Senior Director, Sales Development, SDRs
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Senior Director of Global Sales Development leading a multi-product team for Instructure. Responsible for executing sales strategies that deliver sales-qualified opportunities across diverse markets.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the comprehensive global Sales Development strategy, ensuring alignment across multiple product lines, complex sales cycles, and target customer segments.
- Deliver against quarterly and annual pipeline generation targets, focusing on improving the predictability and conversion rates of qualified opportunities (SQOs) into closed-won business.
- Own the SDR outreach methodology, continuously developing and refining high-impact outbound sales plays, personalization tactics, and sequencing strategies to penetrate target accounts effectively.
- Provide executive leadership and mentorship to the management team within the 40-person SDR organization, ensuring leadership consistency and execution alignment across all geographies.
- Establish and enforce scalable processes, uniform KPIs, and disciplined forecasting methodologies to drive efficiency across the global team.
- Champion data fluency, leveraging advanced analytics to inform outreach strategy, optimize resource allocation, and drive continuous improvement in qualification and conversion metrics.
- Own the adoption, utilization, and optimization of the core sales technology stack, ensuring maximum SDR productivity and accurate data integrity.
- Build a high-performance culture that prioritizes daily coaching and enablement. Ensure clear, motivating pathways for career growth from SDR to management and into Account Executive roles.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, and RevOps to ensure seamless handoff processes, consistent messaging, and aligned go-to-market strategies that accelerate revenue across the entire organization.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of sales leadership experience, including significant, verifiable experience leading B2B Sales Development/Lead Generation organizations of 40+ team members or more.
- Proven success managing a team of managers and scaling multi-product, multi-cycle, inbound and outbound SDR teams in B2B environments.
- Deep expertise in developing and executing high-velocity and strategic outbound and inbound Sales Development motions to identify and qualify target customer profiles.
- Hands-on experience implementing, administering, and optimizing sales engagement platforms (Outreach, Salesloft), ABM tools (Demandbase, 6sense), and CRM systems (Salesforce).
- Extensive experience managing geographically distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones, with a strong emphasis on global alignment and local market nuance.
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, influence, and change management skills.
- SaaS or Enterprise technology industry experience is strongly preferred.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.
- Flexible schedules and a remote-friendly culture, with hybrid or onsite work options available in some regions for specific roles
- Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.
- Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
- Annual learning and development stipends to support your growth
- The technology and tools you need to do your best work — typically a Mac, with PC options available in some locations
- Motivosity employee recognition program
- A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection















