Business Development Manager

Company: Pilot
Location: Schiller Park
Posted on: July 1, 2025

Job Description:

Pilot has significant traction with startups and technology companies. We deeply understand these customers and have built a product that startups know and love. These companies largely come to us through referrals from existing customers, and word-of-mouth. However, there are still lots of startup companies out in the world that are not aware that we exist, and we’d like to do a better job reaching them. In particular, we’d like to reach them by nurturing stronger relationships with law firms , banks , venture capital firms , and other service providers who serve our same client base. As the Business Development Manager, your responsibility is to close new business by building relationships with key ecosystem partners and execute on this strategy. This role reports directly to our Head of Partner Development who is a very active participant in building relationships and leveraging the tech/startup ecosystem network. Key Responsibilities At the highest level, the objective is simple: get service providers to refer more prospective customers to Pilot and have the ability to sell in order to generate new clients for Pilot. This will involve: Sourcing & securing new partnership relationships for Pilot Nurturing relationships with various service providers to generate inbound leads/referrals Actively sell to and close new business opportunities via the partner channel Rigorously and quantitatively tracking the metrics around our partner relationships Inbound & outbound referrals and other high value relationship building activities Working with our operations team to make sure we surface referrals to partners Working collaboratively with the Marketing and the GTM teams to execute on key initiatives in various tech markets in the Mid-West This includes developing customized partnership collateral, planning partner events, and promoting events/webinars across various partner networks. About You You’re a business development professional who enjoys meeting with and engaging with partners in the startup/tech ecosystem. You’ve sold in previous roles and understand how to articulate Pilot’s value proposition to prospects and can move the prospect through the sell cycle to ultimately convert them to clients. You’re a builder—you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and do what’s needed to make this referral motion work. Have an existing deep network of relationships with law firms, banks, VC funds, etc. Extremely results-oriented and are excited to have clear metrics goals Deeply experienced in finding partners and yielding real revenue results from them A community builder who can host events, network, moderate and be useful to people in a non-salesy way About Pilot Pilot launched in 2017 to bring the back office into the modern era. Pilot provides small businesses with dedicated finance experts - which Pilot hires as full-time, U.S.-based employees - who learn the ins-and-outs of their business. Pilot integrates directly with the billing, banking, expense, and payroll systems customers already use. With a special blend of custom software and expert bookkeepers, Pilot delivers accurate, consistent bookkeeping and financial management and tax services that give entrepreneurs the freedom to focus on their business. Pilot has over 2,000 customers and has raised over $170 million in financing from Sequoia, Index Ventures, Stripe, Bezos Expeditions, and Whale Rock. Our investors also include a long list of world-class entrepreneurs, including Patrick and John Collison, Drew Houston, and Diane Greene. Why Pilot? We invest in our employees’ development and happiness because our employees are the keys to our success and ensuring happy customers The opportunity to join a seasoned founding team that has led companies through two prior successful startups and acquisitions (by Oracle and Dropbox). Flexible vacation/time-off policy All federal holidays are observed Competitive benefits package including wellness benefits such as Modern Health, Headspace, One Medical, Aaptiv and Rightway Parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents – 100% pay for 12 weeks 401(k) plan The on-target earnings (OTE) range target for the role seniority described in this job description is $132,000 - $244,000 in most remote locations, and between $163,000 - $269,000 in San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY (base pay is 50% of OTE). Final offer amounts depend on multiple factors such as candidate experience and expertise, geographic location, total compensation, and market data. In addition to cash pay, full-time regular positions are eligible for equity, 401(k), health benefits, and other benefits; some of these benefits may be available for part-time or temporary positions. Pilot commits to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment, as well as equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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