
Ankar · New York
The way companies innovate is broken. The systems built to create and protect ideas can’t keep up with the pace of change. Today, 90% of S&P 500 company value i...
The way companies innovate is broken. The systems built to create and protect ideas can’t keep up with the pace of change. Today,
90% of S&P 500 company value is intangible (e.g., in intellectual property) - yet R&D and IP teams spend half their time buried in
manual work, sifting through patents and paperwork instead of pushing the frontier forward. The tools of creating and protecting
are stuck in the past. We’re here to fix that.
Ankar is building the R&D tools for the AI era and defining what applied research will look like in the next 20 years. We’re
building infrastructure and product experiences our customers rely on every day. You’ll translate messy, ambiguous problems into
clean, dependable software—and you’ll do it at the cutting-edge of AI.
Hugging Face, CEO from Datadog, and Leaders from DeepMind and OpenAI.
Vorys
getting started.
US Expansion
Current US Footprint
The US will be our largest market; we already have revenue, customers, and pipeline - now we’re building the team to scale it.
The US is generating meaningful revenue today without a local team. We’ve validated demand and built pipeline from the UK. Now
we’re formalizing our US go-to-market.
Next 12 Months
This role is not about territory management - it’s a market building role.
What you’ll be doing
As our Founding US Sales Leader, you’ll build and lead Ankar’s US go-to-market from the ground up. This is a player–coach role.
You will personally own and close complex enterprise deals while setting the standard for how we sell in the US.
design, negotiation, and close.
in-market.
You will report directly to the founders and work closely with the London sales team from day one. This is a true
build-from-scratch mandate — with significant ownership, visibility, and long-term upside.
What we are looking for
Culture at Ankar is how we think, build, and operate. We’re building a generational company that redefines how the world’s best
R&D teams create and protect ideas.
ideas come from clarity and rigour.
the next 20 years. We care about precision, quality, and systems that last.
the bar. Every challenge sharpens us.
This role is not for you if...
travel. We operate with high autonomy and ownership, expect our team to go above and beyond, be obsessed with our mission and
thrive in ambiguity rather than wait for direction.
and new information.
creating exceptional products.
right answer than defending a particular one.
ABOUT THE JOB Flatpay is on a mission to simplify payments for small and medium-sized businesses. We provide transparent, low-cost payment solutions combined with fast onboarding and real human support. Our approach is simple: fair pricing, great technology, and local support that merchants can rely on. We’re scaling rapidly, with 1,600+ colleagues across multiple markets, and we’re just getting started! As we’re now expanding into the United States, we’re building a team of driven commercial leaders who want to help SMBs access better payment solutions while playing a key role in launching Flatpay in a new market! If you want to join a high-growth, customer-centric company where things move fast and people genuinely care, you’ll feel right at home here. Salary Band On‑Target Earnings (OTE): $100,000 – $130,000 Compensation Structure: Base salary plus commission based on team performance WHAT YOU'LL DO We are looking for a founding BDR Manager to build and lead our Business Development Representative (BDR) function from scratch. This team is responsible for generating qualified meetings for our Field Sales Representatives — not closing deals. You will hire and develop a high-performing team, and drive consistent meeting volume to fuel our US sales growth. Key Responsibilities * Build and scale the BDR function from zero, including hiring, onboarding, and training * Design outbound strategies focused on booking qualified meetings for field sales teams * Define messaging, cadences, and playbooks for SMB merchant outreach * Set KPIs focused on activity, meetings booked, show rates, and pipeline contribution * Ensure high-quality lead qualification and handoff to Field Sales Representatives * Coach and develop BDRs on outreach, objection handling, and booking performance * Work closely with sales leadership to align on meeting targets and territory needs * Continuouslyoptimizeconversion rates across the funnel * Collaborate with marketing on campaigns and lead generation initiatives WHO YOU ARE * Experience managing or leading BDR/SDR teams in a high-growth environment * Strongtrack recordof building outbound functions focused on meeting generation * Experience in fintech, payments, or SMB-focused sales environments preferred * Deep understanding of outbound metrics (activity, bookings, show rates, conversion) * Hands-on leadership style with ability to coach and execute * Experience working with field sales teams and handoff processes * Ability tooperatein a fast-paced, high-growth environment * Excellent communication and leadership skills
