Strategic Business Development Manager Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 162,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Job summary

Ethos is seeking a Strategic Business Development Manager to help train its language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks. The role is fully remote, with 5–20 hours per week, and pays $100/hr.

You will work on high-growth tech partnerships and enterprise B2B collaborations using your experience in storylining and PowerPoint craftsmanship. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in SBM roles at top tech firms, deep expertise in structured communication, and a proven ability to craft

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Strategic Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company or enterprise B2B firm
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

Skills

Strategic thinking

Structured communication

Storylining

Slide craftsmanship

PowerPoint expert

Written communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Pay

• $100/hr
• The rate in the listing.
• From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 5.
• Last checked Today

How Ethos hiring works

Your application is a 10-minute call.

Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career, then matches you to projects like Strategic Business Development Manager.

Keep your CV open and cover these:

• 3+ years as Strategic Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company
• 3+ years as Strategic Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention
• Start the call

About this role

From the Ethos listing. About This Opportunity. We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced strategic business development managers from top high-growth tech companies or enterprise B2B firms who can help train their latest language model on professional presentation and slide deck tasks. We're looking for strategic business development managers with 3+ years of experience to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks across core workflows: storyline development, executive summary writing, slide structuring, horizontal and vertical logic, data-driven exhibit design, and client-ready deck production.

Compensation

$100/hour

Commitment: Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)

Location: Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date: ASAP

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Strategic Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company or enterprise B2B firm
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
• 3+ years as a Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company or enterprise B2B firm
• Deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship
• Expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
• How long hiring takes Across the platforms we list, people typically hear back about a hire within

about

25 days of applying.

Within 2 weeks ~30%

Within 6 weeks ~65%

Within 3 months ~85%

Prepare for the Ethos call. Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your Business Development Manager background. These are our own practice questions for that work, not Ethos's.

How do you evaluate whether a new market segment is worth pursuing?

I look at the size of the opportunity relative to the cost of entry, including how different the sales motion or product adaptation needs to be, rather than chasing every segment that shows some initial interest. A segment that requires significant customization to serve is often not worth it unless the volume justifies it.

What's your process for building a pipeline of potential partnership opportunities?

I start by mapping out what a genuinely complementary partner looks like in terms of audience overlap and non-competing offering, rather than pursuing partnerships opportunistically based on whoever reaches out first. I prioritize outreach based on that fit rather than company size alone.

How do you structure a deal to protect your company's interests while still making it attractive to the other side?

I identify which terms are genuinely important to protect versus which are negotiable, before entering discussions, so I'm not making concessions on core terms under time pressure. I also try to understand what the other party actually values most, since that's often not the same thing they lead with.

What metrics do you use to assess whether a business development effort is actually working?

I track conversion through each stage of the pipeline, not just the final close rate, since a low overall conversion rate can hide whether the problem is lead quality, pitch effectiveness, or negotiation. Looking at aggregate numbers alone often points to the wrong fix.

Common questions: Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses? No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.

Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos? No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.

How many hours a week is this Strategic Business Development Manager work? Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.

What experience does this Strategic Business Development Manager listing ask for? The listing asks for 3+ years as Strategic Business Development Manager at a top high-growth tech company or enterprise B2B firm; deep expertise in structured communication, storylining, and slide craftsmanship; and expert-level PowerPoint and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.

How much does this specific role pay? This listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.

What happens when I click Apply on this listing? The link opens Ethos's sign-up. There is no form for this listing: Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career in a 5 to 15 minute call, builds your profile from it, and then matches you to projects like this one. Keep your CV open and cover the experience the Qualifications above ask for.

Who built Ethos and is it legitimate? Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.