Business development representative

Bending Spoons; Greater London; Remote; GBP 69,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote working

Learning & training budget

Top health insurance

Relocation assistance

Parental support

Annual retreat

Job summary

Bending Spoons is seeking a talented, driven, and collaborative individual to join our team. You will identify high-potential leads, reach out via high-volume outreach, and convert contacts into a qualified pipeline while keeping detailed records. You’ll learn the industry deeply and use data to focus on high-value actions.

The role emphasizes English proficiency, drive, and teamwork within a fast-paced, ambitious company that values growth and impact.

Qualifications

• Strong reasoning and problem-solving from first principles.
• High initiative, effort, and tenacity.
• Collaborative, reliable and transparent team player.
• Excellent English reading, writing, and speaking skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-potential leads using research and AI tools.
• Turn first contact into a qualified pipeline and maintain records.
• Learn the industry inside and out to understand incentives and decision-makers.
• Follow the data and monitor performance metrics to optimize actions.

Skills

Reasoning ability

Drive

Team spirit

Proficiency in English

Job description

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

In pursuit of this objective, we acquire and improve digital businesses, not to sell on, but to own and operate for the long term. The transformations we make are often deep—designed to speed up innovation, benefit customers, and strengthen business performance. Here, hierarchy is minimal and teams are small and talent-dense. We operate established products with the ambition, agility, and urgency of a startup. Across the company, we integrate AI deeply into how we work so that human judgment and machine intelligence reinforce each other.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities

• Identify high-potential leads. Leverage research and the latest AI tools to pinpoint the companies worth pursuing, then get them on the phone through high-volume cold calls and outreach.
• Turn first contact into qualified pipeline. Chase prospects relentlessly and single out opportunities for the sales team to pursue. Keep an up-to-date record of every lead and interaction.
• Learn the industry inside and out. Understand the incentives, pressure points, and decision-makers of your industry. Then use that edge to open doors.
• Follow the data. Keep a close eye on performance metrics to gauge impact and zero in on the highest-value actions and opportunities.

What we look for

• Reasoning ability. Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
• Drive. You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit. You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English. You read, write, and speak proficiently in English.

What we offer

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams. You’ll work in small, result-oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in your field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth. We go to great lengths to hire individuals of outstanding potential—then, our priority is to put them in the ideal position to thrive. Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And if you’ve got what it takes, you’ll soon be playing an essential role in major projects, too.
• All. These. Benefits. Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location. We help each Spooner set up the conditions to do their best work.
• Competitive pay and access to company equity at a discount. Typical annual salary offers range from £68,579 to £112,189 in London and from €54,346 to €82,557 elsewhere in Europe. The lower end of these ranges applies to candidates with little or no relevant experience, while exceptionally experienced candidates may receive offers of up to £316,052 in London or €240,330 elsewhere in Europe. Candidates offered a permanent contract may choose to receive part of their compensation in discounted company equity.

Commitment & contract

Fixed-term or internship. Full-time.

Location

Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), or fully remote from eligible countries.

The selection process

In our screening process, we prioritize verifiable signals of excellence, regardless of seniority. There are no preferential paths beyond what your application demonstrates, and we evaluate every candidate through the same process. Some people hold back because they feel they lack experience or have an “imperfect” CV. If you like the role and believe you could excel over time, don’t self-reject.

Before you apply

If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to give your best, we’d love to hear from you.

Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We’re extremely ambitious and we hold ourselves—and one another—to a high standard. While this tends to lead to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment. To help you ramp up quickly and set yourself up for success, we expect you to spend most days in our Milan office during your first few months with us, regardless of your long-term work location. It’s the best way to rapidly absorb our company culture and build trust with your new teammates. We’ll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. After that, you’re welcome to work from one of our offices, or remotely from approved countries—depending on what we agree at the offer stage.