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Our team previously scaled Tessian (cybersecurity tech, backed by Sequoia, Balderton, Accel, acquired post-Series C), and our team includes ex-founders operators who’ve grown unicorns, shipped world-class products, and executed at the highest levels. You’ll work alongside leaders like Ben, Abs, Sabrina, and Rebe. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE TEAM AND LIFE AT OMNEA HERE. We’re looking for a commercial and technical powerhouse to join Omnea as part of our founding US Sales Engineering team. You’ll play a pivotal role in accelerating our go-to-market motion, helping to build the function from the ground up, and shaping how we scale in North America. This is a rare opportunity to be on the frontlines of an early-stage, hyper-growth business and fast-track your career in ways few roles can offer. You’ll be joining us at a pivotal time. We’ve just raised $50M in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, Accel, Point Nine, and First Round Capital. In the past year we’ve grown revenue 5x, tripled our customer base, and maintained >99% retention with enterprises like Spotify, Wise, Albertsons, Adecco, and McAfee. Our team is small but high-calibre -- it took over 10,000 interviews to hire our first 50 Omneans. Now we’re ready to scale globally. We’re looking for the very best Sales Engineers out there to help us win strategic US logos and establish Omnea as one of the world’s leading tech businesses. Come build with us. 📍 Please note: You’ll need to spend 8+ weeks in the first 5 months onboarding with our team in London, UK. We’ll arrange accommodation during this period and it doesn't need to be in one continuous block. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? * You’ll be the technical expert in the enterprise sales process, working alongside a talented team to uncover and address client challenges * You’ll engage directly with prospects (companies with hundreds of employees), building tailored demos and leading technical discussions to showcase Omnea’s value * You’ll partner with our sales team to lead custom discovery sessions, understand customer pain points, and showcase new or non-standard capabilities in the Omnea platform * You’ll drive and own POCs in collaboration with the Customer and Product teams, ensuring prospects gain required technical comfort to move forward with Omnea * You’ll act as a bridge between Sales, Product, and Customer, ensuring consistent communication and alignment throughout the customer journey * You’ll provide valuable feedback from the field to the Product team, helping shape future roadmap enhancements based on customer insights * You’ll continuously improve our pre-sales processes, refining demo environments, technical documentation, and other sales collateral to better support future efforts ABOUT YOU * You have 3-7 years of experience in sales engineering, solutions engineering, or technical consulting, ideally within a B2B SaaS environment * You’ve spent time in the modern finance or procurement stack, and deeply understand the needs and technologies our ideal customers use are are familiar with the procurement and billing/AP space * You have experience with demoing, implementing or administering key applications such as ERPs, CLMs, GRC, procurement and/or AP automation platforms. * You’re an effective communicator, simplifying technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. * You’re a proactive problem solver, with strong troubleshooting skills and a customer-first mindset. * You bring a strong technical foundation, with the ability to quickly learn and demonstrate a complex software platform. * You are skilled at leading product demos, running discovery sessions, and crafting custom solutions for enterprise clients * You’re comfortable responding to RFPs/RFIs and addressing IT security queries, managing complex technical requirements. At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we're best served by a team with all sorts of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec! And regardless of your race, religion, colour, gender, or anything else! If you think you could be a good fit for Omnea, please reach out. A FEW THINGS TO NOTE: * We offer competitive geo-localised benefits, and you can check out our UK Benefits Package here and our US Benefits Package here. * We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in-person at our offices. At this early stage of our company life-cycle it's important to us that we get this together-time, and you can read more about why we believe this is a winning move here * We're commercial, ambitious and we don't pretend otherwise! We're actively seeking folks looking to make the most of a career-defining opportunity, with the hunger to be part of building something really impressive. You can see our values here and our Omnea Future Founder's fund here! * We sometimes use AI note-takers to help us transcribe interview notes, so we can be more present in your interview. If you'd like to opt out of us using automatic transcribers, please note this in the free text field in your application, otherwise we'll take your application as confirmation that you're happy for us to use notetakers (whether added to video calls or in the background). We are proud to be recognised for both our culture and product, and we are just getting started. Join us as we grow! 