Business Development Manager

NEW ERA ADVISORY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

New Era Advisory is seeking a Business Development Executive in Singapore. You will identify and test new distribution channels and partnership opportunities to support advisors and clients.

The role emphasizes commercial outcomes over traditional sales activities and involves working closely with the founder to scale successful initiatives. You will build a healthy partner pipeline, coordinate outreach across channels, and turn insights into repeatable business activity while tracking

Qualifications

• Proactive approach to finding new partners and channels.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to design and run small pilots to test distribution tactics.

Responsibilities

• Research potential strategic partners and opportunities.
• Outreach via calls, email, LinkedIn to secure meetings.
• Build and maintain a partnership pipeline with executives.
• Coordinate pilots across channels and evaluate results.
• Turn partnerships into ongoing business activity and revenue.

Skills

Prospecting

Pitching

Sales enablement

CRM basics

Communication

Job description

Business Development Executive

New Era Advisory — Distribution & Partnerships

Location: Singapore

Employment: Full-time

Reports to: Founder / Associate Director

About the Role

New Era is looking for a resourceful and commercially driven Business Development Executive to help us identify, test and build new customer acquisition and distribution channels.

This is not a traditional sales role and you will not be expected to provide financial advice.

Your job is to answer one question:

Where can we create new pools of qualified customers for our advisors to serve?

You will work directly with the founder to explore partnerships, corporate opportunities, communities, events and other distribution channels, then turn the best opportunities into repeatable sources of business.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Development & Prospecting

• Research and identify potential strategic partners, companies, communities and organisations.
• Conduct outbound outreach through calls, email, LinkedIn and other appropriate channels.
• Build and maintain a healthy partnership pipeline.
• Secure meetings with potential partners and decision-makers.
• Prepare pitches, proposals and partnership concepts.

2. Build & Test New Distribution Channels

• Identify new ways for New Era advisors to access potential customers.
• Design small, low-cost pilots before committing significant resources.
• Coordinate experiments across channels such as corporate partnerships, professional referrals, events and communities.
• Evaluate what works and recommend whether to scale, improve or stop each initiative.

3. Partnership Activation

• Turn partnerships into actual activity rather than simply signing agreements.
• Coordinate workshops, campaigns, events, referral arrangements or other approved initiatives.
• Maintain relationships with existing partners.
• Look for ways to increase the commercial value of successful partnerships.

4. Performance Tracking

• Track the full BD funnel:

Prospects → Conversations → Meetings → Partnerships → Opportunities → Appointments → Business Generated

• Monitor cost, conversion and commercial outcomes.
• Provide a simple weekly BD dashboard.
• Identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements.

What Success Looks Like

We are not looking to measure success by the number of partnerships signed.

We care about commercial outcomes.

Your key KPIs may include:

• Qualified partnership prospects generated
• Decision-maker meetings secured
• Pilot initiatives launched
• Qualified customer opportunities generated
• Appointments generated for advisors
• Business/commission generated from BD channels
• Cost per opportunity/client
• Number of repeatable distribution channels developed

Who We’re Looking For

• Hungry — You enjoy pursuing opportunities and aren’t afraid of rejection.
• Resourceful — When something doesn’t work, you find another way.
• Commercially minded — You naturally think about revenue, conversion, cost and ROI.
• An executor — You don’t just generate ideas; you make things happen.
• Confident — You’re comfortable speaking with business owners and decision-makers.
• Organised — You can manage multiple prospects, meetings and pilots without losing track.
• Curious — You ask questions and quickly understand how different businesses work.
• Entrepreneurial — You enjoy building something where the playbook isn’t fully written yet.