Director of Business Development

Location: In-Office, Brooklyn Heights – New York City Evidenza is revolutionizing the market research industry with one of the world’s first synthetic research platforms. Using AI-generated replicas of customers, our platform delivers real-time qualitative and quantitative research that is distilled into finance-friendly marketing plans in minutes, instead of months.This exciting breakthrough approach enables companies to understand their audiences up to 100x faster and at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Synthetic research is especially valuable for B2B marketers, targeting hard-to-reach audiences like CEOs and technology decision makers.Evidenza was founded by big tech veterans Peter Weinberg, Jon Lombardo, and Brian Watroba. Jon and Peter spent over a decade at LinkedIn, where they established the B2B Institute, the leading B2B marketing think tank. Brian spent eight years at Facebook and left to run an engineering team at Stardust. Evidenza was founded in January 2024 and came out of “stealth mode” in June. During the first year and a half, growth has been explosive:

• Over 100 clients, including major B2B and B2C brands like EY, ServiceNow, and Mars.
• Millions of dollars in revenue, without raising a cent from investors.
• An eight-figure enterprise pipeline of mostly inbound leads

The Role We’re building out our founding team to grow this category-defining startup into a billion-dollar behemoth. We are looking for a talented Director of New Business to convert our vast pipeline into happy customers and play a critical role in driving revenue growth. This is a once-in-a-career opportunity to bring a disruptive new technology to market and help build the next great AI business. Responsibilities:

• Qualifying leads and conducting initial discovery conversations to assess needs.
• Pitching Evidenza’s value proposition and presenting tailored solutions to prospects.
• Managing and optimizing the sales process from prospecting to close.
• Contributing ideas on how to improve our sales, marketing, product, and operations.
• Outreach (calls, emails, LinkedIn) to generate new business leads.
• Identifying target prospects, including decision-makers and key stakeholders.

Key Attributes:

• Charisma, curiosity, and a results-driven mindset.
• Preferably 5–10 years’ experience in B2B sales, ideally ad sales or market research
• Previous experience working in sales at a venture-backed startup.
• Familiarity with sales technologies like Sales Navigator, Attio, Clay, Smartlead.ai, Outreach.io.
• Experience building out sales workflows and processes that can scale our revenue engine.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to pitch confidently.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Success in this role will be measured by:

• Pipeline management and sales process efficiency.
• Process improvements, including the creation of sales materials.

Compensation

• Uncapped commission with accelerators beyond quota.
• Equity in a hyper-growth AI startup.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401K.
• Unlimited PTO (with strong encouragement to use it).

As a fast-growing AI startup, Evidenza is able to offer our initial hires significant career progression opportunities. You’ll have the chance to grow as rapidly as we grow. We are looking for self-starters and our future leaders . This is a tremendous opportunity for someone who is not only interested in being an excellent individual contributor but also managing SDRs and AEs in the future as we scale. Seniority level Seniority level Director Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Business Development and Sales Industries Research Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Evidenza by 2x Get notified about new Director of Business Development jobs in Brooklyn, NY . Director of Partnerships & Business Development New York, NY $250,000.00-$275,000.00 1 week ago New York City Metropolitan Area $80,000.00-$140,000.00 3 weeks ago Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships New York, NY $170,000.00-$210,000.00 1 week ago Business Development Director/Senior Business Development Director New York, NY $165,000.00-$200,000.00 2 weeks ago Director, New Business Development, Strategic Partnerships Vice President of Strategic Business Development New York, NY $288,000.00-$306,000.00 6 days ago Senior Director Business Development (New York, NY) New York, NY $179,000.00-$240,000.00 1 day ago Manhattan, NY $200,000.00-$210,000.00 3 weeks ago New York, NY $140,000.00-$140,000.00 2 months ago New York City Metropolitan Area $140,000.00-$165,000.00 3 weeks ago Director of Business Development - Remote Director of Business Development & Brand Strategy New York City Metropolitan Area 4 weeks ago New York City Metropolitan Area $170,000.00-$200,000.00 4 days ago New York, NY $175,000.00-$215,000.00 1 month ago Director of Business Development - Activewear - New York New York, NY $150,000.00-$170,000.00 2 weeks ago New York, NY $170,000.00-$200,000.00 3 weeks ago New York, NY $110,000.00-$120,000.00 1 week ago Executive Director, Business Development & Strategy Director, New Business Development, Strategic Partnerships New York City Metropolitan Area 2 days ago New York, NY $140,000.00-$170,000.00 5 hours ago Business Development Director – Woven Apparel New York City Metropolitan Area 1 month ago Director, Platform and Demand Partnerships New York, NY $220,000.00-$245,000.00 1 week ago Deputy Director, Business Development & Sales New York, NY $250,000.00-$275,000.00 1 week ago Director, Business Development - Asia Market Expansion New York, NY $150,000.00-$180,000.00 2 weeks ago New York, NY $135,000.00-$175,000.00 1 week ago Director, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development New York, NY $200,000.00-$230,000.00 4 days ago Director, Strategic Business Development New York, NY $200,000.00-$320,000.00 7 months ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr Evidenza