Business Development Executive

As a Business Development Executive, you ll be responsible for driving new relationships and fostering existing relationships with key strategic partners such as investors, early-stage crypto projects, launchpads, exchanges and others within the crypto space to strengthen the Sheesha Finance ecosystem. You ll constantly be on the lookout for new opportunities to grow the brand, as well as nurturing existing partnerships. You will be confident in outreach to new potential partners as well as strong in closing business and managing the full sales cycle. The ideal candidate will be proactive and self-sufficient whilst always thinking of new innovative ways to drive revenue. To be successful you must be able to understand company goals and work strategically to realise key objectives. The role is fast-paced and will require the ability to manage multiple external relationships, whilst working across all internal business areas to find solutions for our portfolio projects. Duties / Responsibilities: Have a comprehensive understanding of Sheesha s entire product offering, what each department does and how all of this can be utilized to bring in projects and funding. Initiating, maintaining, and growing relationships across the whole crypto ecosystem that will benefit the business as well as specific departments in the investment, incubation, projects, tech and marketing teams. Participate in partner meetings to add to internal dialogue around assessment and value partnership. Work with the marketing team to find worthwhile cross-department strategic initiatives that can be leveraged for brand growth. Firm understanding of KPI s how to reach them, and reasons why they might have been missed. An interest in raising capital for the projects we work with alongside the company and a good eye for promising projects that would be a value add to the Sheesha ecosystem as a partner or incubated project. Maintain relationships with projects from initial introduction, and support for internal introductions, to IDO/TGE through launch and post-launch. Creative thinker around lead generation and contacting decision-makers. Take a lead role in the development of proposals and presentations for new business materials to create and nurture business opportunities and partnerships. Work with projects to understand their business model and identify the most suitable partners to match them with. What we look for in you: Business development/sales experience in crypto dealing with at least one of our core stakeholders; VCs / investors, launchpads, exchanges or early-stage projects Deep understanding of the crypto environment and current trends Strong communication skills: both written and verbal Experience deploying sales strategies; creating new relationships and cultivating existing partnerships Nice to have: Worked at supporting early-stage crypto projects Experience in a start-up environment Experience in an exchange or launchpad Role: Business Development Executive (BDE) Industry Type: Internet Department: Sales & Business Development Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Role Category: BD / Pre Sales Education UG: Any Graduate PG: Any Postgraduate Key Skills Lead generationSales strategyHead Business DevelopmentKPIVCSDeploymentBusiness Development ExecutiveManagementMarketing budgetInvestment