Business Development Lead

• identify and prioritize new products and services and help bring them to fruition.
• grow quality relationships with partners and help secure quality work.
• build sustainable business models that are consistent with our culture and goals.
• move our business development strategy beyond booking individual projects to shaping the field and our role in it.
• accelerate the impact of geospatial data through events and writing.

• An excellent communicator, particularly good at synthesis and asking great questions.
• Naturally curious and good at self-learning and capturing context.
• Driven. You care about the world and are impatient about making it better.
• A problem solver who is focused on engineering outcomes, not numbers.

• Business development and/or sales experience. Maybe you have sales in your title. Maybe you are exceptionally good at understanding your clients or donors and finding new ways to work together. This isn’t a proposal writing role. We often need to be driving the conversation well before an RFP.
• Working with data and technology, especially satellite or location data. If you are going to make art, you need to know what the medium is capable of, which rules can be broken and which ones never should.
• Working for or closely with an Impact Organization, Government Agency, or Development Implementer. You understand their language, procurement cycles and pain points.

As a Development Seed team member, you:

• Collaborate — Working as a team makes us stronger than any individual developer. You write clear Github tickets and communicate effectively on Slack and in-person.
• Learn — We constantly evolve our technology stack and techniques to deliver the best work to our partners. You don’t need to know any particular language or framework upfront but you need to demonstrate you’re able and excited to learn new ways to build.
• Care about the world and believe that we can do better — Social change is the foundation of everything we do. You are impatient about solving the world’s toughest challenges.

Not sure you tick all the boxes? We encourage you to apply. We have a culture of learning, and if this job description sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.

Development Seed embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.