Principal, Business Development

Northslope Technologies LLC

• $120K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable history of building and delivering partnerships that solve complex business challenges.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to identify high-level problems and create innovative solutions.
  • Education in a quantitative field from a top US university (e.g., Science, Engineering, Mathematics).
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills to influence executive-level audiences.
  • Understanding of software architecture and development principles to engage in technical discussions.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity with a strong bias toward action.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute the entire deal lifecycle for multi-million dollar contracts with a focus on value creation.
  • Forge long-term strategic partnerships that provide significant value beyond standard contracts.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and legal teams to develop go-to-market strategies.
  • Apply analytical skills to break down complex business problems and design innovative AI solutions.
  • Bridge business strategy and technical execution by engaging in high-level architectural discussions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build and shape a business within a high growth start-up.
  • Exposure to engaging with ambitious clients and solving previously unsolvable problems.
  • Support for a creative and diverse work environment focused on innovation.
  • Potential for long-term career growth as the company expands.
Full Job Description
The Role

This is not your typical enterprise sales role. It is an opportunity for proven leaders excited about owning and building a business within a high growth start-up. At Northslope, we create bespoke AI applications for our customers that deliver lasting solutions to previously unsolvable problems. There are no playbooks. We seek the rare individual who possesses a deep quantitative and strategic background, who is driven to solve complex business problems, has a track record of delivering complex solutions for ambitious clients, and understands that revenue is core to any business. If your passion is for understanding the why behind a problem and building a business from the ground up, this is the role for you.

What you'll do
  • Lead and execute the entire deal lifecycle for multi-million dollar deals, focusing on creative deal structuring and mutual value creation, not just a transactional close.
  • Forge unique, long-term partnerships that deliver outsized value over many years, going deeper than rinse and repeat contracts.
  • Act as a cross-functional leader, collaborating with product, engineering, and legal teams to shape go-to-market strategies and land creative deals.
  • Apply your analytical and strategic mindset to deconstruct complex, nebulous business problems and architect novel solutions that leverage AI software to drive measurable impact.
  • Bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, engaging in high-level architectural discussions and demonstrating technical credibility to a diverse range of stakeholders.

What We're Looking For
  • Proven Track Record of Delivery: A demonstrable history of building and delivering on partnerships that solve complex business problems for customers.
  • A Builder's Mindset: You are not a cog in a machine; you are an entrepreneur who identifies high-level business problems and applies a strategic mindset to create innovative, value-driving solutions.
  • Quantitative Foundation: A foundational education in a quantitative field from a top US university (e.g., Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics). This rigorous background is the starting point for your approach to problem-solving and value creation.
  • Executive Presence: Exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with a history of engaging with and influencing C-suite and executive-level audiences.
  • Technical Affinity: An interest in or understanding of software architecture and development principles, with the ability to discuss complex technical concepts in an accessible manner.
  • Adaptability: Ability to thrive in ambiguity and a strong bias toward action in unscripted environments.


🛸 Our Principles
  • Only Valuable Problems: Not every problem is worth solving. We work on the projects that will significantly improve our customers' bottom lines.
  • Outcomes, Not Activity: We create value, not extract it. We focus on our business impact, not racking up billable hours.
  • Forward Deployed Engineering: We never build in a vacuum. We go to the heart of the problem and build alongside our users.
  • One size fits none. Generic software fails the most important customers. We build for the specific - the exact industry, workflow, data, and competitive context of the company we're serving.


🚠 Why Northslope

At Northslope, we're built different. We take pride in being more like a product startup than a traditional services firm. We value velocity, ingenuity, and grit, and we relentlessly focus on delivering tangible outcomes for our customers.

We also have fun. We get to work on big, hard problems, in a fast-paced environment, alongside sharp yet kind teammates who help us continuously grow and delight in one another's successes. We offer full benefits and all the perks you'd expect of a modern tech startup, and are a distributed global team with hubs in London, New York, and UAE.

📬 We hope you're excited to join us and look forward to speaking with you soon.

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