commercetools

Senior Manager, Global Business Development Strategy & Operations

commercetools • $150K — $185K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in B2B SaaS Business Development
  • Experience managing distributed BDR/SDR teams across AMER, EMEA, or APAC
  • Demonstrated success in collaborating with Marketing Leadership to convert demand into sales opportunities
  • Proficient in modern sales technology including Salesforce and conversation intelligence tools
  • Curiosity and aptitude for leveraging AI tools in sales processes

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale the global BDR organization across key regions
  • Align the BDR function with demand generation and corporate pipeline goals
  • Define and optimize global Marketing-BDR service level agreements (SLAs)
  • Own metrics for weekly discovery and qualified opportunity targets
  • Manage and develop regional BDR teams with a focus on performance
  • Design and maintain a comprehensive global BDR playbook
  • Collaborate with HR to enhance onboarding and enablement for BDR teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits with mental health support
  • Annual learning budget and access to coaching and development programs
  • Additional paid parental leave through Family Leave Plus
  • Remote work options through the Family Flex Program
  • Equity participation allowing you to share in the company's success
Full Job Description
Your Impact

As our Senior Manager, Global BDR Function & Operations, you will lead and scale our Business Development Representative (BDR) organisation across AMER, EMEA, and APAC. Reporting directly to the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), you will serve as a functional leader on the Marketing Leadership Team, driving predictable enterprise pipeline growth by implementing global outbound motions, standardizing playbooks, and being hands-on with the global BDR team.

You will:
  • Serve as the global functional lead for business development, partnering directly with the CMO to align the BDR function with overall demand generation campaigns, brand initiatives, and corporate pipeline targets.
  • Partner with RevOps and Marketing to define, monitor, and optimize global Marketing-BDR SLAs, including funnel velocity, lead scoring models, speed-to-lead benchmarks, and inbound conversion strategies.
  • Own global team metrics against weekly discovery and qualified opportunity targets, providing direct, data-driven reporting to executive leadership.
  • Manage regional BDR teams fostering high-performance leadership standards.
  • Own global team retention strategies, structuring quality-weighted compensation frameworks and clear career pathways.
  • Design, implement, and maintain a single global BDR playbook covering inbound and outbound architecture, multi-channel messaging (email, phone, social), and objection handling.
  • Partner with the People team to support onboarding and enablement programs globally, incorporating formal certification milestones and structured peer-shadowing.
  • Collaborate with RevOps to optimize tool adoption, AI potential and workflow efficiencies across Salesforce, Clay, Outreach, Gong/Chorus, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and 6sense/intent data platforms.

This role is in office with five days a week spent in our (Boston MA or London UK) office.
What Sets You Apart

You're a creative problem-solver who is wired to find solutions. You confidently dive into complex challenges and have a talent for making them simple for others. Your curiosity drives you to constantly grow and contribute to an environment of trust and teamwork.

Great ideas come from many paths, and your unique perspective matters more than checking every box. What matters most is the mindset you bring to the work.

You bring:
  • 5+ years in B2B SaaS Business Development
  • Proven track record leading distributed BDR/SDR organizations or managing regional team leads/managers across AMER, EMEA, or APAC.
  • Demonstrated success partnering directly with Marketing Leadership (CMO/VPs) to convert marketing demand into qualified enterprise sales opportunities.
  • Hands-on mastery of modern sales tech (Salesforce, Outreach/Salesloft, intent data, conversation intelligence) and funnel conversion analytics.
  • AI Aptitude: A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively, paired with a drive to learn and put them into practice in your role.

Nice to Have:
  • Experience in enterprise eCommerce, headless commerce, composable platforms, or digital experience software.
Our Benefits

Because work and life are connected, our benefits are too. We've designed them to give you the security, flexibility, and opportunities you need to focus on what matters most.

Comprehensive health benefits for you and your dependents, including access to OpenUp for personalized mental health support

Learning and development opportunities including an annual learning budget, access to self-paced learning platforms and language training, personalized coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs

Family Leave Plus gives you additional fully paid weeks of parental leave on top of government-provided leave, so you can spend more time with your new addition

Family Flex Program: Remote work for a number of days a year to support family connectivity

Our equity participation program allows you to share in our success

For more information on our benefits, visit this page.

Come as you are. Build with us.

Your unique perspective is essential to our success. We are committed to building a team that reflects the world around us because we know it's the only way to build the future. We celebrate our differences and have created a hiring process that's fair, inclusive, and designed to let your talent shine.

For the US: please note that the compensation range pertains to base pay.

US Pay Range

$150,000-$185,000 USD

About commercetools

commercetools is a software company that provides an e-commerce platform for businesses. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. commercetools' platform is designed to be flexible and scalable, allowing businesses to easily manage their online stores and adapt to changing market conditions. The company's customers include major retailers and brands from around the world. commercetools has a strong focus on innovation and has been recognized for its use of cutting-edge technologies, such as microservices and cloud computing.
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