Business Development Manager, Grammarly
$162-247.5k
OTE
Commissions are 30% of total sales. Salary dependent on location
AI-powered writing assistant
Be an early applicant
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$162-247.5k
OTE
Commissions are 30% of total sales. Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- Has 3-5 years of relevant experience in SaaS and experience leading sales teams
- Has inbound and outbound experience, capturing opportunities that generate new business and expansion revenue
- Has experience with VP+ prospects in addition to middle management (director/manager) and is able to conceive of and execute outbound lead generation campaigns
- Knows how to sell on business value rather than a feature list
- Uses systems (e.g., CRM) for pipeline management, lead routing, pipeline projection, and related tasks
- Can consider, play out, and weigh alternative scenarios based on strategic objectives
- Relentlessly sets and pursues aggressive short- and long-term goals
- Develops and deepens relationships with people based on an understanding of their motivations, fears, and aspirations
- Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Manager of Business Development to join our Sales Leadership team
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, Business Development, this role will manage an existing team of BDRs
- This role will integrate best-practice lead development motions with marketing and sales workflows, and optimize the team’s performance to support our growth goals for 2025 and beyond
- As the Manager of Business Development, you will manage a North American BDR team from the outset
- Your team and work will have high visibility and will be a primary source of learning about the market for other teams and departments
- You will be evaluated and compensated based on a rubric that includes the BDR teams’ performance, new deals closed, and the extent to which you embody Grammarly’s EAGER values (ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable)
- You will work closely with colleagues in Sales, including Chat, Self-Serve, and Marketing
- Within your first 30 days, you will establish command over the product.. You will understand core BDR metrics and drivers, and develop hypotheses for improvement areas
- By month three, you will establish operating cadence and reporting for day-to-day execution, and implement initiatives targeting improvements in crucial drivers of BDR productivity
- By month six and beyond, you will begin to optimize and enhance the productivity per representative and team by understanding key inputs and critical drivers of pipeline generation
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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