Manager, Sales Development

Stripe

WHO WE ARE About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM As a Sales Development Manager at Stripe, you will drive Stripe’s future growth engine by leading a team of inbound and/or outbound SDRs. You will be working with the Stripe’s Sales teams to build Stripe’s sales pipeline. As a Sales Development manager, you’ll lead and coach a group of high-performing SDRs, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, as well as roll up your sleeves to work directly with the team. We are looking for a self-starter who has demonstrated success dealing with ambiguity, operating in a high-growth environment, and solving problems with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have management experience scaling a technology Sales Development team and superior communication skills. We take a data-driven, analytical approach to Sales Development, and are looking for someone who enjoys building – who will actively participate in the development of sales processes, the articulation of Stripe’s value proposition, and the creation of key tools and assets to measure success. Stripe is not a typical company, and this is not a typical sales development function. If you’re hungry, smart, persistent, and a great teammate, we want to hear from you!   WHAT YOU’LL DO RESPONSIBILITIES This role requires a blend of long-range strategic vision and high-leverage execution YOU WILL: * Define and execute the strategic vision for our SMB, Commercial segments as well as Inbound , carrying accountability for delivering pipeline quality and productivity growth * Managing 5 teams and 45 SDR's. Reporting the Head of EMEA.     * Drive long-range planning and business impact, influencing results over the next 6–24 months, while preparing the organization to scale sustainably over 2–3+ years. * Design and evolve organizational structures, developing and mentoring managers who in turn build healthy, high-performing teams, while ensuring succession plans and resources are in place. * Act as a trusted partner to regional segment leadership, consistently bringing market knowledge, insights, and credibility that shape future growth strategies. * Deliver accurate and reliable forecasting, proactively identifying trends, risks, and opportunities while driving cross-functional changes to sustain multi-quarter growth. * Champion operational excellence, ensuring Salesforce hygiene, data integrity, and innovative metrics that optimize business performance and enable scale. * Build and deepen cross-functional partnerships with Marketing, Sales Ops, Enablement, and Product Marketing to design and execute regional campaigns and strategies. * Play an active role in attracting and retaining top talent, while coaching and mentoring managers and SDRs to develop consultative, solution-oriented skills. * Inspire career growth for team members by identifying transformational development opportunities and preparing future leaders for broader impact. * Lead with innovation, curiosity, and discipline, piloting new processes, tools, and playbooks that refine how SDR teams forecast, execute, and deliver business outcomes. WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS: * 5+ years of experience leading high-performance Sales Development, Inside Sales, or lead qualification teams, including managing managers, with a proven record of consistently exceeding targets. * Demonstrated success designing and scaling organizations in high-growth, ambiguous environments, ideally within technology or SaaS. * Strong strategic planning skills, with the ability to shape 6–24 month outcomes while preparing the business for long-term growth. * Exceptional cross-functional influence, with a track record of driving alignment and results across Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations. * Expertise in operational excellence, including Salesforce discipline, data integrity, accurate forecasting, and performance metrics. * A strong analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track impact. * A passion for building AI-enabled processes and cultures, with curiosity to pilot new technologies that enhance SDR productivity and pipeline generation. * Proven ability to hire, coach, and develop managers and SDRs into future leaders, fostering a culture of growth and performance. * Genuine passion for innovation, start-ups, and technology, with a bias toward experimentation and continuous improvement. * Fluency in English; additional European languages strongly preferred.

Jdsports

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives. Role Overview: Being part of Team JD you will be responsible for ensuring our customers receive the best possible service each time they visit your store. You will assist in maximising store profitability by exceeding your sales targets and utilising the in-store devices, while contributing to a successful store team. Customer Service * Greet all customers in a warm, genuine and friendly manner. * Ensure that customers receive the best possible service every time that they enter a JD store. * Understand the process of the Customer Service measuring programme. Sales * Drive sales, ensuring that targets are achieved and, where possible, exceeded. * Utilise the in-store devices, offering the customer the whole product range. * Provide alternatives and add on sales at every opportunity. Visual Merchandising * Assist in maintaining standards on the shop floor. * Keep stock clean and presentable at all times. * Replenish stock levels when needed, making sure the full size range is on the shop floor where possible. * Ensure that product is priced correctly. * Keep all displays up to date. General * To deputise for other staff, work within departments, or carry out other duties as required. * Represent JD Sports in the most professional manner at all times. * Conduct your work in a safe and responsible manner. Skills, Experience & knowledge needed *  Strong Communication skills  * Confident & Outgoing  * Effective selling skills  We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits: * Holiday Allowance * Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation * Pension Scheme - Depending on level of role * Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work. Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager. Thank you again for your time.

