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Business Development Specialist
A Business Development Specialist identifies and pursues new revenue opportunities through lead generation, market research, and outreach to prospective clients or partners. They manage pipelines in a CRM such as Salesforce, build lasting relationships with prospects, and use negotiation skills to convert leads into signed deals or partnerships. Typically found in sales or growth-focused teams, this role suits outgoing, persistent professionals early-to-mid in their sales careers who thrive on building networks and closing deals.
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Business Development Specialist (KSA Market)
Moody's Corporation
A business development role at Moody's focused on identifying and qualifying sales opportunities in the KSA market, combining prospecting, lead management, and CRM administration to support account managers and sales teams. This suits early-career professionals with sales or account management experience who are comfortable with phone outreach, speak English and Arabic fluently, and want to develop expertise in financial markets and AI-driven risk assessment.
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Sr. Partnerships Manager, US Model Labs
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Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $300,000 – $350,000
This role leads partnerships with the largest model-building organizations in the US—frontier labs, hyperscaler AI teams, and independent open-weights builders—to ensure Together AI is their platform of choice for launching and distributing models. You'll structure complex multi-component deals, navigate large partner organizations across technical and business functions, and own a small portfolio of relationships that move the market.
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Senior Manager, Business Development & Brand Partnerships
Whalar
Full-time · Brooklyn, NY · $120,000 – $130,000
The Lighthouse seeks someone to drive sales of turnkey brand activation events at their creator campuses, closing deals in the $50k–$100k range while supporting the VP on larger partnerships. This role suits someone transitioning from media buying, publishing, or account management into a sales-focused position with mentorship and clear growth potential.
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National Security Programs Development Manager
Astranis
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $150,000 – $225,000
This role manages business development for U.S. government satellite communications opportunities, requiring deep familiarity with intelligence and special operations procurement and the ability to translate between Astranis's technical capabilities and government customer needs.
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Business Development Manager
Heil Environmental Industries
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Director, Business Development (Pittsburgh)
Metropolis Technologies
Full-time · Pittsburgh, PA · $145,000 – $165,000
Metropolis is hiring a Director of Business Development to drive net-new sales in their Pittsburgh territory, selling AI-powered parking and mobility solutions to real estate owners and asset managers. This role suits someone with 8+ years of B2B sales experience who thrives on building relationships, structuring complex deals, and closing business in a greenfield market.
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Strategic Cloud Partner Manager | Remote | US
Grafana Labs
Full-time · United States (Remote) · $258,000 – $280,000
This role leads cloud partnership strategy and go-to-market initiatives across the Americas for a major observability platform, partnering with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. It's ideal for someone with enterprise SaaS experience who can build field relationships, drive co-selling motions, and scale partnership programs across a distributed region.
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Strategic Product Partnerships Lead
Vercel
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $194,000 – $237,000
This role leads the creation and execution of transformative partnerships between Vercel and strategic partners like AI labs, hyperscalers, and enterprise platforms, embedding Vercel's products into partner ecosystems and unlocking new distribution and capabilities. You'll own partnership strategy end-to-end—from identifying targets through deal structuring, negotiation, and cross-functional launch—reporting to the Head of Strategic Partnerships and working closely with both product and business leaders.
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Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem
Render
Remote: United States
Lead Render's technology partnerships across AI companies, cloud platforms, and developer tools, driving distribution and growth through ecosystem integrations and strategic relationships. This role suits experienced partnership leaders with technical depth who can navigate complex deals, coordinate across product and engineering teams, and build relationships with senior executives at major technology companies.
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