UK remote
Senior Manager, SDR
About this role
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.
Learn more at www.coreweave.com . We're proud to be a Living Wage accredited Employer. About the Role As a Senior Sales Development Manager at CoreWeave, you’ll lead a team of Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) responsible for outbound prospecting and managing inbound leads. You will play a key role in coaching, mentoring, and driving the strategy of the SDR team while scaling our outreach efforts. You will foster and build a positive, high-performing team and culture anchored around productivity and development.
If you thrive in fast-growing environments, enjoy building teams from the ground up, and are excited about collaborating across departments, this role is for you. Expect to work closely with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Product, and senior leadership to align our prospecting efforts with company goals. What You Will Do Leadership Lead confidently across both execution and people management, using sales development expertise to coach reps and grow team performance.
Provide regular 1:1 coaching sessions focused on time management, objection handling, prospecting strategies, and active listening skills. Recruit, onboard, and ramp new SDRs with a comprehensive training program, including CoreWeave’s product knowledge, buyer personas, competitive landscape, and prospecting tools. Refine team processes to accelerate scale, quality, and speed. Develop and maintain a library of prospecting resources for the SDR team.
Bring in outside insights, build a learning culture, and develop career paths and leadership opportunities for team members. Ownership & Operations Lead and deliver on daily operations including SDR performance, tracking and analyzing metrics, and leveraging trends and historical data to influence the broader business. Ensure the team’s work aligns with broader sales and go-to-market objectives. Build systems that help reps set, track, and refine outcome-driven goals across pipeline, meetings, and quota.