Manager, Sales Development
Austin, TXJobSeen 2mo agoStill listed 6 days ago
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Navan’s Manager of Sales Development leads a team of 6–8 sales development representatives, shaping hiring, development, and performance to support the growth of its sales organization. The role owns revenue and pipeline-generation targets, builds training and coaching programs, establishes an operating cadence, and partners with cross-functional leaders to improve SDR processes and results. The position follows an in-office policy four days per week.
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Full job description
At Navan, Sales Development is more than pipeline generation—it's a strategic talent engine fueling the growth of our sales organization. As Manager of Sales Development, you will significantly shape our ability to scale by attracting, developing, and empowering exceptional talent to drive business impact.
What You'll Do:
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Hire, onboard and ramp a team of 6-8 sales development representatives and achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets
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Design, deliver, and refine regular training and enablement workshops, with targeted coaching in prospecting techniques, objection handling, discovery conversations, call coaching, and other core sales development skills.
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Drive a consistent and impactful operational cadence through weekly and monthly meetings designed to align, inspire, and motivate SDRs to exceed goals.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Strategy, and Enablement to ensure alignment and seamless execution of SDR initiatives.
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Continuously assess, refine, and optimize SDR processes and strategies, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing measurable solutions.
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Act as a strategic partner to sales leadership, ensuring robust talent density, accelerated rep development, and consistent achievement of pipeline generation targets.
What We're Looking For:
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2+ years of experience managing sales development team in a SaaS company
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1-3+ years experience in a closing quota carrying role (preferably as an Account Executive) and a proven track record of managing to core KPI’s
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Success in overachieving quotas and targets
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Ability to drive and manage cross-functional initiatives at scale
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A love for coaching and mentoring new sales leaders early in their own sales careers
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Familiarity with data analysis and reporting to make quick, informed decisions
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Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, in-person or on the phone
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A passion for operational rigor and excellence. You love finding the levers to accelerate growth.
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A willingness to challenge the status quo. You are excited to experiment, measure and iterate.
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Must be OK with an in-office policy 4 days/week.
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How this job compares
Set against the 428 open Sales Development Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$88–144K/yr380 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Sales Development Manager jobs in Texas and 428 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Sales Development Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (170 postings).
- Education
- 7 of the 428 open Sales Development Manager jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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