Manager, Sales Development

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for Sales Development Manager in The Netherlands reporting to the Sales Development Director in the Sales and Go-to-Market department. This role is crucial for developing our Sales Development Representatives into high-performing, sales-ready candidates. You will be instrumental in coaching, motivating, and recognizing team members, ensuring they meet and exceed pipeline creation goals through effective lead generation strategies.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Develop SDRs into sales-ready candidates, training them to identify, contact, and create qualified lead opportunities.

Monitor SDR dashboards to ensure data accuracy, track team progress against goals, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Motivate, incentivize, and recognize team members to encourage top performance and foster a positive, results-driven environment.

Define performance-driven metrics and expectations for pipeline creation, reporting on both team and individual results, including outbound calls and emails.

Who You Are (Success Profile)

A dedicated leader and mentor, passionate about developing sales talent and fostering professional growth.

Data-driven and analytical, capable of monitoring performance, defining key metrics, and driving continuous improvement.

A highly motivated individual who inspires and recognizes team success, fostering a collaborative and high-achieving environment.

An effective communicator and collaborator, adept at building strong relationships across Sales, Marketing, and other departments.

Results