--- title: 'Senior Director of Sales at Otter.ai' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-director-of-sales-otter-ai-san-francisco-2at2csj1f1c8' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-02' --- # Senior Director of Sales at Otter.ai - **Company:** Otter.ai - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Posted:** 2026-10-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02 - **Apply:** https://otter.ai/careers?gh_jid=8040078003 ## Job description The Opportunity Otter.ai is looking for a dynamic, hands-on Senior Director of Sales to help build and scale our sales organization through its next phase of growth. This is a build opportunity for an experienced sales leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys creating structure, developing talent, and driving results. You'll lead a team of Sales managers and individual contributors, with the opportunity to shape the team's structure, scalable processes, and raise the bar for sales execution. We're looking for a leader who can operate both strategically and tactically — someone equally comfortable developing sales leaders, building a high-performing organization, and rolling up their sleeves to coach deals, improve execution, and accelerate revenue growth. This role follows a hybrid work schedule, with three days per week in one of our Bay Area offices. ## What You'll Do - Scale the sales organization, establishing the operating rhythms needed to support sustainable revenue growth. - Lead and develop Sales managers and individual contributors, building leadership capability, strengthening accountability, and creating a culture of high performance. - Own sales execution and performance across the team, driving consistent quota attainment, pipeline generation, and revenue growth. - Assess organizational capabilities, identify talent gaps, and help shape hiring, team structure, and future leadership needs. - Establish clear performance expectations, KPIs, forecasting discipline, and accountability across the organization. - Develop and execute effective outbound sales strategies to drive pipeline creation and new business opportunities. - Take a hands-on approach to coaching, including joining customer calls, reviewing deals, strengthening negotiation strategies, and improving sales execution. - Build scalable onboarding, training, and enablement programs that accelerate ramp time and improve sales productivity. - Implement and reinforce effective sales methodologies, including MEDDPIC, to improve qualification, pipeline quality, and deal execution. - Partner closely with Marketing, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Product, and other cross-functional leaders to strengthen go-to-market execution. - Leverage Salesforce and sales performance data to improve visibility, operational efficiency, and forecast accuracy. ## What You Bring - 10+ years of progressive sales experience, including significant experience leading and scaling high-performing sales teams. - Proven experience leading both Sales managers and individual contributors, with a track record of developing future leaders. - Demonstrated success building or transforming sales organizations, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology environment. - Strong track record of consistently delivering revenue growth and exceeding sales targets. - Experience building successful outbound sales motions and scalable pipeline generation programs. - Deep understanding of sales execution, forecasting, pipeline management, and methodologies such as MEDDPIC. - Strong coaching instincts and a willingness to get directly involved in deals, customer conversations, and team development. - Experience recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing sales talent. - Highly analytical, with the ability to translate performance data into clear priorities and actionable improvements. - A builder's mindset — resourceful, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, and energized by the opportunity to create rather than inherit. - Strong communication skills, and the ability to partner cross functionally. ## About Otter.ai We are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable. With over 1B meetings transcribed, [Otter.ai](http://otter.ai/) is the world’s leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration. Using artificial intelligence, Otter generates real-time automated meeting notes, summaries, and other insights from in-person and virtual meetings - turning meetings into accessible, collaborative, and actionable data that can be shared across teams and organizations. The company is backed by early investors in Google, DeepMind, Zoom, and Tesla. Otter.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace.  We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants throughout the hiring process. Accessibility & Accommodations Otter.ai is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our hiring process.  If you need assistance or an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@otter.ai at least 3 business days before your interview. *Otter.ai does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies without a written agreement in place for permanent placements. Any resume or other candidate information submitted outside of established candidate submission guidelines (including through our website or via email to any Otter.ai employee) and without a written agreement otherwise will be deemed to be our sole property, and no fee will be paid should we hire the candidate Salary Range OTE range: $330,000 - 380,000 USD per year. This salary range represents the low and high end of the estimated salary range for this position. The actual base salary offered for the role is dependent on several factors. Our base salary is just one component of a comprehensive total rewards package. #LI-Hybrid ## About Otter.ai ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: AI-powered meeting transcription and productivity software - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises, teams, sales, recruiting, education, and media professionals - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Create smarter tools that free people up to do their best work.” ## Products & Services - **Otter Meeting Agent**: AI notetaker that joins meetings, records conversations, provides live transcription (multi-language), automated summaries, action items, and insights. Available as a desktop app (Mac/Windows) and mobile. Integrates with CRM, calendar, and can be queried via Otter AI Chat. - **Otter SDR Agent**: Handles live demos and booked meetings directly from a company’s website. - **Otter Recruiting Agent**: Provides real-time interview assistance, structured candidate insights, and automated follow-ups. - **Otter for Education**: Tailored transcription and note-taking for classroom or lecture settings. - **Otter for Media**: Optimized for content creation and media workflows. - **Otter AI Chat / MCP Server**: Connects meeting knowledge to AI chat tools like ChatGPT and Claude for deeper analysis and workflow automation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - Annual Revenue: $12.9M (estimated) - Total Funding: $73M - Headcount: 202 employees (+14.6% YoY) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Spectrum Equity, Omega Venture Partners (lead Series B), Horizons Ventures, Draper Associates, DFJ DragonFund - **Growth Signals**: - 14.6% headcount growth year-over-year - 30 active job postings (up 36.4% monthly, 57.9% quarterly) - Expanding product lineup with specialized AI agents (SDR, Recruiting) - Operating in 7 countries (US, Canada, UK, Philippines, Vietnam, Brazil, India) ## Competitive Advantages - **Real-time, multi-language transcription** with speaker recognition and automated summaries – differentiates from basic recording tools. - **Enterprise-grade security and governance** (compliance controls, data governance). - **Integrated AI chat** that surfaces meeting knowledge across connected apps (CRM, MCP Server). - **Specialized agents** (SDR, Recruiting) that automate workflows beyond note-taking. - **High user satisfaction** (4.6/5 product rating) and strong employer brand (4.5/5 on Glassdoor, Great Place to Work certified). ## Strategic Focus - Scaling AI capabilities beyond transcription into proactive meeting intelligence and workflow automation. - Expanding enterprise adoption with tailored agents for sales, recruiting, and education. - Deepening integrations with CRM and AI chat ecosystems (ChatGPT, Claude) to become a “Conversational Knowledge Engine.” - Growing headcount and hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, and data science. ## Why Work Here - **Hybrid work model**: Mix of in-office (Mountain View and San Francisco) and remote days; quarterly Bay Area gatherings. - **Compensation**: Highly competitive salaries, equity option packages, 401(k) plan. - **Time off**: Minimum 15 days PTO, 18 weeks maternity leave, 8 weeks paternity leave. - **Health & wellness**: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability from day one. - **Office perks**: Free parking, pet-friendly, on-site fitness center, putting green, bocce court, unlimited snacks. - **Culture**: Values include Be Authentic, Think Team, Create Delight, Build Fast, Push Limits. High employee satisfaction (4.5/5 on Glassdoor) and Great Place to Work certified. - **Engineering culture**: Strong technical talent pool (alumni from Google, Meta, Apple, Uber, AWS); 104 employees in technical roles (37% of workforce). ## Sources 1. [otter.ai (main site)](https://otter.ai/) 2. [otter.ai careers page](https://home.otter.ai/careers) 3. [LinkedIn company page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/otter-ai) 4. 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