Now Hiring - Granola - Sales Development Representative in San Francisco, CA

Full description of the position

About Us

We're Team Granola , building tools that help humans think and work better. What began as an AI notepad for back-to-back meetings has become a shared team workspace and second brain. Granola spreads organically inside companies, often starting with a senior leader and quickly cascading across teams. Today, Granola is used at many of the world's top and fastest-growing companies like Vercel, Cursor, Lovable, Decagon as well as leading technology companies like Salesforce and Doordash. Designed and built in London, Granola now serves a predominantly US customer base. To support that growth, we've opened a San Francisco office as the hub for our North American go-to-market efforts.

About the Role

As a SDR at Granola, you'll be on the front line of our go-to-market motion. You'll engage highly engaged users, generate and qualify new opportunities, and help convert early love for the product into meaningful revenue conversations. This is a high-impact role with real ownership: you'll work across inbound and outbound motions, partner closely with AEs and product, and help shape how we scale our sales engine from the ground up.

What You'll Do

• Engage with high-intent inbound leads and product-qualified users, qualifying interest and converting engagement into sales opportunities.
• Run targeted outbound outreach to priority accounts and personas, using a thoughtful, value-led approach.
• Qualify prospects through discovery calls to understand needs, use cases, and buying readiness.
• Close high velocity accounts and schedule and hand off high-quality opportunities to Account Executives, setting them up for successful closes.
• Collaborate closely with AEs, product, and growth to share insights from the field and improve conversion.
• Help build and refine our outbound messaging, qualification criteria, and SDR playbooks based on what works.
• Play a hands-on role in shaping the SF office culture and the foundations of the sales team. What We're Looking For Background & Experience
• 13+ years of experience as an SDR (or similar revenue-facing role), ideally in B2B SaaS.
• Experience handling bothinbound and outbound motions.
• Strong qualification skills and comfort running discovery conversations.
• Familiarity with high-velocity sales environments andmodern sales tooling.
• Exposure to structured sales training or methodologies is a plus. Skills & Traits
• Curious, coachable, and comfortable learning fast in an early-stage environment.
• Clear, confident communicator who can engage senior stakeholders.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple conversations in parallel.
• Motivated by impact and excited to help buildnot just executethe sales motion. Personal Characteristics
• A builder who gets energized creating something from scratch.
• Excited to work in-person in the SF office.
• Creative, initiative-driven, curious about customer behavior, and eager to own challenges without perfect information.
• Values working with people who are kind, ambitious, and pragmatic.

Compensation

: OTE $80K $110K + equity and benefits! Our compensation philosophy is to hire the best people in the market and pay them accordingly with salary, variable, and equity.

Compensation

Range: $80K - $110K