Manager, Sales Development, Enterprise
About the role
As a Sales Development Manager for Enterprise at Anthropic, you will lead the team that opens our most strategic customer relationships. You'll build and manage a team of 6-10 Business Development Representatives (BDRs) who generate high-value pipeline inside complex enterprise organizations through account-based prospecting, multi-threaded outreach, and rigorous qualification.
Enterprise buying is long and involves many stakeholders. The work here is less about volume and more about depth: knowing an account well enough to reach the right people with the right message, and staying with it long enough to turn early conversations into real opportunities. You'll bring a strong understanding of enterprise sales cycles and organizational dynamics, and you'll coach your team to develop strategic accounts over time.
You'll partner closely with Enterprise Account Executives and with leaders across Sales, Revenue Operations, Strategy, and Marketing. You'll also develop the next generation of Anthropic's enterprise sellers, helping BDRs grow into Account Executive roles while they help the world's largest organizations adopt safe, frontier AI.
Key responsibilities
Build, lead, and scale a team of BDRs focused on the Enterprise segment
Drive strategic pipeline generation through account-based prospecting and targeted outbound campaigns to Global 2000 accounts
Coach your team on partnering with Enterprise Account Executives to develop account plans, coordinate multi-threaded outreach, and ensure high-quality opportunity handoffs
Establish and track KPIs focused on opportunity quality, deal size, and strategic account penetration
Coach and model for your team on enterprise prospecting, stakeholder mapping, and complex qualification
Build a deep understanding of enterprise buying processes, and coach the team on navigating procurement, legal, and security requirements
Own pipeline reviews with sales leadership covering enterprise pipeline health, account penetration, and competitive positioning
Build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders and partners across Sales, Revenue Operations, Strategy, and Marketing
Coach and mentor BDRs on strategic prospecting, executive engagement, and career development toward Account Executive roles
Minimum qualifications
Experience managing BDR, SDR, or new business Account Executive teams in an enterprise-focused sales organization
A track record of building teams that prospect successfully into complex enterprise organizations
Experience with account-based selling strategies, including account planning, stakeholder mapping, and multi-threaded outreach
Hands-on proficiency with a CRM and sales engagement tooling (e.g., Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or similar), and the analytical skills to design prospecting systems and measure pipeline quality
Demonstrated ability to coach representatives on navigating complex organizational structures and multi-stakeholder deals
Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to engage executive-level stakeholders
An understanding of Anthropic’s products, ecosystem, and hands on building experience with LLMs
Excitement about Anthropic's mission to develop AI that is safe and beneficial
Preferred qualifications
Personal closing experience as an Account Executive, Account Manager, ideally in a management role
Experience managing teams that prospect into Fortune 500 or Global 2000 accounts
A track record of developing BDRs who move successfully into enterprise Account Executive roles
Experience building enterprise prospecting playbooks where none existed
Hands-on experience with Claude, Claude Code, or other AI prospecting tools, and with sales tools such as Apollo and HubSpot
Experience in API-first, consumption-based, or platform business models
Background in AI or machine learning, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
Familiarity with enterprise procurement, security review, and legal processes
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Annual Salary:
$285,000—$350,000 USD