Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
As a Sales Development Manager for EMEA at Anthropic, you will lead and scale our business development function across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. You will build and manage a team of 6-8 BDRs primarily in Dublin. This role requires exceptional agility, cultural fluency across diverse European markets, and the ability to develop segment-specific strategies while navigating complex regulatory environments and regional nuances. You will be instrumental in establishing Anthropic's regional presence and building the foundation for long-term growth in EMEA.
- Build, lead, and scale a team of 6-8 BDRs across EMEA markets including SEU, NEU, and DACH.
- Develop and execute region-specific prospecting strategies that account for local market dynamics, cultural nuances, and competitive landscapes across diverse European markets
- Support all sales segments (Startups, Commercial, Enterprise) with agility to shift resources based on regional opportunities
- Partner with regional AEs and sales leadership to align pipeline generation with territory plans and revenue targets
- Establish KPIs and tracking mechanisms that account for regional differences while maintaining global consistency
- Create localized training programs and enablement materials that resonate with diverse European business cultures
- Build and maintain relationships with regional marketing teams to optimize lead quality and campaign effectiveness
- Own regional Pipeline Reviews with sales leadership covering market-specific insights and growth opportunities
- Navigate complex hiring and employment regulations across multiple European countries, partnering with HR and Legal
- Coach and develop BDRs on region-specific prospecting techniques and career progression
- 3-6 years of experience managing sales development or inside sales teams in EMEA
- Proven track record of growing and scaling teams across multiple European countries/offices
- Experience managing distributed teams across different time zones and cultures within EMEA
- Strong understanding of business practices, sales cycles, and decision-making processes in key EMEA markets
- Experience adapting global sales processes for European markets while maintaining consistency
- Deep understanding of GDPR, EU AI Act, and other European regulatory requirements affecting enterprise sales
- Strong analytical skills with ability to identify and act on regional market opportunities
- Experience with Salesforce and sales technology stack
- Excellent communication skills with ability to operate effectively across European cultures
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience at US-headquartered technology companies expanding in EMEA
- Background in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
- Track record of building BDR/SDR functions from scratch in new European markets
- Experience managing both velocity (Startup/Commercial) and strategic (Enterprise) sales motions
- Fluency in German, French, Spanish or other major European languages
- Network of talent for BDR hiring across EMEA markets
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
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We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.
The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.
