Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Paragon is a product design and engineering studio serving funded startups, agencies, and venture firm portfolio companies. The Business Development Partner will generate new client work through outbound prospecting, lead discovery, sales-cycle ownership, and relationship management while handing delivery to the execution team.
Responsibilities
- Build your target list — funded startups, agencies needing overflow capacity, VC portfolios
- Run outbound via LinkedIn, email, and phone to founders, CTOs, CPOs, and heads of marketing
- Hold credible discovery conversations about scope, timeline, and which of our capabilities fits
- Own the cycle end to end: first touch → discovery → proposal → signed retainer or project
- Hand off cleanly at kickoff and stay the relationship owner
- Send a simple weekly update on activity and pipeline
Skills
- Background in business development, agency sales, or lead generation
- Genuinely comfortable with cold outreach — this role lives or dies on it
- Enough fluency in how digital products get built to hold a real conversation with a technical founder about scope and tradeoffs. You don't need to be a designer or engineer; you need to be conversant
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Self-directed and organized. Nobody is going to manage your calendar
- Prior agency, studio, or SaaS sales experience is a strong plus
Benefits
- Recurring commission on every client you bring in — uncapped. Our work is retainer-based, so your commission recurs monthly for as long as the client stays.
- Flexible schedule — 10–15 hrs/week to start, on your own hours.
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