Enterprise Growth Associate

Athlete Origin; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Athlete Origin in New York City is seeking an Enterprise Growth Associate to join a fast-growing AI tech scale-up on a hybrid basis. You will help build and drive the Growth (BDR) function, targeting enterprise clients and creating scalable outreach strategies.

The role offers an opportunity to advance quickly within a premier brand backing, with a small initial commercial team and significant room for progression as the team expands to meet ambitious growth plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial / business development role; cold-calling / outreach is a plus.
• Excellent relationship-building and networking with peers, prospects and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to influence in a business environment.

Responsibilities

• Market strategy, outreach, and revenue forecasting.
• Consistently achieve revenue targets.
• Prospect new customers via phone, email, LI.
• Convert inbound marketing leads into opportunities.
• Manage sales pipeline including phone, video, and in-person interactions.

Skills

Business development

Cold-calling

Relationship building

Communication skills

Job description

Opportunity | Enterprise Growth Associate | AI Tech | NYC (hybrid)

Athlete Origin are delighted to be working on behalf of an AI Tech scale-up who are seeking to hire multiple Enterprise Growth Associates from elite sporting backgrounds to join their growing team in the US.

Our clients are a a global leader in corporate travel and are entering a brand new era. Backed by leading global investment firms in a $6.3B deal, their business is going all-in on AI-driven transformation and scaling its Growth (BDR) team from 18 people to 200 over the next two years. This creates a rare opportunity to join early, build your career in a high-growth environment, and have a clear path to progression as the team scales.

What you’ll do:

• Market strategy, outreach, and revenue forecasting.
• Consistently achieve revenue targets.
• Prospect new customers via phone, email, LI.
• Convert inbound marketing leads into opportunities.
• Manage sales pipeline including phone, video, and in person interactions.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in a commercial / business development role. Cold-calling / outreach experience ideal.
• Excellent relationship building skills with the ability to network with peers, prospects and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and persuade in a business environment.
• A professional attitude, conduct and appearance.
• High performance sporting background.
• Right to work in the US.

Why should ex athletes consider this opportunity:

• Prestigious global brand: established business with significant market presence.
• AI transformation: You’ll be part of a major project focused on building the next generation of the business.
• Early-stage growth: Join while the commercial team is still incredibly small.
• Exceptional growth potential: An 18-person Growth team with ambitions to scale into the hundreds.
• Accelerated progression: Top performers will have a clear path into leadership as the team scales.
• PE backed: committed capital behind the transformation, giving the project significant resources and ambition.
• Highly competitive: Remuneration & benefits - depending on experience (circa $7 0-100k base plus £40-50k commission uncapped) . Candidly, negotiable for the right candidate.