Founding Sales Development Rep

New York, NY
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

The Founding SDR at Vellum

We’re looking for someone to build the SDR function from the ground up at Vellum. You’ve already proven an ability to bring qualified opportunities into the funnel through creative prospecting strategies. We see this role as a future leader of the SDR function in Vellum.

We have a horizontal product and you will be responsible for building prototypes of use cases that can apply to future customers. In addition to sending out drip campaigns, these personalized demos will help create a significant lift in conversion to a first meeting.

You’ll work closely with our Account Executives (AEs) and our marketing team to drive pipeline growth and fuel our mission to help companies successfully bring AI into production.

What you’re signing up for

  • Conducting initial outreach to potential customers via email, phone, and social channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
  • Creating personalized demos for high value prospects
  • Partnering with marketing to optimize outreach strategies and increase lead conversion
  • Collaborating with Account Executives to ensure a smooth handoff for qualified leads
  • Learning and developing an in-depth understanding of Vellum’s product and industry, becoming an expert in AI/LLM technology

Who we’re looking for

  • 3+ years of experience in a sales or lead generation role (preferably in a B2B SaaS startup)
  • Prior SDR management experience preferred
  • Comfortable with high-volume outreach via email, phone, and social platforms
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences
  • A self-starter who’s excited about the challenge of building pipeline from scratch and finding creative ways to reach new prospects
  • A collaborative team player who’s eager to partner with AEs, marketing, and the broader team to drive results
  • Bonus: Familiarity with the AI/LLM space or experience in technical sales

What success looks like

  • Generating qualified leads and contributing to pipeline growth
  • Meeting and exceeding monthly and quarterly meeting/lead generation targets
  • Becoming an expert on Vellum’s product and clearly articulating its value to prospects

About Vellum

Vellum is an enterprise AI development platform that helps companies build, evaluate, and deploy mission-critical AI products and LLM-powered applications. It provides a unified suite of tools — including workflow automation, prompt engineering, testing/evaluation, and production monitoring — to help teams take AI from prototype to production. Customers include enterprises such as Drata, Redfin, Headspace, and Swisscom.

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Job details

Salary

$100,000 - $170,000

Location

New York, NY

Experience

3+ years

Company

NameVellum
Team Size23

Funding

Total raised

$25M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

LLeaders Fund
Y Combinator
SSocii Capital
Rebel Fund
EEastlink Capital

Founders

Noa Flaherty

Noa Flaherty

Co-Founder & CTO

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Sidd Seethepalli

Sidd Seethepalli

Co-Founder & CTO

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Akash Sharma

Akash Sharma

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.