Manager, Sales Development - EMEA

Job Description

At Airwallex (airwallex.com) , were building the future of global finance on one platform. Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Airwallex is the leading financial technology platform for modern businesses to grow beyond borders. With one of the worlds mostpowerful payments infrastructure, our technology empowers businesses of all sizes to accept payments, move money globally, and simplify their financial operations, all on one single platform. If youre excited to do the most ambitious work of your career and change the way money moves around the world - join us! About the roleWere looking for a highly strategic and metrics-driven Sales Development Manager (Team Lead) to join our team in London. We are accepting applications from experienced managers, as well as those, who are looking to step into their first Team Lead position! This is a career-defining opportunity to join Airwallexs EMEA team at an early stage and be deeply involved in building our sales machine into a large, successful, scaled, revenue-generating function. The EMEA Sales Development Manager focuses on: -Leading a team of outbound SDR to create qualified opportunities for the sales team -Reporting to the Head of Sales Development to build out a high-performance team across all regions in EMEA -Become an inspirational, knowledgeable leader to our SDR team - youll cultivate a high-performing, inclusive team that can thrive and progress with Airwallex. What Youll Be Doing...

• You will be involved in developing a successful strategy to identify new customers
• You will be hiring new talent and ensuring the continuous development and training of your team
• You will implement and analyze KPIs to identify trends and monitor them to ensure monthly goals are met
• You will work closely with the marketing team to develop lead-generation strategies and inbound activity to identify and attract potential new clients
• By collaborating with the Account Executive team, you ensure an efficient handover of leads and optimisation of pipelines
• You motivate your team members to go above and beyond and learn new things every day

What You Bring...

• Relevant experience in leading an inbound and outbound SDR team, ideally in a start-up or scale-up environment
• Experience in building and expanding a sales unit as well as solid coaching skills
• Proven track record of hiring and developing early career sales talent
• Experience in working cross-functionally with departments such as People and Talent, Marketing and Account Executives
• Have excellent communication skills, written, numerical and verbal.
• Know how to use Salesforce or another common CRM, Outreach/SalesLoft
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to approach complex problems with easy and pragmatic solutions.
• Ability to create a motivated and performance-driven working culture

What You Have....

• 1+ year experience in a sales management or leadership role, ideally in a high-growth tech start-up, or proven track record of success as an IC, ideally in the payments space
• Prior experience as an individual contributor in Fintech is required
• Bachelors degree or equivalent holder
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities

Note: This role will require working from our London office 3 days a week. At Airwallex youll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why youll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create thebest environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organize regular team - building events and give our people the freedom to be creative. Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We dont regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation,ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specificopen position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.