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Marketing & Sales 15h ago

Business Development Manager

Lavendo
San FranciscoSan Francisco
🌍Greenville
AlexandriaAlexandria
Full-time
100K-200K OTE plus equity
Mid-Level
VT

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Job Description

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As a Business Development Manager, you’ll help grow the local events and nightlife business by turning your relationships with promoters, venue owners, and organizers into new accounts.

You’ll introduce a platform that gives them more ways to monetize their events, negotiate commercial terms, and own the customer relationship from first conversation through launch.

Reporting to the Head of Business Development, you’ll work directly with leadership and help shape the sales approach as the business grows. You’ll have autonomy over your pipeline and the opportunity to build on the company’s visibility across music and entertainment, including Lil Wayne featuring the platform in his Instagram bio and a signed WWE contract.

What You'll Do

  • Bring on new organizers and venues through your existing relationships.
  • Run product demos, build a compelling business case, and close deals.
  • Negotiate commercial terms, including fee splits, guarantees, and exclusivity.
  • Support onboarding and help new accounts get their first events running.
  • Grow your pipeline through referrals, targeted outbound, and direct outreach.
  • Build account plans grounded in realistic ticketing volume, current provider relationships, and contractual commitments.
  • Stay close to customers after signing and help resolve issues that affect adoption or the relationship.

What You Bring

  • 2–6 years in business development, partnerships, sales, or commercially focused account management or customer success within ticketing, events, or nightlife.
  • An active network of local venue owners, promoters, or organizers, including 10–20 people you could personally call when you start.
  • Direct access to business decision-makers and a clear understanding of how you could help their businesses.
  • Examples of business you personally sourced, negotiated, and closed.
  • Confidence leading demos, discussing commercial terms, and asking for the deal.
  • Working knowledge of ticketing economics, including fee splits, guarantees, advances, exclusivity, rebates, and bar minimums or splits.
  • Experience building pipeline beyond your initial network through outbound prospecting and referrals.
  • Availability to work full-time from the United States.

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Lavendo (operating at lavendo.io) is a sales recruiting platform engineered for startups and high-growth companies seeking to accelerate their go-to-market strategies. Founded in 2021, Lavendo specializes in connecting businesses with remote sales talent, addressing the critical challenge of hiring skilled sales professionals who can drive revenue growth. Unlike traditional recruiting firms that may lack expertise in the nuances of startup sales teams, Lavendo’s approach is tailored to the unique demands of early-stage and scaling companies. The company leverages a specialized network of sales talent—primarily US-based candidates across all seniority levels—to streamline the hiring process. This allows startups and enterprises to quickly assemble high-performing sales teams, ensuring faster ramp-up times and improved revenue outcomes. While specific funding details are not publicly disclosed, Lavendo’s focus on remote sales recruitment positions it as a niche yet impactful player in the talent acquisition space.

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