ClayDR Manager (EMEA SDR Manager)
The posting
About Clay
AI is unleashing the biggest wave of company creation in history. Clay's mission is to be the engine those companies use to grow to their full potential.
Clay predicts the next best action for your business and then helps you take it. We started by aggregating the best data for B2B companies. Then, we built the infrastructure to run any personalized campaign on top of it, including emails, ads, landing pages, and workflows that make reps more productive. Now, we're building agents that can help grow your company for you. We're already helping thousands of customers - including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Visa - go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.
In 2026, we raised a $115M Series D at $7.1B Valuation led by Wellington - and are on track to cross $200M in revenue this quarter. We also launched a $1M Scholarship fund for GTME Education.
Some things to know about us
- Our community includes 17,000+ customers, 200+ 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 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 London 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 3-5 days a week.
Taken from Clay's own posting, last seen live on 30 Oct 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 5 questions.
- 1.Are you currently legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom?Yes or no
- 2.Will you now, or in the future, require sponsorship to legally work in the UK?Yes or no
- 3.This position is based in London. Are you located in the London area or are you planning to relocate within commuting distance?Pick one: Yes · No · I'd need to be fully remote
- 4.Most Clay employees are in office 3+ days a week. Does that work for you?Yes or no
- 5.Your team just started using Clay. What's the first workflow you'd build for them, and how would you roll it out?Short answer
From Clay's apply page, checked 30 Oct 2026.
About Clay
Sells B2B data and agentic workflow tools that sales and marketing teams use to run go-to-market plays.
Pay schedule: Salary plus commission for those who sell, and an equity offer on every US sales posting.
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