Business Development Associate

Job description / Role

We are looking for a top-notch Business Development Associate that can join a unique opportunity to witness the growth of a fast-growing well-funded tech startup led by industry leaders based out of the UAE. This role is an integral part of a team passionate about providing a world class customer experience, where individuals collaborate to ensure that only the best service level is accepted as norm.

• Develop meaningful relationships with key partners that fit into our go-to-market strategy
• Evaluate strategic and partnership opportunities, performing a broad range of quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Coordinate closely with the product, engineering and operations teams to define priorities, build relationships and execute deals & measure the impact of those deals.
• Act as a partner advocate internally & represent the startup externally with partners
• Support the deal process from relationship building and due diligence, to post-contract signing integration, and throughout the entire course of our operational relationship
• Track, analyze, and communicate key metrics to internal and external stakeholders, and negotiate and execute new growth and optimization initiatives

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience in field sales, partnerships, business development, sales, banking, management consulting, private equity or at a high growth technology company
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Proven track record of building and executing on partnerships
• Strong use of insights and data-driven decision making
• Startup resourcefulness and passion for our mission
• Solid understanding of a variety of business models
• The ability to balance attention to detail with swift execution - we need to do things quickly, and do them well
• Extremely proactive, self starter mentality with strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to identify and provide comprehensive solutions for varying partners
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast paced, team focused environment
• Passionate, energetic, driven to achieve progress and growth by thinking above and beyond
• Always hustling and ready to take on big bold bets
• Customer obsession by earning our customers’ trust by solving their problems
• Results driven, effectively overcoming obstacles and challenging the status quo
• Act as one team. Able to work with and contribute to a team environment towards a shared vision and mission

About the Company

We are a group of forward thinking people who look for life changing innovative ideas, solving real life issues and always trying to find solutions geared towards improving people’s lives for the better.

We are all about building tech startups with strong growth potential in the Middle East and beyond, priding ourselves in understanding and identifying the challenges of tomorrow. We focus on understanding consumer behavior throughout the tech life cycle with a clear aim at providing disruptive technologies working towards creating real value.