Business Development Associate

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💎 Seniority level: Junior, 6 months - 1 year

📍 Location: USA

💸 Salary: $52,500 - $90,000 per year

🔍 Industry: Consumer Finance

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 6 months - 1 year

🪄 Skills: Business DevelopmentCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCollaborationC (Programming language)Time ManagementCreativity

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
6 months - 1 year of prior work experience in an outbound sales role nurturing cold leads.
Demonstrated ability to succeed in a quota-carrying role.
The desire to pursue a career in sales, and the drive to be successful.
Strong passion for E-commerce.
Ability to work closely with multiple non-sales teams internally; legal, merchant risk, marketing, etc.
Grit. Lots of grit. You need to embrace challenges and be willing to work hard to achieve audacious goals.
Excellent ability to communicate, manage time efficiently, and be extremely detail-oriented.
A growth mindset and self-motivation.
Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment.
Willingness to step up to greater responsibility, strong desire to contribute to overall goals.
Passion and drive to change consumer banking for the better.

Responsibilities:

Drive new business by identifying, qualifying, and developing new partnership opportunities for Affirm.
Collaborate closely with Account Executives and the rest of the Sales & BD team to strategize creative outreach campaigns and determine priority of outreach based on potential impact.
Manage the first stages of the Sales & Business Development pipeline by performing initial cold outreach and nurturing leads through various inbound channels, including phone, email and social.
Engage potential partners about their goals and challenges, and educate them on the value of Affirm.
Contribute significantly to Affirm’s growth as we scale our core business and product.

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