Manager, Sales Development
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Valuable opportunity for an experienced sales leader to drive team performance and sales growth.
- Involvement in shaping a high-impact sales strategy
- Competitive salary: $80,000–$100,000/year
- Opportunities for professional development and team leadership
Pros
- Competitive salary range with bonuses
- Focus on talent development and coaching
- Impactful role with direct influence on sales results
Cons
- Demanding role that requires strong leadership skills
- Expectation to continuously adapt to market dynamics
- Potential pressure to meet high sales targets
Who it's for
Mid to Senior • Hybrid in Chicago, IL
Good fit
- Experienced sales managers
- Professionals passionate about team coaching
- Those comfortable with data-driven decision making
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without sales background
- Individuals seeking a relaxed work environment
- Candidates averse to performance metrics
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
About AlphaSense:
The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.
The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
Reports to: Associate Director, Sales Development
About the Team:
The Sales Development team at AlphaSense sits at the forefront of our company’s prospect engagement and pipeline generation efforts. We identify potential prospects, leverage diverse outreach strategies, engage in strategic conversations with stakeholders, and collaborate with Account Executives to expand our footprint within new and existing accounts, ultimately generating revenue for the organization. At our core, we are a dynamic team of highly motivated self-starters who are passionate about the AlphaSense product. We rely on product and industry knowledge to communicate the value of our solution and convert interested prospects into qualified leads.
About the Role:
We are looking for a passionate, data-driven Sales Development Manager to help accelerate pipeline generation and drive new business growth. This individual will attract, retain, and cultivate exceptional Sales Development talent and future Account Executives within our team. Your leadership will be key in ensuring our team achieves ambitious goals and continues to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Who You Are:
- Passionate Trainer and Coach: You have a deep passion for training, coaching, and developing sales talent, ensuring your team reaches their highest potential.
- Creative Problem Solver: You excel at identifying new and innovative ways to drive top-of-funnel growth.
- Analytical Thinker: You leverage data to make informed decisions and recommendations, ensuring strategies are backed by solid evidence.
- Natural Motivator: You inspire and motivate your team to achieve ambitious goals, fostering a culture of excellence.
- Adaptable and Resilient: You remain composed and adaptable in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, quickly adjusting strategies as needed.
What You’ll Do:
- Coach and mentor the team to secure high-quality meetings with senior executives, driving the team to meet or exceed KPIs.
- Establish effective sales development strategies that scale as the team grows.
- Partner on the go-to-market strategy, including email, phone, and social messaging.
- Proactively track and analyze key trends to inform data-driven decisions.
- Implement and execute professional development programming to enable team members to succeed as Sales Development Representatives and prepare them for future roles in the organization.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to identify and attract Sales Development talent.
For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.
You may also be offered equity, and a generous benefits program.
AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.
In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.
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