating new demand.
• Experience fostering strong executive-level relationships.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and hire a world-class team of SDRs.
• Manage and enable SDRs to hit all key productivity metrics.
• Develop an SDR strategy resulting in strong execution and collaborative pipeline generation.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales pipeline management

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Hunter mentality

Relationship management

Presentation skills

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Sales Development leader to join our organisation as an SDR Manager to join our EMEA SDR team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding team. The leader will be responsible for supporting and managing the eco-system; team development, recruitment, hiring, and management of your team, as well as driving pipeline growth and exceeding qualified meeting targets within their team. This is an exciting opportunity to join an AI cybersecurity market leader with an unparalleled growth trajectory. Our Sales Development function is the “tip of the spear” for that growth!

About You

The ideal Sales Development Manager candidate should have the perfect blend of experience as an SDR and/or AE - and team leader or management experience. The desire to be challenged, a team oriented mindset, and the mentality of overachievement. The candidate will need to have exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities. Strong written & verbal communication skills are also a must have.

What You Will Do

• Recruit and hire a world class team of SDR’s
• Clearly articulate, manage and enable SDR’s to hit all key productivity metrics and milestones of growth
• Instil a disciplined approach to pipeline generation leveraging both SDR and the greater sales ecosystem
• Develop an overall SDR strategy for the region resulting in strong execution and collaborative team pipeline generation.
• Build and collaborate with the wider Sales, Sales leadership team and the wider ecosystem, your channel manager and FCM
• Effectively forecast monthly / quarterly sales qualified pipeline to leadership
• Facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews to measure SDR productivity, plan execution, and progress against strategic objectives.

Must Have In this job, you will bring these skills

• Minimum of 2 years SDR or AE Leadership/Team Lead experience with demonstrated track record of success exceeding quotas.
• Strong hunter mentality: direct experience working with/manging teams responsible for creating new demand, new customer meetings, and sourcing new sales qualified pipeline.
• Strong team mentality and leadership skills
• A winner - someone who holds themselves accountable to ensuring and supporting their team in consistent over‑achievement.
• Experience establishing and fostering strong relationships with the eco-system at executive levels.
• Strong presentation and communications skills, competent translating technical features into business value.
• Familiarity and experience using consultative, value‑based SDR & sales methodologies (MEDDPIC, Sandler etc.) is a plus.
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment.

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