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# Manager, Sales Development Representative at Nooks

- **Company:** Nooks
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $120k–$140k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nooks/c594b78f-ff28-4996-bdd4-0844998d2d14

## Job description

About [Nooks.ai](http://Nooks.ai): Nooks is an applied AI lab building the Agent Workspace for GTM. We design AI agents that operate across the full sales action set, from account strategy to prospect research and outreach. Building 0→1 has never been easier, but selling at the speed of the market remains the last frontier for AI. Our mission is to 10x every seller by automating the busywork so they can focus on what humans do best: closing deals.

Today, over 1,500 customers run on Nooks, including Notion, HubSpot, Cursor, and Rippling. We’ve raised $70M+ from top VCs like Kleiner Perkins, which made its first sales-tech investment in over a decade with us. Since then, we’ve tripled ARR each year for 3 years running and grown a high-caliber team turning the art of sales into a scalable science.

Sales Development Manager (SDR Manager) - Remote

## The role

We’re looking for an experienced Sales Development Manager to lead one of our Mid-Market SDR teams! Reporting into the VP of Sales Development, you bring 3+ years experience managing a high performing outbound SDR team from multiple B2B SaaS orgs. You shouldn’t be afraid to pick up the phone and have experience building outbound messaging through all prospecting channels - phone, email + linkedin. Working closely with marketing + sales leadership, you’re experienced with hiring, coaching and motivating a senior, outbound focused team to hit and exceed pipe gen targets, in a fast paced environment. You should be comfortable and excited to constantly be in the weeds in our product, working closely with our Engineer & Product teams to provide feedback and ideas for future customers.

## Responsibilities

- Hire [senior] top talent to the team as we continue to grow
- Onboard and train new reps to the team
- Run effective 1:1’s weekly with reps to provide analysis, coaching, performance management and career growth support
- Work closely with the VP of Sales Development, VP Sales & CMO to ensure messaging + talk tracks are aligned and effective
- Provide product feedback and ideas to our product/engineering team on an ongoing basis to help contribute to the vision and value of Nooks for our customers
- Work directly with sales leadership to ensure SDR + AE alignment in processes, messaging + strategy
- Build and consistently iterate on outbound sequences and templates
- Identify and resolve process bottlenecks, data issues and inconsistencies in process, systems and strategy
- Assist with list building + target account gathering for the team
- Utilize analytics and data to uncover and follow patterns to guide the team

## Requirements

- 3+ years of sales development management experience leading an outbound team, ideally in B2B SaaS
- Experience selling to GTM leaders
- Experience promoting SDRs into other departments of the organization
- Experience and ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment and enjoys getting their hands dirty – This means leading by example and not being afraid of picking up the phone to show new SDRs how to get the job done
- Proven experience growing high performing SDR teams
- Passion to hire well, coach, and hold team members to high standards
- Strong analytic skills and the ability to leverage data to determine how we should prioritize improvements
- Deep familiar with using Claude code, or other LLM models + agent building tools

## Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Nooks is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe in providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Nooks does not discriminate in hiring, promotion, compensation, or any other employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring a workplace that is free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team.

## About Nooks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nooks is an AI-powered sales platform that automates prospecting, dialing, sequencing, and coaching to help outbound sales teams dramatically increase pipeline.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Three co-founders from Stanford – Rohan (CEO), Nikhil (CPO), Dan (CTO) – first names referenced on the careers page; full names not publicly disclosed.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered sales automation (Sales Tech)
- **Target customers**: B2B, from SMB to Enterprise; focused on Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) and Business Development Representatives (BDRs)
- **Mission**: Democratize growth and turn every company into a 10x sales engine (careers page)

## Products & Services
- **AI Dialer**: Parallel dialing that triples connects per day; automatically detects live answers, skips phone trees and bad numbers so reps focus on conversations.
- **AI Sequencing**: Multi-channel sequences (calls, emails, social) that auto-update based on account activity and intent signals; AI personalization crafts hyper-personalized openers.
- **AI Coaching**: Analyzes call transcripts to score performance, flag coaching moments, and automate feedback loops – acts as a 24/7 coach.
- **List-building**: Build targeted lists using firmographics, first-party data, and live buying signals (not just static filters).
- **AI Signals & Research**: Unmatched insight from CRM, call transcripts, social media, and the web; surfaces what matters to each account.
- **Virtual Salesfloor**: Real-time collaboration environment where sales teams work together while prospecting; managers can listen in, see transcripts, and give live feedback.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $70M total funding raised; $43M Series B announced approximately 2 years ago (CB Insights)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by leading venture capital firms (specific names not listed in provided sources); integrations with common sales tools (CRM, etc.)
- **Growth Signals**: 4X year-over-year growth; 1,000+ customers globally; 200+ person team; named among America’s best startup workplaces (Built In)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Human-in-the-loop feedback**: AI agents learn from every prospect and rep interaction, becoming more autonomous and aligned with each team’s preferences.
- **Deep data unification**: Combines CRM, call transcripts, social, and web signals into one intelligence layer – eliminates silos.
- **Parallel dialer + virtual salesfloor**: Unique combination that lets reps triple outreach volume while managers coach in real time.
- **Applied AI lab approach**: Built on frontier models with structured reasoning, designed to capture and scale top-performer judgment.

## Strategic Focus
- Build AI agents that work alongside GTM teams – accelerating research, surfacing strategic moves, and executing busywork.
- Continue expanding the product suite (Sequencing, Coaching, Dialer) and scaling the customer base (currently 1,000+ customers, targeting broader enterprise adoption).
- Maintain a 4X YoY growth trajectory while deepening the platform’s autonomous capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Core values include “Extreme ownership,” “Ask why,” “Be a good person,” “Do more with less,” and “Earn customer love.” Emphasizes high integrity, speed, and ruthless prioritization.
- **Work model**: Hybrid (San Francisco HQ; some in-office presence expected per Built In). Office provides catered lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks.
- **Benefits**: Unlimited PTO, equity incentive plan, comprehensive health (medical/dental/vision), 12-week birthing / 8-week non-birthing parental leave, commuter subsidies, work-from-home stipend, annual company offsite.
- **Engineering culture**: Real-time building for real customers; “give every rep a dedicated 24/7 coach” mentality; fast iteration with high ownership; early employees can shape the platform’s core agents.

## Sources
1. [nooks.ai](https://www.nooks.ai/)
2. [nooks.ai/careers](https://www.nooks.ai/careers)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nooks)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nooks)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nooksapp)

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