Director, Business Development – Private Equity
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829 StudiosDigital marketing
You have the option to work at our office in Boston or remotely in one of these states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, SC, OH, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA.Full-TimeDirector
Salary$120,000-$150,000 + commission
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years in business development, partnerships, or sales
- Required Skills
- Business DevelopmentGoogle Workspace
Requirements
- 8+ years in business development, partnerships, or sales.
- Personal experience carrying and meeting a monthly or quarterly pipeline or sourcing goal.
- Established relationships with private equity operating partners, value-creation leads, or portfolio-operations teams.
- Ability to generate pipeline through cold outbound and network activation.
- Experience selling marketing or professional services through the private equity channel is ideal.
- Understanding of the marketing industry; experience selling marketing services is ideal.
- Ability to communicate, negotiate, and present confidently to CEOs, CFOs, and operating partners.
- Ability to collaborate with sales through the deal cycle, hand off opportunities, and remain coachable.
- Proficiency with Google Workspace, HubSpot Sales Hub, ZoomInfo, and modern AI tooling.
- Prior experience at a PE-services or value-creation advisory firm is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Shape the ideal customer profile, pricing, packaging, and program design with the CEO and founder.
- Work with AEA to activate its network, secure introductions, and refine positioning to sponsors.
- Build relationships with private equity partners, operating partners, value-creation leads, and portfolio-operations teams.
- Represent 829 at PE and industry events and establish it as a marketing partner for sponsor portfolios.
- Own the monthly goal for qualified opportunities from PE firms and their portfolio companies.
- Generate introductions and conduct outbound outreach by email, phone, LinkedIn, and events.
- Learn portfolio companies' growth targets, operating pressures, and exit timelines and connect needs to 829's offering.
- Qualify opportunities and track performance by partner and channel.
- Partner with sales leaders on discovery, scoping, sponsor engagement, and deal progression through signature.
- Create partner-facing proof points, maintain partner cadence, review joint pipelines, and document the channel playbook.
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