Director, Sales Development

Vercel Vercel · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Remote · Sales Non-QCR

Vercel is seeking a Director of Sales Development, EMEA to build, scale, and lead their EMEA SDR organization. This role involves creating outbound programs, developing talent, and driving pipeline across multiple regions, engaging with CTOs, CIOs, technical stakeholders, developers, and engineering leaders.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build, scale, and manage an EMEA SDR team
  2. Recruit, train, and develop SDRs to consistently exceed pipeline targets
  3. Design and implement outbound strategy, processes, and enablement programs to drive top-of-funnel excellence
  4. Establish and monitor KPIs, providing visibility into performance and pipeline contribution for executive leadership
  5. Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and Operations leadership to ensure alignment and pipeline coverage

Skills

Required

  • SaaS sales leadership
  • Building and scaling SDR teams
  • EMEA market experience
  • Outbound program development
  • Pipeline generation
  • Salesforce
  • Outreach

Nice to have

  • Leading SDR organizations in high-growth environments
  • Building and scaling SDR operations across multiple regions in EMEA
  • APAC experience

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of leadership experience in SaaS sales, with a proven track record of building and scaling SDR teams in EMEA
  • Demonstrated success in leading managers and SDRs across multiple geographies
  • Having a track record of promoting SDRs into quota carrying roles
  • Strong background in creating outbound programs, driving pipeline, and partnering with enterprise sales leadership
  • Deep understanding of SDR metrics, reporting, and performance management