Pinterest

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. As a Client Account Manager you will manage a portfolio of Netherlands Enterprise Brands. You will drive growth with high‑potential, performance, and brand‑focused advertisers. You will harness the power of AI-driven solutions and data intelligence to optimize client outcomes and elevate the account management experience. You will provide strategic direction to drive growth for your clients on Pinterest, helping them realize the opportunity available to expand their business. You will be part of a team culture that values collaboration, innovation and achieving great results. If this sounds like fun, we’d love to hear from you!   What you’ll do: * Build and nurture relationships with our advertising partners; proactively share performance, optimizations, updates, and opportunities. * Ensure that our partners’ objectives and requirements are met by working together with our internal teams (Measurement & Insights, Product Marketing, Creative Strategy, etc). * Gain a deep understanding of our partners’ business goals and turn data into compelling stories and actionable insights to help them succeed. * Specifically own the “how” conversation with advertisers to advise on media strategies across targeting, bidding models, creative, measurement, etc. * Become an expert at Pinterest campaign best practices, enabling yourself to be the resource for performance related opportunities. Ensure that campaign setup is optimal.  Interpret and communicate campaign results so that the customer sees impact. Evaluate if a digital media campaign is successful and how to troubleshoot. Understand how to drive results, optimize campaigns and deliver performance updates to partners. Ensure the performance metrics that were agreed upon are being met, and take action to course correct.  * Leverage AI-driven tools and workflows to streamline campaign management, identify emerging trends, and recommend optimizations at scale. * Analyze campaign data using AI-powered insights platforms, translating findings into actionable strategies for client success. * Actively engage in client meetings to understand their key objectives and challenges. Present and explain complex solutions in a clear and concise manner to help partners achieve their objectives. Handle resistance, complaints, or objections from partners professionally and patiently. Cross sell and upsell opportunities that contribute to the team’s ability to exceed revenue targets. * Understand complex processes and products, distilling them down into a digestible format for our partners’, Provide partners with guidance and expertise on product, service best practices and features. Be highly knowledgeable about all relevant Pinterest ad product features and capable of clearly explaining their benefits to a customer. Maintain up-to-date education and fluency on evolving product roadmap and iterations. Efficiently interfaces with appropriate cross-functional teams to answer product-related questions or challenges when needed. * Continuously evaluate and adopt AI technologies to enhance account management capabilities and client service.   What we’re looking for: * Digital advertising sales experience, managing high value relationships, driving strategic learning agendas and owning client communication. * Analytical with a strong performance marketing background. * Comfortable managing complex client relationships.  * Able to manage large workloads while remaining a proactive, solutions‑oriented problem solver. * Hands-on experience integrating AI or automation into routine workflow processes, and a curiosity for adopting new AI technologies. * Familiarity with AI-powered marketing, analytics, and reporting tools for scalable account management. * Track record of compelling data-backed storytelling and recommendations. * Expert in managing forecasts and achieving goals. * Strong communication skills in person, on the phone, and through email. * A team player who’s able to work in a fast-paced environment with technical and non-technical teams at scale. * Expertise in digital advertising and media sales including campaign optimization, analytical problem solving, and product/platform knowledge. * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business, or equivalent experience.   Relocation Statement: * This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our  PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.   In-Office Requirement Statement: * We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. * This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices; Dublin. #LI-HYBRID #LI-PS1 At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity and incentive compensation. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. Location based applicants €58.931—€103.130 EUR Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.   By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.