Join a high-growth London startup building the next-generation HRIS for modern, distributed teams. As an AI-native Sales Development Team Leader, you will own the outbound function, managing a team of four SDRs while maintaining your own pipeline. You’ll leverage advanced AI tools to redefine prospecting, personalization, and conversion for a product loved by top-tier tech companies.
Sales Development Team Leader at Humaans
Are you a master of the phone who has already embraced AI to supercharge your sales workflow? This YC-backed, Series A startup in London is looking for an AI-native Sales Development Team Leader to own their outbound function. You'll lead a team of four SDRs while staying in the trenches to model elite cold calling and AI-assisted prospecting. If you're tired of clunky legacy tools and want to build a modern GTM machine using Clay, Claude, and high-velocity experiments, this is your chance to shape the future of HR tech. Join a high-growth team that ships weekly and powers people operations for the world's most innovative companies.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Humaans
YC-backed, Series A AI-native HRIS platform
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Lead and Mentor: Manage, recruit, and ramp a team of four SDRs, conducting live call coaching and embedding AI-native working practices to scale the outbound function.
- Execute Elite Outbound: Own a personal pipeline target for high-priority accounts, modeling best-in-class cold calling and AI-assisted research to set the standard for the entire team.
- Systematize Experiments: Take the lead on new verticals and messaging hypotheses, using AI tooling to rapidly iterate on sequences and build playbooks grounded in data-driven results.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Proven Sales Pedigree: You possess 5+ years in outbound sales with at least 2 years of experience managing SDR/BDR teams specifically within a high-growth B2B SaaS environment.
- AI Fluency: You have a demonstrable track record of using AI tools (such as Clay, Claude Code, or Lemlist) to improve prospecting efficiency and personalize outreach at scale.
- Player-Coach Mentality: You are a master of the phone who views IC work as essential for modeling excellence, combined with the analytical instincts to diagnose performance through data.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- AI-Native GTM Engine: This isn't just experimentation; you'll lead a team where AI tools like Clay, Claude, and Prospeo are core to every workflow, ensuring you stay at the cutting edge of modern sales technology.
- Direct Impact and Ownership: Reporting to the Head of RevOps, you have a seat at the table to build the outbound playbook from scratch, moving beyond manual processes to automated, high-conversion systems.
- Proven Traction: Join a YC-backed company at the Series A stage that is already powering people teams at high-growth companies like Manychat and Quantexa, offering both stability and massive upside.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.