Associate, New Verticals Growth and Business Development – AI Startup

Picovoice; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a profitable AI startup as an Associate in New Verticals Growth and Business Development. This full-time role involves market research, outbound prospecting, and content creation. Ideal for recent graduates eager to impact the AI landscape. Collaborate with a dynamic team and accelerate your career in a fast-paced environment focused on innovation.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in sales, marketing, growth, consulting, or startups.
• Ability to learn technical concepts and translate for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Identify new verticals and customer segments for on-device AI.
• Execute targeted outreach to generate qualified leads.
• Develop sales collateral and support marketing efforts.

Skills

Communication

Entrepreneurial

Resourceful

Results-Oriented

Adaptable

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing

Tools

SDKs

APIs

Job description

Associate, New Verticals Growth and Business Development – AI Startup

Associate, New Verticals Growth and Business Development – AI Startup

Picovoice is a profitable and fast-growing AI startup pushing the boundaries of on-device generative AI. Our mission is to empower the next generation of AI applications through state-of-the-art speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker recognition, and language modelling — all at the edge.

We’re looking for ambitious, high-performing individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments and want to make a real impact from Day 1. In this dynamic role, you’ll wear multiple hats — from high-level strategy to hands-on execution — to drive adoption of Picovoice’s on-device AI technologies. You'll operate at the intersection of sales, marketing, and strategy — ideal for someone eager tobuild, experiment, sell, andwin.

This is an incredible opportunity for recent graduates or early-career professionals passionate about AI, startups, and entrepreneurship. If you want to accelerate your career in sales, marketing, and growth, join our team of high-performing engineers, researchers, and business operators building the future of AI — without the overhead of big tech.

What You'll Do:

Market Research:Identify new verticals, applications, and customer segments where on-device AI can create a major impact.

Outbound Prospecting:Execute targeted outreach — via cold emailing, calling, LinkedIn, and events — to generate qualified leads.

Content Creation:Develop compelling sales collateral, demos, case studies, and educational materials to support marketing and sales efforts.

Campaign Management:Support growth marketing initiatives, from running paid ad experiments to optimizing funnel performance.

Customer Engagement:Collaborate with prospects to understand their needs, position Picovoice solutions, and move opportunities forward.

Growth Experiments:Design and run fast, iterative experiments across sales and marketing to find scalable growth channels.

You’ll Thrive Here If You Are:

Scrappy and Entrepreneurial:Resourceful, self-driven, and love figuring things out.

️Strong Communicator:Top-notch writing and speaking skills, able to tailor your message to any audience.

️Resourceful:Get things done even when resources are limited — whether it’s time, money, or compute.

Results-Oriented:Deeply care about hitting goals and moving the needle.

Adaptable:Energized by a fast-paced startup environment where priorities shift quickly.

We Want to Hear From You If You Have:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, or a related field.

Passion for AI, emerging technologies, startups, and entrepreneurship.

️ Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

Ability to learn technical concepts and translate them for non-technical audiences.

Prior experience (internships/projects) in sales, marketing, growth, consulting, or startups.

Comfortable reaching out to and speaking with prospects (cold calling/emailing).

Bonus:Experience with developer products, SDKs/APIs, or B2B tech sales.

Why Join Picovoice?

Own Your Impact:Take the driver’s seat in shaping and delivering real-world AI applications that redefine what’s possible at the edge.

Build With the Best:Collaborate with a high-performing, mission-driven team of engineers, researchers, and business operators who are pushing technological boundaries every day.

Move Fast, Learn Faster:Operate with high autonomy and velocity — no bureaucracy, no red tape — just the opportunity to build, launch, and grow.

️Accelerate Your Career:Get hands-on experience in sales, marketing, and growth in one of the fastest-moving sectors today.

Shape the Future of AI:Be part of a mission-driven company setting a new standard for how AI can (and should) work — efficient, private, and everywhere.

This is a full-time on-site role located in Toronto, ON.The base salary range for the role is $45,000 - $60,000 per year, and the commission is uncapped.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Software Development

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