Growth Partnerships Lead — Brands & Corporates

Cut Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Wellness stipend

Free lunch and snacks

Free company swag

Free haircuts

Job summary

theCut is hiring a Business Development Manager to build and own a robust revenue pipeline beyond our core subscription and payments business. You will source, pitch, negotiate, close, launch, and transition partnerships into ongoing operating models.

You’ll drive cross-functional collaboration and shape the playbook for scalable growth. We seek a creator who can lead end-to-end deals, craft compelling business cases, and thrive without a fixed price guide while embodying barbershop culture and

Qualifications

• 3–6 years in business development, enterprise partnerships, or media sales with closed deals you can point to.
• Proven ability to build pipeline from scratch rather than inherit it.
• Experience owning complex deals from initial prospecting through negotiation and close.
• Strong commercial instincts and the ability to develop a compelling business case even when the product or pricing model is still being defined.
• A builder mentality. You don't just execute a sales process, you help create one.
• Reliable written and verbal communication with the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Build and own pipeline across brand, corporate, and strategic partnership opportunities.
• Identify and prioritize new partnership categories based on revenue potential, audience fit, marketplace impact, and scalability.
• Research prospects and build the business case: why theCut, why this audience, why now
• Lead pitches and negotiate terms end to end, from first call to signed agreement
• Partner cross-functionally with Customer Experience, Product, Marketing, Design, and Operations
• Work with Design and Marketing to build media kits, decks, and custom proposals on theCut's brand system
• Price and package inventory, and help build the rate card where one doesn't exist
• Own the transition from signed agreement to launch, ensuring expectations, responsibilities, success metrics, and the partner experience are clear.
• Measure and analyze what happens after launch
• Identify opportunities to renew, expand, or scale successful partnerships.
• Turn successful experiments into repeatable partnership playbooks that theCut can scale.
• Maintain strong CRM hygiene and report pipeline honestly, including the deals that won't land.
• Represent theCut at industry events and brand-side meetings
• Bring new ideas to the table. Identify partnership opportunities we haven't thought of yet.

Skills

Pipeline development

Enterprise partnerships

Media sales

Deal negotiation

CRM proficiency

Strong communication

Tools

CRM software

Job description

theCut is hiring a Business Development Manager to build and own a robust revenue pipeline beyond our core subscription and payments business. You will source, pitch, negotiate, close, launch, and transition partnerships into ongoing operating models.

You’ll drive cross-functional collaboration and shape the playbook for scalable growth. We seek a creator who can lead end-to-end deals, craft compelling business cases, and thrive without a fixed price guide while embodying barbershop culture and