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Manager, Sales Development - NYC

Exa · New York City · On-site

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About Exa

Search API for AI agents that need real-time web data, deep research, and structured content from one endpoint. Try our API for free. Backed by Lightspeed, Y Combinator and a16z.

About the role

This role will own the day-to-day performance of Exa's New York sales development team and will build a top performing team that drives quality pipeline across the growth and enterprise segments. This person is responsible for the quality and volume of pipeline the team generates for our Account Executives. You'll report to the Head of Business Development, and you will own hiring, onboarding, and coaching of the New York SDR team.

More about this role

We raised a $250M Series C to build the search engine for AIs. Led by a16z, with existing investors Benchmark, Lightspeed, and YC doubling down, the round brings Exa's valuation to $2.2 billion.

Exa is building a search engine for the AI era. Our Search API currently powers Agents, Fortune 500s, and AI labs as we transform an industry that hasn't been disrupted since the 90s. We're a largely SF-based team of ~100 from Harvard, MIT, Meta, Google Research, ex-founders and dropouts alike, now building out our New York go-to-market team.

We are rapidly building the most intelligent search engine in history. We're high agency, low-ego, and united by the feeling that this is one of the last problems worth getting right.

We are looking for an SDR Manager to lead and scale our New York sales development team.

This role will own the day-to-day performance of Exa's New York sales development team and will build a top performing team that drives quality pipeline across the growth and enterprise segments. This person is responsible for the quality and volume of pipeline the team generates for our Account Executives. You'll report to the Head of Business Development, and you will own hiring,...

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