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Manager, Sales Development

Lacework

Lacework

Sales & Business Development
Austin, TX, USA
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2023

At Lacework, we strive to provide a supportive, collaborative environment where people are empowered to do the best work of their careers.

Our team members enjoy solving complex problems, big sky thinking, and obsess over getting the details right. We love what we do and are proud of our work to secure clouds and container environments for thousands of users worldwide.

We are seeking an all-star Sales Development Rep (SDR) Manager to lead a team of SDRs who deliver highly qualified meetings to the sales team. The Manager, SDR will be responsible for continuous training and ensuring the growth and success of the SDRs. This role collaborates closely with sales and marketing groups to maximize pipeline creation. The candidate must be a strong coach & leader, extremely well organized and continuously improve the SDR program as a whole. This is a great opportunity to support a fast-growing company where your output has a direct impact on the company’s growth

The Role:

  • Train and manage the SDR team on how to prospect, qualify leads, and exceed goals
  • Recruit the top talent in the world to join your team
  • Prioritize 1:1's and coaching to develop your teams’ talent to grow into new opportunities at Lacework
  • Track follow up on daily MQLs, contact us form submissions, live chat inquiries and other inbound sales-ready leads in adherence with “speed to lead” SLA
  • Partner with regional sales directors and field marketing to execute cross-functional demand generation in key accounts for our field sales team
  • Help balance the lead flow among the SDR team and drive target account outreach
  • Identify methods to optimize SFDC, Outreach, Sales Navigator, Drift, and other selling tools to improve SDR productivity
  • Be metrics driven. Continually optimize SDR processes as well as messaging, cadences, and campaigns for optimal results
  • Develop career progression and development path for SDRs, working closely with cross-functional leadership team
  • Partner with HR to develop SDR comp plans that are aligned to industry best practices and are fair and equitable to all parties
  • Work with marketing and sales leadership to optimize pipeline and revenue creation
  • Provide SFDC hygiene when necessary

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience managing an SDR team
  • Expertise in prospecting and sales best practices
  • Proven ability to spot talent, hire and grow SDRs to be Sales rock-stars
  • Quick ability to master selling tools (Salesforce, Outreach, Dial.Bot, Sales Navigator)
  • Be a great coach and have solid people skills to foster a strong team -- A natural leader
  • You are approachable, a natural problem solver, and have grit
  • Big picture thinking and not content with the status quo
  • BA/BS



Lacework is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Lacework to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons, regardless of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliations, marital status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, age, sexual orientation, membership, or non-membership in an employee organization, or on the basis of personal favoritism or other non-merit factors, except where otherwise provided by law