Business Development Manager, Event Commerce
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JobgetherEvents and ticketing
Work remotely from anywhere in the United States.Full-TimeManager
Salary$100,000–$200,000 in on-target earnings (OTE), with flexible compensation structures that may combine base salary, commission, and equity.
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Job Details
- Experience
- 2–6 years of experience in business development, partnerships, sales, or commercially focused account management or customer success within ticketing, events, or nightlife.
- Required Skills
- Business DevelopmentAccount Management
Requirements
- Have 2–6 years of experience in business development, partnerships, sales, or commercially focused account management or customer success within ticketing, events, or nightlife.
- Bring an established network of local venue owners, promoters, and event organizers, including approximately 10–20 contacts to reach out to when starting.
- Have direct access to business decision-makers and understand how the platform could help their businesses grow.
- Show a proven track record of personally sourcing, negotiating, and closing commercial deals.
- Be confident leading product demonstrations, presenting value propositions, negotiating terms, and asking for the sale.
- Have working knowledge of ticketing economics and commercial arrangements such as fee splits, guarantees, advances, exclusivity, rebates, and bar minimums or revenue splits.
- Have experience building a sales pipeline through outbound prospecting and referral generation beyond an existing network.
- Bring relationship-building, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Be able to manage the sales process independently while collaborating with leadership and colleagues.
Responsibilities
- Acquire event organizers and venue partners using relationships in the events, ticketing, and nightlife industries.
- Demonstrate the product, develop business cases, and explain the platform's value to prospective customers.
- Manage the sales cycle from outreach and qualification through negotiation, contract closure, and account launch.
- Negotiate fee splits, guarantees, exclusivity arrangements, and other commercial terms.
- Build and maintain a sales pipeline through referrals, outbound campaigns, and direct prospecting.
- Develop account plans based on ticket sales volumes, ticketing provider relationships, contractual commitments, and business potential.
- Support onboarding and help new customers launch their first events.
- Maintain customer relationships, improve adoption, and resolve issues that may affect satisfaction or retention.
- Work with the Head of Business Development and company leadership to refine sales strategies and commercial processes.
- Identify opportunities to expand platform adoption across local events, nightlife, music, and entertainment markets.
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