Sales Teams

I have another side project for work. I need to come up with the right amount of ADR's for each AE.


I'm having meetings with the higher ups to get the metrics that I will need to go off of, but I am curious to know what other companies are doing.


How many SDR's, BDR's, and ADR's are supporting each AE at the company you work for?

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BlueJays2591
Politicker
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Federal Business Dev Director
Currently 1:7-1:8, which is way too high. Should be 1:4
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
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Business Development Manager
Awesome. Thanks BlueJays2591. What is the reasoning behind the 1:4 ratio? Sorry for all the newb questions. lol
BlueJays2591
Politicker
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Federal Business Dev Director
I think 4 is a manageable ratio. 7-8 gets a little messy and some AEs will always feel left out. The higher the ratio, the more you will have to explain why some AEs don't have as good of coverage as others. Usually a simple explanation, but it's always easier to not have to answer it in the first place.

No worries. Ask any questions you have. This is the place to do so. There is a wealth of knowledge on this forum. 
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
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Business Development Manager
Interesting. This is probably going to sound really stupid, but if the number of Sdr's are higher for an AE, how would that turn into not great coverage for some AE's. I would think that more Sdr's would mean more meetings booked. 

Also, Sorry for the late reply. I did not see this till now. I never got a notification. 
BlueJays2591
Politicker
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Federal Business Dev Director
No worries. 1 BDR per 4 AEs leads to greater coverage than 1 BDR per 7-8 AEs. 
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
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Business Development Manager
Oh man am I an idiot. lol I was thinking you meant 4 BDR's to 1 AE. lol
BlueJays2591
Politicker
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Federal Business Dev Director
lol i thought that was the confusion. 
POWERDIALER
Opinionated
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VP of Business Development
Start with Booking/AE's quotas and close percentages and make a waterfall for how many opps based on your average deal size you need to hit that. Then take your company's historical BDR metrics (touch to demo, etc.) and determine how many reps you need. Happy to help further. 
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
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Business Development Manager
That's wicked. Thanks PowerDialer. I'm going to be chatting with the higher ups to get all the metrics later this week. So this is very helpful too. 

I also have to create the bonus structure for the ADR's. Would love to pick your brain on that if I could. 
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