Sales Development - Canada

Elevenlabs
Toronto, Canada
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates who build outbound strategies and operate AI-assisted sales tools, with a preference for those based in Toronto and comfortable with enterprise-level B2B engagement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with B2B outbound experience and a drive to build new sales processes from the ground up
    — “This is the first SDR seat in a market we're standing up from scratch
  • Individuals who thrive in high-velocity, AI-first environments and can manage complex enterprise accounts
    — “High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy
  • Professionals with strong communication skills in English and fluency or comfort in French for Quebec market engagement
    — “Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Professional French is strongly preferred given the Quebec market.

Things to consider

  • Must be available to work in Eastern Time despite being remote-first in Canada
    — “with the ability to operate in ET required
  • Candidates not in Toronto may need to rely on co-working stipends for engagement
    — “we offer a monthly co-working stipend

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in defining target account lists and outbound strategies in your resume
    — “Build the outbound motion for Canada from scratch — defining the target account list
  • Demonstrate familiarity with AI-assisted sales tools like Clay, Apollo, or Outreach during interviews
    — “operating and iterating on AI-assisted workflows and automation tools (e.g. Clay, Apollo, Outreach, or similar)
  • Showcase your ability to engage enterprise accounts through cold outreach and social strategies
    — “Engage prospects through cold calling, email, and social outreach
  • Emphasize your ability to collaborate closely with Account Executives and refine sales playbooks
    — “Work closely with the Account Executives and sales leadership to feed back what's landing
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • build outbound motion for Canada
  • define target account list
  • run account-based outbound
Typical background
sales developmententerprise sales

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales DevelopmentAccount ManagementCRM ManagementCold Outreach

Preferred

AI KnowledgeEnterprise Sales

About the role

Original posting from Elevenlabs via Ashby

ABOUT ELEVENLABS

ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.

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.

We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:

  • 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.
  • ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.
  • ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.

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.

HOW WE WORK

  • High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.
  • Impact not job titles: We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.
  • AI first: We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.
  • Excellence everywhere: Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.
  • Global team: We prioritize your talent, not your location.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Innovative culture: 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.
  • Growth paths: Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.
  • Learning & development: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.
  • Social travel: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.
  • Annual company offsite: Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.
  • Co-working: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.

About the role

As our founding Sales Development Representative (SDR) based in Canada, at ElevenLabs you will build the outbound engine for one of our fastest-moving new markets, working closely with our Canadian Account Executives.

We don't just sell a product or custom-level solutions; we are partnering with enterprises to help them generate new experiences and monetization opportunities at scale with our breakthrough voice technology. In this role you will:

  • Build the outbound motion for Canada from scratch — defining the target account list, the messaging that works in this market, and the AI-assisted workflows that power it.
  • Run account-based outbound into a concentrated list of Canada's largest enterprises, multithreading across business units rather than working a high-volume lead list.
  • Engage prospects through cold calling, email, and social outreach, using AI agents to handle enrichment, sequencing, and signal monitoring so your focus stays on the highest-value interactions.
  • Generate pipeline from our in-market presence — Canadian tech events, hackathons, and community moments — turning the room into booked meetings.
  • Work closely with the Account Executives and sales leadership to feed back what's landing, refine the playbook, and report on the KPIs that matter: conversion rates, lead quality, and outreach effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Prior outbound B2B sales experience with a track record of securing new business meetings.
  • Comfortable operating and iterating on AI-assisted workflows and automation tools (e.g. Clay, Apollo, Outreach, or similar) — you don't need to build from scratch, but you know how to run and tune a system.
  • Comfortable being early. This is the first SDR seat in a market we're standing up from scratch — you'll be building the playbook, not inheriting one.
  • Curiosity — asking insightful questions and developing solutions from a foundation of knowledge and insight.
  • Self-motivated, thriving as part of a team while possessing the ability to stay driven and proactive independently.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Professional French is strongly preferred given the Quebec market.

Location

This role is remote-first and can be executed from anywhere in Canada, with the ability to operate in ET required. There is a strong preference for candidates based in Toronto, where the majority of our Canadian team sits and where we're opening an office.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.

Source: Elevenlabs careers (Ashby)

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