Growth Lead (Remote)

The Company Rescue; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Dental and vision

Paid time off

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Rescue is seeking a Growth Lead to drive business development and own the pipeline with an annual sales target. The role requires deep market connectivity, strategic deal structuring, and hands-on proposal development to convert opportunities into revenue.

Remote-ready with possible in-person client meetings and a strong emphasis on health behavior change campaigns. Competitive pay with commission on revenue and nationwide travel expectations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience selling to your market and converting relationships into new business.
• Experience owning a pipeline or revenue target and being held accountable for it.
• Track record of closing business on long sales cycles, including deals you sourced yourself.

Responsibilities

• Own the pipeline and annual sales target; qualify and develop opportunities.
• Understand buyer needs, funding, decision processes and path to win for priority opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and program/communications leads.
• Shape messaging and proposals; collaborate on scope and pricing; actively write and submit proposals.
• Partner with colleagues to win opportunities and maintain client relationships.
• Monitor market budget, policy, and funding changes to create opportunities.

Skills

Pipeline ownership

Relationship-building

Strategic selling

CRM experience

Independent self-starter

Market awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree +9 years relevant experience

Master's degree +7 years relevant experience

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

The Company

Rescue is a full-service marketing agency with a mission to make healthy behaviors easier and more appealing. Since our founding in 2001, Rescue has been exclusively focused on researching, developing, and implementing positive social change campaigns in public health. We provide research, strategy, creative, production, web, traditional media, social media, policy change, youth engagement and experiential marketing services to government, non-profit, and healthcare clients in over 35 states and provinces, as well as to federal government agencies.

Rescue’s health behavior change marketing campaigns focus on topics such as tobacco, obesity, substance and alcohol prevention; the promotion of exercise, eating healthy foods, early childhood development, and after school programs; and other topics that promote healthy living. Rescue’s behavior change campaigns focus on diverse populations within teen (13 - 17), young adult (18 - 26), and adult (18+) populations in both rural and urban areas, resulting in a wide variety of campaign styles and strategies.

We believe that marketing can do more than sell goods, it can create good, and we are looking for team members that are ready to work hard to create a healthier world.

The Job

Rescue is hiring a Growth Lead to lead business development. This role owns a pipeline and an annual sales target, and is accountable for turning qualified opportunities into won revenue. This is an independent role for natural connectors who are deeply embedded in their market and excited by the opportunity to help grow the impact and reach of an established behavior change agency.

What you’ll own

• The pipeline. You'll own the pipeline and an annual sales target. You'll find, qualify, and develop opportunities that match what we do well, keep records current in our CRM, and report progress to leadership monthly.
• Opportunity strategy. For every priority opportunity, you'll understand the buyer, the need, the funding, the decision process, and our path to win. If we don't have a credible path, you'll tell us early.
• Relationships that turn into work. You'll build trusted relationships with senior leaders and program and communications leads in your market, and use them to understand needs and priorities. You'll also create chances for our leadership and subject matter experts to engage with them.
• Messaging and proposals. You'll shape how we talk about our work for your buyers, using the language they use. You'll work with leadership on scope, pricing, and deliverables, and be hands-on in writing and submitting proposals.
• Partnering to win. When an opportunity becomes an active pursuit, you'll work with colleagues across the company to win it, and you'll stay involved as the client relationship lead.
• Market awareness. You'll track budget, policy, leadership, and funding changes in your market, and turn them into opportunities we can act on.

Required Qualifications:

• 14 years relevant experience OR Bachelor's Degree +9 years relevant experience OR Master's Degree +7 years relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience selling to your market and converting relationships into new business.
• Experience owning a pipeline or revenue target and being held accountable for it.
• A track record of closing business on long sales cycles, including deals you sourced yourself.
• Established relationships with senior decision-makers in your market.
• Deep knowledge of how your buyers set priorities, fund initiatives, and procure outside partners.
• Strong strategic and commercial instincts and the ability to recognize where there is a meaningful opportunity and path to win.
• Comfort running your own pipeline, outreach, and reporting without day-to-day direction.
• Sound judgment and discretion with senior leaders, and persistence when progress is slow.Experience using a CRM (e.g. HubSpot) for pipeline tracking and contact management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience selling professional services such as communications, marketing, research, or media to government or health plan clients.
• A history of originating new business opportunities and positioning an organization to win them.
• Experience supporting competitive proposals and presentations.
• Familiarity with state and federal budget, funding, and contracting processes.
• Background in public health, behavioral health, substance use, tobacco control, early childhood, nutrition access, chronic disease prevention, or behavior change.

Location:

Remote. In-person client meetings may be required.

Status:

Full-time

Pay Range:

$125k - $150k and commission on recognized revenue (structure to be agreed at offer)

Benefits:

Learn more about the benefits of working at Rescue through the Benefits and Perks section on our careers page: http://rescueagency.com/careers/. Benefits include generous health plans for medical and mental health services, dental, and vision; paid time off; life and short-term disability insurance, and 401(k) with employer matching.

Travel:

90%

The Fine Print

Environment:

All business-related environments are tobacco‑free.

Physical Requirements:

Able to remain in a sitting position for prolonged periods of time for the performance of duties. Able to read from a computer, laptop monitor, or tablet for a full workday and for long periods of time (typically 8 hours) including fonts of various sizes from a variety of sources. If working from a Rescue office location, able to stoop, bend, reach, climb stairs, and move freely throughout the building. Able to travel nationwide as needed to meet with clients, coworkers, or attend meetings and seminars. Must be able to move boxed work documents, up to 40 pounds, in and out of office for travel by car and by air.

Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws

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