Business Development Lead to the CEO (Chief of Staff – BD)

• Location: Brooklyn, NY (in-person 1–2 days/week; more frequent in first 6 months)
• Travel: Regular travel required
• Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are a 20-person, fast-moving company led by a highly entrepreneurial CEO. This role is for a high-agency, execution-focused operator who will work directly with the CEO to drive business development efforts from idea to outcome.

The CEO generates new opportunities, partnerships, and initiatives at a rapid pace. Your role is to turn those opportunities into tangible results—preparing materials, driving follow-ups, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

This is not a purely strategic or relationship-management role. It is a hands-on, get-it-done role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly, and takes ownership.

We are specifically looking for someone who enjoys execution and follow-through, not just strategy or relationship management.

What You’ll Do

• Drive business development execution
• Turn conversations, ideas, and opportunities into clear next steps and outcomes
• Track and push forward deals, partnerships, and external initiatives
• Own follow-through
• Ensure every meeting results in clear action items and timely execution
• Relentlessly follow up with internal and external stakeholders
• Create high-quality materials
• Draft memos, emails, and proposals
• Build clear, compelling slide decks for partners, customers, and investors
• Support CEO externally
• Prepare briefs for meetings and calls
• Join key meetings and capture decisions, risks, and next steps
• Support CEO effectiveness
• Manage and prioritize the CEO’s calendar to align with company priorities
• Ensure the CEO is prepared for all meetings with clear context and materials
• Optimize scheduling to maximize time spent on highest-value activities

Wear many hats

• Jump into whatever is needed to move a deal or initiative forward
• Operate across sales, partnerships, strategy, and execution
• Travel as needed
• Attend partner meetings, customer visits, and key events

What Success Looks Like

• Opportunities move quickly from conversation to execution
• External partners receive clear, timely, and professional follow-up
• The CEO’s time is leveraged and focused on highest-value activities
• Nothing important gets dropped
• Materials (decks, memos, emails) are consistently high quality and on time

Who You Are

• High agency / self-starter – you take initiative without waiting for direction
• Relentless executor – you follow through until things are done
• Go-getter attitude – you move quickly and push through obstacles
• Strong communicator – excellent writing and presentation skills
• Highly organized – able to manage many parallel workstreams
• Comfortable with ambiguity – you can create structure where none exists
• Low ego, high ownership – willing to do whatever it takes to get results
• Comfortable across levels of work – you are willing to handle both high-impact external work and the day-to-day tasks required to keep execution moving

Preferred Background

4–8 years of experience in

• business development, partnerships, or startup roles
• consulting or other fast-paced, execution-heavy environments
• Experience working closely with senior leadership or founders is a plus
• Military experience is a plus (but not required)
• Data center or energy experience is a plus (but not required)

Why This Role

• Work directly with the CEO on high-impact initiatives
• Significant ownership and visibility across the business
• Opportunity to operate across strategy, partnerships, and execution
• Fast-paced environment with meaningful responsibility early

Compensation

Salary: $120K–$160K (top of band reserved for exceptional candidates)

Bonus and/or equity

How to Apply

Resume

A brief example of something you personally drove from idea to execution

(Optional) A writing sample or slide deck