Posted May 21, 2026
We're looking for a Sales Development Manager to lead a team of SDRs focused on generating pipeline for our North American sales team. You'll own the day-to-day leadership of your team: coaching reps, running pipeline plays, holding a high bar on execution, hiring, and building the systems that make your team consistently productive. This isn't a "manage from a dashboard" role. You'll be in the trenches with your reps, listening to calls, workshopping messaging, and helping them break into complex enterprise accounts. You'll also partner closely with Account Executives, marketing, and revenue operations to make sure the pipeline your team generates is high-quality and well-positioned to convert. The right person for this role is a coach and a builder. Someone who gets energy from developing people, is obsessive about pipeline quality over vanity metrics, and wants to be part of a team that's figuring out what world-class pipeline generation looks like at a category-defining climate tech company. ## What You'll Do
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In your first 90 days, you'll have a clear handle on your team's strengths and gaps, a coaching plan for each rep, and a point of view on what needs to change to accelerate the pipeline. Within 6 months, your team will be operating with consistent weekly execution, clear playbooks, and a track record of delivering qualified pipeline that converts to new customers. ## Why Watershed
You'll be joining a pipeline generation team that takes the craft seriously. We think deeply about how to build repeatable, high-quality pipeline at scale. We invest in our people, experiment constantly, and hold each other to a high standard. If you want to lead a team where the work matters and the bar is high, this is the place. Must be willing to work from an office 4 days per week (except for remote roles)
Watershed has hub offices in San Francisco, New York, London, and Mexico City and satellite offices in Denver, Sydney, Paris, and Berlin. Where we have offices, employees are expected to be in office for 4 days per week. Certain jobs are open to being remote and will be specifically noted on the jobs page and in the job description if so. What’s the interview process like?
It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1 to 2 conversations about Watershed, your experience, and your interests. Next steps can vary by role, but usual next steps are a skill or experience interview (e.g. a coding interview for an engineer, a portfolio review for a designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in person interview panel. We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process. What if I need accommodations for my interview?
At Watershed, we are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health needs, religious observances, neurodivergence, or pregnancy-related support requirements.
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