Business Development Lead

Massachusetts Clean Energy; Town Of Cambridge; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Flexible work hours

PTO

Job summary

A leading clean energy company in Australia seeks a strategic leader to drive business development and foster partnerships in the recycling and tech sectors. This role involves collaborating with the CEO, executing long-term strategies, and maintaining a strong public presence. The ideal candidate is passionate, organized, and seasoned in public speaking, with equity offerings and benefits including healthcare and flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills and ability to deliver under pressure.
• Experience in public speaking and networking.
• Ability to manage high volumes of communications.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute long-term business development strategy.
• Represent the company in strategic meetings.
• Lead market expansion efforts and forge partnerships.
• Collaborate with engineering for product improvements.
• Oversee HR functions and ensure alignment with business goals.

Job description

You will work closely with the CEO to develop and execute the most critical strategic initiatives at the company.

Drive sales, partnerships, coordinate communications and projects to achieve high priority goals.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Sets and executes long-term business development strategy + revenue milestones.
• Represents the company with customers, investors, and key partners in high-stakes, public, or strategic meetings.
• Leads market expansion efforts, identifies new opportunities, and forges partnerships within the recycling and tech sectors.
• Maintains a strong public presence as a confident speaker and networker at industry events, cultivating relationships with influential stakeholders.
• Collaborates with engineering to translate customer needs into actionable product or service improvements.
• Oversees all HR functions, ensuring alignment of hiring, onboarding, and policy with business goals.

Qualifications

You should be confident, a strong leader, a fast learner, hungry, collaborative, a clear communicator, humble, passionate, disciplined, and organized. Operator who delivers under pressure.

Prerequisites

• Deep experience with public speaking/pitching (bonus points if you’ve led sales)
• Prior experience leading teams (optional)
• Comfort with managing high volumes of emails/communications and PR
• Enjoys networking and has demonstrated leveraging connections.
• Experience managing budgets and cashflow.
• Demonstrated ability to excel in high-stress environments

Equity: 0.1-0.25%

Benefits

Healthcare, flexible work hours and PTO

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