AI summary
Manage and grow Clay’s SDR (ClayDR) team in San Francisco, running a hands-on player-coach operation that drives outbound/inbound qualification into high-quality pipeline for AEs. Clay Labs is a high-growth GTM/AI prospecting platform company with major customers and strong funding momentum. Standout perk: all employees can work for free with world-class coaches focused on creativity, management, and more.
Key skills
SDR/BDR team managementOutbound prospecting strategyInbound lead qualificationPipeline generation and forecastingCall coaching and call reviewsSales messaging and talk tracksAE handoff and pipeline quality managementModern GTM toolingAI-driven prospecting
Salary not listed — comparable San Francisco SDR Manager roles typically pay around $130k–$200k base (often with variable/OTE on top), depending on scope and stage.
You'll thrive here if you’re a hands-on, in-the-calls SDR leader who wants to build Clay’s outbound motion and an in-office team culture from the ground up.
Why apply
- Lead and shape outbound motion
- Work from SF office, 5 days
- Free access to world-class coaches
About Clay
Our mission is to help organizations turn any growth idea into reality.
We see growth as a creative practice, not a formula. Finding and reaching your best-fit customers takes unique ideas and constant iteration. As AI makes execution faster and tactics easier to copy, creativity is the only lasting advantage. We're already helping thousands of customers — including Anthropic, Notion, Google, and Ramp — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.
In 2025, we raised a $100M Series C backed by world-class investors including Sequoia, CapitalG, and First Round — and crossed $100M in revenue.
In 2026, we announced our second employee tender offer in 9 months at a new $5B valuation. We also launched a community equity round, for our customers, agency partners, and club members.
Some things to know about us:
Our community includes 11,000+ customers, 150+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs, and 30k members on Slack.
Our culture is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.
All employees can work for free with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them here.
Read about us in the NYT, Forbes, First Round Review, and more.
Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor page!
ClayDR Manager (Sales Development Manager)
Our ClayDRs (SDRs) are the front line: sales professionals who turn high-volume demand into qualified pipeline and great first impressions of Clay. We're still early in building our outbound motion and believe this team is going to shape the arc of Clay's growth story.
As their manager, you'll lead a team of ClayDRs out of our SF office. This is a player-coach role. You're in the calls, in the pipeline reviews, and in the weeds on what's working and what isn't. You'll own how we run outbound at Clay and represent the SDR function to sales leadership.
What You'll Do
Coach in real time. Run call reviews, join live calls, workshop messaging. You set the standard by doing the work, not reviewing it from a dashboard.
Own pipeline generation. You're accountable for outbound and inbound qualification, pipeline quality, and the handoff to AEs.
Represent the ClayDR function to sales leadership. Bring visibility into pipeline health, outbound performance, and what your team is learning from the market.
Develop your people. Define what "great" looks like at every stage, build progression paths, and invest in the growth of each rep on your team.
Shape how Clay does outbound. Push your team to prospect creatively using Clay workflows, signals, and enrichment. Bring a point of view on what modern top-of-funnel looks like.
What You'll Bring
5+ years in GTM roles with 2+ years managing SDR/BDR teams.
Prior experience in a closing role.
You coach by doing. You've been in the calls, not just the dashboards.
Credibility with sales leadership. You speak to pipeline, performance, and market signal in a way that earns trust.
Familiarity with modern GTM tooling and real curiosity about AI-driven prospecting.
A builder mentality. You want to shape how this team operates, not inherit a playbook.
Enthusiasm for building an in-office ClayDR culture. Our team is in 5 days a week.