WHAT YOU'LL DO- Hire, ramp, coach, and manage a team of Sales Development Reps responsible for generating pipeline across net new accounts (Enterprise and Majors).
- Set and track team targets for outbound activity, meetings booked, and early-stage opportunities generated, and coach reps against those numbers daily.
- Build and refine outbound playbooks, messaging, and sequences as the product and market continues to evolve.
- Partner closely with Account Executives and Marketing to align on target accounts, lead handoff, and follow-up quality.
- Analyze team and individual performance data to identify what's working, fix what isn't, and share learnings across the team.
- Act as a career coach for your reps, building a bench of talent that can grow into closing and other GTM roles.
- Stay close to the field - join calls, review call recordings, and roll up your sleeves to prospect alongside your team when needed.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING- High adaptability and energy for the fast-moving, still-being-built nature of an early-stage company.
- A people-first management style - you get energy from coaching reps and watching them grow.
- Strong command of outbound process and metrics, and the discipline to hold a team accountable to them.
- Boundless curiosity and the ability to learn quickly as the product and market evolve.
- Strong technical aptitude and the ability to speak credibly with engineers about the Cognition platform.
- A track record of building or significantly improving a sales development function and hitting pipeline targets.
- Team player - you win and lose with your Sales, Marketing, and GTM peers.
- 1+ years managing an SDR/BDR team, plus prior individual-contributor sales development experience, ideally in technical or developer-focused SaaS.
We're not a family, but many of our employees have them. Cognition offers a number of benefits and perks to make sure everyone is cared for - including but not limited to:
- Competitive comp plan
- Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- 401K, equity
- Meals in office, catered lunches, fully stocked kitchen, swag, etc.
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Team events & activities
- Parking and Uber commuter benefits
