Manager, Sales Development - EMEA

United Kingdom - Remote Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. The role, in a nutshell: As the Manager of Sales Development, you will lead and mentor a team of BDRs responsible for both inbound lead qualification as well as outbound opportunity generation. Your role involves hiring and onboarding new BDRs, developing and implementing strategies to optimize the BDR team's performance, setting and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and ensuring alignment with the company’s overall sales goals. You will provide hands-on coaching and development, drive repeatable progress toward pipeline targets, and foster a collaborative environment to enhance productivity and motivation. In addition, you will work closely with the Director of Sales Development and Sales leaders to refine lead generation tactics, manage pipeline generation, and improve top of funnel conversion rates. Your leadership will be crucial in achieving pipeline targets and driving the overall success of the Sales Development function at Chainguard. What you’ll do:

• Continue to build out our growing BDR function,

working with recruiting to identify top talent to hire and onboard

• Develop your team’s skills for outbound prospecting,

qualifying, and opportunity creation

• Provide ongoing feedback and coaching in recurring weekly 1:1s to ensure BDR team members develop skills and performance over time
• Work closely with the Demand Generation team to provide feedback on MQLs and campaigns
• Work closely with the Sales team to improve outbounding strategies

and qualification processes while also tackling other areas of improvement

• Work in collaboration with Marketing/Sales/Product to develop effective messaging to outbound into target accounts

and convert inbound interest into qualified pipeline

• Work closely with Sales leadership to ensure alignment on your team's strategy

and execution on account coverage, target personas, opportunity quality and BDR to AE hand-off

• Accurately forecast weekly,

monthly, and quarterly attainment

• Closely monitor team performance metrics and KPIs with the goal to increase BDR productivity

What we're looking for:

• 2+ years leading a team of BDRs (Cybersecurity,

DevSecOps, Infrastructure, OSS strongly preferred)

• Experience with funnel management across multiple channels and focuses (inbound,

outbound, upsell, new business)

• Hands on enablement experience in onboarding,

ramping, and developing your team

• Experience with sales and marketing tools,

including CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot), lead generation software, and productivity tools

• Strong analytical skills and ability to make data driven decisions
• Proven ability to effectively recruit,

hire, and train new people

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced,

unpredictable environment

• Aptitude for identifying challenges and developing creative solutions to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness
• Experience prospecting or selling into Enterprise accounts
• Understanding of B2B software,

Open Source software, and the developer product space is preferred

• Experience growing within a small start-up is preferred

Compensation Range: $175000-$200000 OTE (based on experience/location) About Us: We live and breathe our company values: We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better. We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast. We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus but we also like to enjoy the journey. We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions. A few of the benefits we offer: Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces phone & internet costs. Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire & promotion plus you can participate in secondary offerings & have 10 years to exercise your options (yes you read that correctly: 10 years!). 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health vision & dental insurance premiums for you & your dependents nothing comes out of your paycheck. Flexible Time Off: Take time you need  To do our best work we need recharge & reset.18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents & 12 weeks for non-birthing parents option use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.Equal Opportunity Employer statement included.