Business Development Representative - Agency & Merchant Outreach

CWILL

$80K — $130K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-3+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, or channel sales
  • Strong knowledge of the Shopify/DTC brand ecosystem
  • Track record of building and closing partnership deals
  • Experience managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
  • Hands-on experience with trade shows and industry events
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • Bachelor's degree or above

Responsibilities

  • Own outbound prospecting to agencies and merchants
  • Research and qualify prospects against the ideal customer profile
  • Adapt outreach approach for agencies and merchants
  • Log all interactions in the CRM system
  • Analyze and report on outreach effectiveness
  • Hand off qualified leads to Sales and Partnerships team
  • Develop and execute a channel strategy and manage agency partner program

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Insurance
Full Job Description
The Role

We're building out our agency partner channel and growing our merchant pipeline, and we need someone whose whole job is getting us in front of the right people. Today our Customer Success and Sales leads are splitting their time between closing deals and doing cold outreach - this role takes the outreach off their plate and does it better.

You'll own top-of-funnel across both audiences: Shopify agencies and ecommerce consultancies on one side, and merchant prospects on the other. At our current stage one person owns both motions; as volume grows we'll split them into dedicated tracks.

What You'll Do

Customer/Business Owner Outreach:
  • Own outbound prospecting across both audiences - agencies and merchants - building target lists and running multi-channel sequences (email, LinkedIn, phone)
  • Research and qualify prospects against our ICP before reaching out - we'd rather have 20 good conversations than 200 bad ones
  • Adapt your approach per audience: agency conversations are about their business model and margin; merchant conversations are about their post-purchase and retention problems
  • Keep every touch logged in CRM so the team always knows where each account stands
  • Report on what's working - messaging, channels, segments - and adjust
  • Hand off qualified opportunities cleanly to Sales and Partnerships

Channel & Agency Development
• Build and grow CWILL's agency partner program, targeting eCommerce agencies and service providers that work with Shopify DTC brands
• Develop and execute a channel strategy to expand CWILL's reach through referral partners, resellers, and ecosystem players
• Own end-to-end event strategy - from trade show selection and booth planning to on-site execution and post-event follow-up
• Manage the full partner lifecycle: prospecting, onboarding, activation, and ongoing enablement

Requirements
What We're Looking For
• 2-3+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, or channel sales - preferably within eCommerce, SaaS, or logistics
• Strong understanding of the Shopify / DTC brand ecosystem and how agencies and service providers operate within it
• Proven track record of building and closing partnership deals, with experience managing multi-stakeholder relationships
• Hands-on experience with trade shows and industry events - you know how to work a room and convert conversations into pipeline
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving environment
• Background in logistics, shipping, or carrier partnerships is a strong plus
• Bachelor's degree or above

Benefits

Starting Pay: 80-130K + Bonus, depends on experiences, open to negotiation

401(k)

PTO

Paid Holidays

Insurance

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