Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. i-Blason LLC is an early-stage venture building a fashion and style app and companion website that helps people discover, organize, and shop what they wear. The Business Development Director will build and lead brand, retail, and marketplace partnerships end to end, including sourcing partners, negotiating commercial deals, managing accounts, and creating the business development function from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Own the partnerships pipeline. Identify, prioritize, and pursue the brands, retailers, and marketplaces that fit our product and audience
- Lead the full deal cycle. Outreach, pitching, negotiation, and closing, then owning the relationship after signature
- Structure commercial deals. Shape partnership models (affiliate and commerce, product feeds, co-marketing, sponsored placements) that work for both sides
- Grow and manage accounts as the primary point of contact for partners
- Partner with product and marketing to turn relationships into features, campaigns, and revenue
- Build the BD function: playbooks, pipeline tracking, reporting, and monetization strategy
- Represent the company with partners and at industry events
Skills
- At least 7 years in business development, partnerships, or sales, with a track record of sourcing and closing brand, retail, or marketplace deals
- Industry knowledge in fashion, retail, e-commerce, or consumer apps, and a sense of how brands evaluate partnerships
- An existing network of brand, retailer, or marketplace relationships you can activate from day one
- Commercial and negotiation strength: you structure, close, and manage deals to results, and read the numbers behind them
- A builder's mindset, comfortable as an early or first BD hire creating pipeline and process from scratch
- Strong communication; credible representing the company to senior partners
- US-based, full-time
- Open to strong remote candidates
- Willing to travel as needed
- Atlanta preferred with a hybrid schedule
- Familiarity with the affiliate and commerce-partnerships ecosystem (affiliate networks, retail media, product feeds)
- Established relationships with fashion or lifestyle brands, retailers, or marketplaces
- Early-stage startup or new-product launch experience
- Understanding of app monetization and the women's fashion and style audience
Benefits
- Hybrid in Atlanta preferred, with openness to strong remote US candidates.
- Willing to travel as needed.
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