Director, Commercial Origination & Business Development

ZipRecruiter; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 164,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI-powered waste sortation seeks a Remote Director of Commercial Origination & Business Development to expand its market in the Mid-Atlantic region. This senior role demands expertise in building relationships, driving sales, and managing complex deals. Ideal candidates possess a strong background in commercial roles, strategic thinking, and project management, and will lead initiatives to push growth in a rapidly evolving industry.

Benefits

Medical coverage from 78% to 100%

Dental and Vision insurance

Flexible Time Off

401(k) retirement plan

Equity Grant options

Paid sick days

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in commercial or business development roles.
• Strong consultative/value selling skills and ability to influence innovation.
• Ability to build and use project-level financial models.

Responsibilities

• Drive the growth of new sales and manage a pipeline of deals.
• Build relationships with public and private partners.
• Identify strategic partnerships and market opportunities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Consultative selling

Project management

Relationship building

Market analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP's technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.

Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We're fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we're always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com.

AMP is hiring a REMOTE Director, Commercial Origination & Business Development (Mid-Atlantic) reporting to the Managing Director, Commercial Origination & Business Development.

The Director will drive the growth of new sales of AMP ONE sortation systems and AMP's sortation-as-a-service offering to public sector and private sector customers across the Mid-Atlantic region (including the NYC and Philadelphia metro areas) US by managing a pipeline of deals from origination through close.

As our Director, you will work to:

• Develop new relationships and leverage your existing industry relationships to source deals, build a pipeline, move through a business development funnel, structure deals, and execute agreements.
• Become an expert in AMP's offering, able to present compelling AMP product solutions to a range of customers
• Identify strategic partnerships and potential integrations with key accounts
• Conduct due diligence on potential partners
• Monitor and analyze market trends, industry developments, regulations, and incentives with an ability to quickly articulate value creation opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with private and public partners and stakeholders to maximize opportunities for repeat projects within high-value, target regions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

• 10 years of experience in commercial or business development roles, including direct experience originating, structuring, and negotiating commercial agreements. Experience closing complex deals with municipalities is a plus.
• Excellent strategic thinking complemented by an attention to the details required to execute an agreement.
• Experience generating leads for new business.
• Ability to build and use project-level financial models to evaluate prospective projects and drive executive-level decision making.
• Strong consultative/value selling skills and ability to influence innovation and new technology adoption in customer organizations.
• Project and process management abilities that are demonstrated by successfully managing multiple complex efforts simultaneously across geographies and/or organizations.
• Ability to successfully challenge, educate, and evangelize customers.
• Ability to represent the company in public meetings and form productive relationships with public officials and other project stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams from engineering, operations, and finance departments to create a successful project.
• Demonstrated agility and ability to be adaptive, with a high willingness to learn.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills, capable of tailoring to varied audiences.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree; MBA

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Working Location(s):

• Full-remote
• Frequent travel, particularly within a sales region that includes the NYC and Philadelphia metro areas

Travel Requirements:

• 25-50%

AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to , , , , , , status, genetics, protected veteran status, , or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Salary & Compensation Information: $164,440 - $193,169 per year. This position is commission bonus eligible.

Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate's qualifications.

Benefits Information:

• Medical - The company covers between 78% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection.
• Dental, Vision, Short and Long Term
• Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life
• Benefits start the day you start
• HSA Eligible Health Plans, Company Monthly Contributions!
• 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching)
• FTO - Flexible Time Off
• 6 Accrued Sick Days
• Eight (8) paid holidays

We'll consider applications until the position is filled.

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