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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 member of the Programmatic Sales & Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in driving Pinterest’s advertising growth and revenue through a full-funnel sales strategy. As the primary partner to clients, you’ll drive deal creation, oversee campaign setup, and ensure seamless launches. Leveraging data-driven strategies, you will proactively optimize performance, uncover growth opportunities, and deliver exceptional results that maximize client value and business impact. Through close collaboration with cross-functional teams, you’ll help shape solutions that maximize business impact, streamline workflows, and deliver measurable results for advertisers at every stage of the funnel. What you'll do: * Develop and execute full-funnel, programmatic sales strategies for top-tier clients, driving measurable business results across awareness, consideration, conversion, and retention. * Build and maintain executive-level relationships with clients and agency partners, leading strategic deal negotiations, QBRs, and educational sessions focused on ad tech innovation. * Serve as a subject matter expert on Pinterest’s programmatic ad offerings and digital ecosystem trends, influencing media strategies and solution adoption. * Advise on best practices in programmatic buying, data integration, measurement, and optimization to maximize campaign performance on Pinterest’s platform. * Serve as point of contact for programmatic campaigns working with Ops teams to manage deal creation, campaign setup, technical troubleshooting, and real-time optimizations. * Leverage data-driven insights to craft actionable recommendations and guide clients toward sustained programmatic growth and ROI. * Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams, championing Pinterest’s value in the programmatic marketplace and identifying new growth opportunities. * AI-first programmatic and CTV selling: Uses internal AI and agentic tools to prep for exec-level conversations, including account research, partner mapping, POVs, and QBR narratives tied to full-funnel goals and deal strategy. * AI-powered campaign insights (full funnel): Applies AI to quickly analyze programmatic and CTV performance (pacing, win rates, audience/creative signals, conversion trends) and turn findings into clear optimization and investment recommendations, validated against source-of-truth reporting and measurement (including Clean Rooms). * AI for forecasting, QA, and trend-based recommendations: Uses AI-driven insights and strategic frameworks to validate performance and revenue, forecast pipeline and live deal outcomes (pacing, win rates, spend/revenue outlook), and translate programmatic marketplace trends into QBR-ready recommendations for senior stakeholders. What we’re looking for: * 8+ years in client-facing digital media sales roles, with deep expertise in programmatic advertising, ad tech, or media strategy. * Advanced understanding of full-funnel digital advertising solutions, including brand, consideration, and conversion strategies, with specialized knowledge in search, shopping, display, or (social a plus). * Proven track record of building and nurturing executive-level relationships with advertisers and agency programmatic centers, developing long-term strategic plans, and negotiating high-value partnership agreements to drive measurable business outcomes. * Strong understanding of data and measurement solutions including Clean Rooms. * Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities; skilled at translating data, macro trends, and campaign performance insights into actionable recommendations that fuel ongoing revenue growth. * Strong consultative approach with the ability to educate, influence, and challenge executive stakeholders while crafting visionary and results-oriented media strategies. * Excellent communicator and collaborator, thriving in fast-paced environments while ensuring operational excellence, seamless cross-functional teamwork, and project management success. * AI for scenario planning (“what-if”): Uses AI to structure ambiguous client questions and run scenario planning for programmatic/CTV investment (funnel mix, reach vs. frequency, budget shifts, incrementality assumptions), generating testable hypotheses that inform GTM and negotiations. * AI-enabled operational excellence: Builds AI-assisted templates, checklists, and lightweight automations to reduce manual work and improve consistency across deal creation, campaign setup/QA, troubleshooting, reporting, and in-flight optimizations. * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as digital media or SaaS sales, or equivalent professional 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 2/week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the New York City, NY office. #LI-HYBRID #LI-LP1 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. US based applicants only $134,705—$235,734 USD 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. 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