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Were looking for a seasoned BD Team Lead whos excited to scale Zenskars ABM-led outbound motion from 1 to 10. Youll be responsible for sourcing your quota of meetings, recruiting and coaching BDRs and BD interns, setting up new sequences, and executing and iterating on our outbound sales strategy. If youre expecting a fully developed playbook to run with, Zenskar is probably not the right fit . The core pieces are in place, and we expect you to build on top of them. Youll work directly with the founders, the Head of Growth, and the current BD Team Lead. This is also a cross-functional roleyoull collaborate with the Inbound Marketing team, AEs, CS, and Engineers to refine our sales strategy. The primary objective is to set up meetings with qualified prospects by optimizing our outbound sales engineiterating on campaigns, channels, messaging, tooling, and leading a team of BDRs and BD interns. Outbound Prospecting Find leads from databases (Apollo, ZoomInfo, Tracxn, Clay, Sales Navigator etc.) Reach out via email, LinkedIn, cold calling (manual and automated) to generate new sales opportunities Identify needs of prospects and build long-term, trusting relationships to qualify leads as sales opportunities ABM Campaign Design and Messaging Design and execute end-to-end ABM campaigns (e.g., lookalike accounts of existing customers, recently acquired companies, customers of competitors) Experiment with sequences and messaging across channels: call, email, LinkedIn etc. Incorporate feedback from prospect responses to refine messaging further Recruit and Coach BDRs and BD Interns Lead the hiring process for BDRs Own the ramp-up, training and coaching Create and run an internship program from scratch to roll out PPOs with the intent of grooming full-time BDRs internally: Hiring, ramp up, coaching, KPI setting, and decision on who to offer PPOs to Tech Stack Current Tools: Hubspot, Outplay, Clay, FullEnrich, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Tracxn, Ocean, G2, Phantom Buster, Lavender, Mailmeteor, GPT, NotebookLM, Prosp.ai We are an automation-first company by DNA and have automated large parts of our sales workflows. You would be expected to further drive automation. Key Qualifications 3 to 5 years of experience in sales or business development at a B2B SaaS company targeting the US/North American market 0.52 years as a Sr. SDR/BDR or Team Lead, carrying an IC quota while mentoring others Promoted internally after excelling in an outbound IC BDR/SDR role Strong experience with cold calling as a core outreach method High EQyou understand team dynamics and earn respect organically Solid hustle and an entrepreneurial mindset; thrive in early-stage ambiguity Excellent verbal and written communication Proficiency with CRMs, lead databases, sales engagement tools, ChatGPT, etc. Familiarity with CRM systems; capable of managing leads, pipelines, and automation Willing to work late hours for US time zone overlap Hands-on mindsetcomfortable working alongside your team Strong first-principles thinking and business acumen; ability to understand user pain points and the product deeply High ownership, work ethic, and ability to motivate a team Dont take yourself too seriously :)
