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Business Development Team Lead - San Francisco Bay Area

Flagright Data Technologies Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States


About Flagright Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime.

We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview Our Sales team drives customer growth globally. They own their craft end-to-end, and help more financial institutions realize the value of Flagright. We are hiring a Business Development Team Lead in the US to scale Flagright’s outbound pipeline generation across North America.

This is a leadership role with high ownership. You will be responsible for leading and developing a team of BDRs, driving performance, and building a scalable, repeatable pipeline generation motion. You will set the strategy, establish best practices, and ensure consistent execution across the team.

You will operate with high autonomy in a fast-moving environment, oversee pipeline development, and travel to represent Flagright at customer meetings and industry events across North America.

People who thrive at Flagright:

Have been knocked down before and gotten back up

Are resourceful—they figure things out with whatever tools are available

Have strong opinions and can defend them

Learn fast because they're hungry

Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

Need extensive hand-holding

View high expectations as “unreasonable”

Actually prioritize work-life balance

Can’t handle ambiguity or rejection

Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a team of BDRs to consistently generate high-quality pipeline

Own team-level pipeline targets and ensure strong coverage aligned to revenue goals

Define and implement scalable outbound pipeline generation strategies

Set the standard for outreach quality, messaging, activity levels, and conversion rates

Monitor team performance, analyze metrics, and continuously optimize processes

Support BDRs through call reviews, deal strategy, and day-to-day execution

Collaborate with the GTM team to refine messaging, campaigns, and targeting

Identify target segments, accounts, and personas to improve pipeline efficiency

Maintain visibility into pipeline health and ensure accurate CRM tracking across the team

Represent Flagright at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings across North America

Who we are looking for

4+ years of B2B SaaS BDR experience

Demonstrated progression into leadership or mentorship responsibilities

Experience managing or mentoring BDRs and driving team performance

Relevant industry knowledge in fintech, payments, banking, compliance, risk, or financial infrastructure, gained directly or through closely related roles

Strong communicator — clear, concise, and confident

Proven ability to develop and coach high-quality, personalized outreach strategies across a team

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment with shifting priorities

Able to learn quickly and articulate complex products

Willing and able to travel up to 30% of the time

Based in the Bay Area with the right to work in the USA (no visa sponsorship available), this is a fully in-person role at our Santa Clara office

What we offer

Housing subsidy for those living within 1 mile of the office

Reports directly to the CEO

Leadership position with direct influence on our go-to-market and outbound strategy

Product with clear, real-world differentiation

High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement

Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir

Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture

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