Sales Development Manager

Harvey

Sales Development Manager responsible for building SDR teams and driving pipeline generation in a high-growth AI company. Focus on managing sales strategy and team performance in Chicago and New York.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $195,400 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own pipeline performance: Drive the SDR team's contribution to pipeline generation across inbound and outbound channels, ensuring strong alignment with sales targets.
Build and scale the team: Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing SDR team, helping establish the structure, operating cadence, and performance standards for the New York market.
Coach and develop SDRs: Deliver hands-on coaching through regular 1:1s, call reviews, and deal strategy sessions to accelerate rep development and performance.
Design onboarding and enablement: Partner with GTM enablement to create onboarding and ongoing training programs that ramp SDRs quickly and build strong product, industry, and prospecting expertise.
Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, and RevOps to improve lead routing, campaign effectiveness, and pipeline conversion.
Refine targeting and messaging: Continuously test and improve outbound strategies, messaging, and account targeting based on ICP fit and performance insights.
Leverage data and tools: Use platforms such as Salesforce, Salesloft, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong, and ZoomInfo to track team performance and optimize workflows.
Build a strong team culture: Foster a high-performance culture grounded in ownership, learning, and collaboration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in SaaS sales or business development, with at least 1–2 years of direct SDR or BDR leadership experience.
Proven success in building and managing pipeline-generating teams in a high-growth, outbound-focused environment.
Deep understanding of modern sales development tools (e.g., Salesforce, Salesloft, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong).
A data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze team performance, uncover insights, and iterate quickly.
Experience building SDR processes from scratch—comfortable in ambiguity and excited to be the architect of something new.
A coaching-first leadership style: you invest in people, celebrate wins, and hold high standards with care.
Excellent communication skills and executive presence—both internally and externally.
Passion for AI, innovation, and the transformation of knowledge work—especially in professional services and legal.
Ability to influence tech stack decisions—develop recommendations and drive implementation.
Prior experience selling into legal or professional services firms is a plus but not required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
Flexible PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

SaaS salesbusiness developmentSDR leadershippipeline generationdata analysisSDR processescoachingcommunication

Soft Skills

coaching-first leadershipownershiplearningcollaborationexecutive presence