Sales Development Lead - Europe

<h2>About ElevenLabs</h2><p>ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.</p><p>We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always.<br/><br/>We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:</p><ul><li><p>ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.</p></li><li><p>ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.</p></li><li><p>ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.</p></li></ul><p>Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.</p><p></p><h2>How we work</h2><ul><li><p><strong>High-velocity: </strong>Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.</p></li><li><p><strong>Impact not job titles: </strong>We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.</p></li><li><p><strong>AI first:</strong> We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Excellence everywhere: </strong>Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.</p></li><li><p><strong>Global team: </strong>We prioritize your talent, not your location.</p></li></ul><p></p><h2>What we offer</h2><ul><li><p><strong>Innovative culture:</strong> You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.</p></li><li><p><strong>Growth paths: </strong>Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.</p></li><li><p><strong>Learning &amp; development</strong>: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.</p></li><li><p><strong>Social travel</strong>: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.</p></li><li><p><strong>Annual company offsite: </strong>Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.</p></li><li><p><strong>Co-working</strong>: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.</p></li></ul><p><strong>About the role</strong></p><p><br/>We're looking for a Sales Development (Lead) to lead and scale our growing SDR team. You'll be stepping into an exciting phase: we already have a strong foundation SDRs in place, new starters joining, and more hires planned as we continue to grow. <br/><br/>This role is pivotal in shaping how we generate pipeline, break into new markets, and drive top-of-funnel excellence at ElevenLabs. You'll bring structure, coaching, and strategy to a high-velocity team, while working closely with Account Executives and sales leadership to fuel our ambitious growth targets.<br/><br/>If you're a player-coach who thrives in fast-paced environments, loves building and developing talent, and gets energy from seeing your team win — we'd love to hear from you.<br/>In this role you will:</p><ul><li><p>Lead and coach a team of SDRs with plans for continued headcount growth</p></li><li><p>Establish and refine scalable processes for outbound prospecting, qualification, and AE handoff</p></li><li><p>Build onboarding, enablement, and coaching frameworks that set your team up for long-term success</p></li><li><p>Partner with Account Executives and sales leadership to align on pipeline targets and performance metrics</p></li><li><p>Use data and tooling to continuously optimise strategy, outreach quality, and conversion rates</p></li><li><p>Support go-to-market experimentation as we expand across customer segments and global markets</p></li><li><p>Foster a team culture of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement</p></li></ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul><li><p>4+ years of experience in sales or business development, with at least 1–2 years in a management or team lead capacity</p></li><li><p>Experience building or scaling high-performing SDR or BDR teams in fast-growing tech environments</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of outbound prospectin