Business Development Lead

About the Role

**This role has an On Target Earnings of $110,000**

This is a unique opportunity to be the first Business Development Lead at Materialize Labs, playing a pivotal role in establishing and driving our outbound sales efforts. If you're a self-starter who enjoys autonomy, creativity, and the satisfaction of building a successful lead generation process, we want to talk to you.

As the first hire in this role, you will have a massive impact, not only by shaping our outbound lead generation strategy but by being a key driver in helping us achieve our ambitious goal of becoming THE dev shop in the Los Angeles region.

About Materialize Labs

Materialize Labs is a cutting-edge software development firm that prides itself on crafting bespoke digital products. With a global team of seasoned professionals, we provide a seamless, full-spectrum service encompassing UI/UX design, project management, and technical development. Founded on the core principles of simplicity and collaboration, our "product development team-as-a-service" model ensures clients receive the comprehensive expertise needed to bring complex web and mobile applications to life. At Materialize Labs, we're dedicated to turning visionary concepts into functional, high-performance software solutions that resonate with users and drive business success.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Foundational Impact: You’ll be the first to shape our outbound sales strategy, setting the foundation for future team growth.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: This is a builder’s role, perfect for someone who enjoys creating, iterating, and optimizing processes and prospect messaging.
• Opportunity for Growth: As our outbound sales efforts expand, this role will evolve into a full-cycle sales role, giving you the opportunity to own the entire sales process and close deals.
• Collaborative Vision: Work closely with leadership to drive Materialize Labs’ mission/strategy and become a major player in the product development space.

Requirements

Requirements and Responsibilities

• Prospecting & Lead Qualification: Identifying high-value leads and qualifying them.
• Cold Outreach Mastery: Cold calling, targeted 1:1 emails, and LinkedIn outreach to create high-quality relationships.
• Sales Appointment Setting: Booking qualified meetings that lead to new business opportunities.
• Process Builder: Help develop and refine a scalable outbound lead generation process.
• Strong Writer: Understands how to send personalized, targeted, and relevant messaging to prospects.

Ideal Candidate

• 2-5+ years of experience in Dev Shop Sales, IT Staffing Sales or a similar field.
• Previous experience in product development is a major plus!
• Someone who is entrepreneurial, a self-starter, and enjoys building processes from scratch.
• Ideally based in the Los Angeles region.
• Strong relationship-building skills with a focus on quality interactions.
• Fully Remote with flexible hours (30-40 hours/week).
• Available for a full-time 1099 contract position.
• Driven by success and excited by an attractive commission structure that rewards your growth and closed deals.

Benefits

Why Join Us

• Be part of a small, highly-focused, and friendly team.
• Work in a flexible environment with autonomy over your day-to-day operations.
• Contribute to the growth of a company that’s passionate about delivering excellence in product development.