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Global Director – Sales Development
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California + 12 moreAll locations: California | Colorado | District Of Columbia | Florida | Illinois | Louisiana | Oregon | Maryland | Massachusetts | Missouri | Pennsylvania | Texas | Washington
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65 days ago
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Lead
Job Description
Global Director – Sales Development
UpGuard
• Leverage AI to dynamically adapt playbooks based on real-time intent, ensuring the team isn't just following a static, manual script to drive measurable productivity improvements. • Lead, mentor, and develop a world-class global Sales Development team with clear performance expectations and career pathways. • Define and own the global inbound and outbound Sales Development strategy aligned with quarterly and annual revenue goals to help increase pipeline amounts, win rates, and reduce CaC. • Drive SDR-sourced pipeline targets with accountability for quality, conversion, and ARR impact, not just activity volume. • Champion modern outbound tooling, including sequencing platforms, AI-driven personalization, intent data, and automation • Use data and analytics to refine targeting, messaging, and performance management • Continuously evaluate emerging technologies to increase scale without proportional cost growth • Partner with Marketing, Field Sales, Enablement, and RevOps to streamline lead motion, optimize routing, and increase conversion efficiency. • Own forecasting, capacity planning, performance modeling, and analytics to inform decisions and fuel continuous improvement. • Develop SDR managers as operational leaders who understand both sales economics and how to leverage new tools and trends, and people-first coaching.
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Sales Development or Revenue leadership within B2B SaaS environments
- 3+ years leading global SDR teams
- Demonstrated success scaling outbound programs that generate significant revenue impact
- Strong operational leader with a deep understanding of pipeline economics, CAC, and conversion metrics
- Highly tech-forward, with hands-on experience implementing modern sales technologies and AI-driven workflows
- Data-driven, with the ability to build dashboards, forecasts, and performance models to guide decision-making
- Experience leading multi-region teams across North America and EMEA
Benefits
- Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial, physical, and mental well-being
- WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
- $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development, all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
- Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries.
- 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role
- Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carer’s leave
- Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance
- Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
- Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work
- Health Insurance: Health, dental, and vision insurance
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