Business Development Manager - Rapid City

Gallagher Group Limited; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Medical plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k)

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Program

Career growth

Tools & technology

Supportive culture

Job summary

Gallagher’s eShepherd is seeking a seasoned Business Development Manager to accelerate the US market for our livestock-tech solution. Grow a quality pipeline, engage ranchers and partners, and close opportunities from initial contact to contract.

Ideal candidates bring ranching or agricultural experience, AgTech knowledge, and strong negotiation, communication and strategic-thinking skills. This role offers a competitive base plus a 20% bonus and comprehensive US benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven business development experience in a solution-selling environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify prospects and convert opportunities into closed sales.
• Experience with ranchers or agriculture.
• Knowledge of AgTech solutions.
• Interest in beef cattle and grazing management.
• Strong commercial judgement, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and maintain momentum across multiple opportunities.
• Experience in a high-growth or scale-up environment.
• Ability to think strategically and turn thinking into action.

Responsibilities

• Identify and target new business opportunities.
• Own the sales journey from prospecting to close.
• Build trusted relationships with ranchers, producers, partners, distributors and stakeholders.
• Position eShepherd around customers’ commercial and operational needs.
• Develop opportunities through networking, prospecting and follow-up.
• Lead or support key account opportunities, tenders and contracts.
• Maintain CRM discipline, pipeline visibility and forecasting.
• Collaborate with Customer Success for seamless handoff to onboarding.
• Provide market intelligence, pricing insights and competitor activity.
• Support brand building through industry relationships and partnerships.

Skills

Business development

Key accounts

Prospect identification

Agriculture experience

AgTech

Beef cattle knowledge

Communication

Negotiation

Autonomous work

High-growth experience

Strategic thinking

CRM software

Tools

CRM software

Job description

About eShepherd | Join the revolution in livestock management.

eShepherd is Gallagher’s boldest venture yet - a tech-forward agritech start-up backed by 85+ years of global innovation. We’re office-first, progress-over-perfection, and unapologetically hands-on. Our team builds world-first virtual fencing tech that’s reshaping agriculture for good.

The Product

At Gallagher, we don’t just imagine the future - we build it.
eShepherd™ is our breakthrough virtual fencing technology, enabling farmers to monitor, move, and manage cattle from anywhere.

Using GPS-enabled neckbands, powered by solar, farmers can create digital fence lines from their phone, transforming how land is used, reducing labour, and improving both environmental and animal welfare outcomes.

This is innovation with real-world impact - on pasture health, productivity, and profitability.

The Opportunity

Build the market. Win the customer. Help change what’s possible on the ranch.

Some sales roles ask you to inherit a territory. This one gives you the opportunity to help shape one.

eShepherd is expanding in the United States, and we’re looking for an experienced Business Development Manager who can combine commercial drive with genuine credibility in agriculture.

You’ll work directly with ranchers, producers, partners and industry stakeholders, identifying opportunities, building relationships and turning customer challenges into commercial growth.

This is a senior, hands-on role. You’ll own opportunities from prospecting and first conversation through solution positioning, negotiation and close, while playing an important part in how eShepherd grows across the US. You’ll enjoy a competitive compensation package that includes a base salary between $105,000 and $120,000 a 20% annual bonus opportunity!

Why eShepherd?

eShepherd combines the energy and opportunity of a high-growth business with the stability of Gallagher. You’ll have the opportunity to build something, influence how we go to market and grow your career as the business scales globally.

And the proposition you're taking to market is different. eShepherd is built for livestock producers, backed by Gallagher, and gives ranchers ownership of the hardware rather than locking them into ongoing subscriptions.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll own and grow a quality pipeline across your market, with responsibility for:

• Identifying and strategically target new business opportunities.
• Taking ownership of the sales journey from prospecting through to proposal, negotiation and close.
• Building trusted relationships with ranchers, producers, partners, distributors and industry stakeholders.
• Understanding how individual ranching operations work and positioning eShepherd around their commercial and operational needs.
• Developing opportunities through networking, prospecting, industry engagement and strong follow-up.
• Leading or supporting key account opportunities, tenders, contracts and distribution agreements.
• Maintaining strong CRM discipline, pipeline visibility and accurate sales forecasting.
• Working closely with Customer Success to support a seamless transition from sale to onboarding and ongoing customer success.
• Bringing market intelligence, customer feedback, pricing insights and competitor activity back into Sales, Product and Marketing.
• Helping build the eShepherd and Gallagher brands through industry relationships, partnerships and speaking opportunities.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who knows how to create opportunities, not simply manage them.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Proven business development or key account experience within a solution-selling environment.
• A demonstrated ability to identify prospects and convert opportunities into closed sales.
• Experience working with ranchers and/or personal experience within agriculture.
• Knowledge of AgTech solutions.
• An interest in or understanding of beef cattle and grazing management.
• Strong commercial judgement, communication and negotiation skills.
• The ability to work autonomously and maintain momentum across multiple opportunities.
• Experience within a high-growth or scale-up environment.
• The ability to think strategically and then turn that thinking into action.

What you’ll get

Alongside the opportunity to join eShepherd at an exciting stage of growth, our US benefits include:

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives
• Medical, including pre-tax savings plans
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Accident and Disability Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Identity Theft Plan
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Career growth opportunities as eShepherd scales globally
• The tools and technology you need to succeed
• A supportive, collaborative culture focused on practical problem-solving

Why make the move?

Because you can have the best of both worlds.

The pace, ownership and influence that comes with a growing AgTech business, combined with the backing of Gallagher. eShepherd is commercially available and expanding globally, supported by Gallagher's established expertise in livestock technology.

You’ll be close to customers, close to the market and directly involved in building our next stage of US growth.

If you’re commercially ambitious, understand agriculture and love turning relationships into opportunities, we’d like to meet you.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

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