Director, Sales Development
About the role
We are growing our commercial team and looking for growth-minded leaders who are passionate about the future of AI and content creation. As our first leader within Sales Development, you will build and scale our founding BDR organization. This role is equal parts people leadership and systems building. You’ll directly manage and develop our early BDR team (currently two people) while building the infrastructure, processes, and outbound strategies that define the future of prospecting at Runway.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow Runway’s founding BDR team, creating a high-performance culture centered around curiosity, experimentation, and continuous improvement
- Build the systems, processes, and infrastructure that power a modern AI-first sales development organization
- Define how AI tooling, automation, and human creativity work together across outbound prospecting, research, personalization, and pipeline generation
- Turn product usage signals, API activity, and inbound demand into scalable enterprise opportunity generation workflows
- Develop highly targeted, vertical-specific outbound motions aligned to Runway’s evolving use cases and customer needs
- Continuously test and refine messaging, sequencing, workflows, and enablement programs to improve team effectiveness
- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Creative, and RevOps to shape ICP strategy, lead routing, and overall GTM execution
- Work alongside sales leadership to help define and scale Runway’s enterprise sales motion
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in sales, growth, or GTM leadership roles
- Experience managing and developing high-performing SDR/BDR teams
- Strong systems-thinking mindset with experience building outbound processes and operational infrastructure from the ground up
- Deep interest in AI-native workflows and a strong point of view on how AI will reshape modern prospecting and sales development
- Experience operating in product-led, usage-based, or highly technical GTM environments
- Highly analytical and data-driven, with the ability to use insights to drive strategy and execution
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and excited to experiment and iterate quickly
- Strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator with a builder mentality
Qualifications
- Passionate about the future of AI and content creation
- Driven to do the same as you
- Open to remote across the US, with offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle
Skills
- Systems thinking
- Outbound prospecting
- Product usage signals
- AI-native workflows
- Continuous improvement
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on market rates
- Flexible working arrangements
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Pay
Salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide. There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team.
Schedule
Remote across the US, with offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle