Business Development Manager - VC Partnerships (SEA)
Leanplum
Sales & Business Development
Singapore
Posted on Monday, May 8, 2023
About the Role:
As a Growth Consultant specializing in VC Partnerships, you will be responsible for identifying, developing, and maintaining relationships with venture capital firms to drive business growth for our company. You will work closely with our leadership team to develop strategies and execute initiatives that increase our visibility in the venture capital ecosystem and drive inbound investment opportunities. You will also provide strategic guidance and support to portfolio companies, helping them to scale and achieve their growth targets.
What you will do:
- Build and maintain relationships with venture capital firms and investors to increase our visibility in the ecosystem and drive inbound investment opportunities.
- Identify and evaluate potential investment opportunities, and work with portfolio companies to develop strategies for growth and scale.
- Collaborate with our leadership team to develop and execute initiatives that support our growth and fundraising objectives.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to portfolio companies, helping them to navigate complex business challenges and achieve their growth targets.
- Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of market trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies that may impact our business and portfolio companies.
- Work with our marketing and communications teams to develop messaging and content that resonates with venture capital firms and investors.
- Attend industry events, conferences, and other networking opportunities to stay up-to-date on industry trends and build relationships with key players.
We are looking for:
Must haves
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, or a related field; MBA preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in venture capital, business development, or a related field.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with venture capital firms and investors.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to identify market trends and develop data-driven growth strategies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience working with startups and/or high-growth companies preferred.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Who you will report to: Regional Sales Head - SEA
Why join us?
- Be a part of a global growth stage startup
- Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where your contribution matters
- You are passionate about technology and its impact on the high growth mobile technology space
- Innovate at scale, with learning opportunities.
- Experience diversity by working on compliances for 14+ countries.
What is working at CleverTap like?
- Be a part of a global category creator - hyper growth B2B SaaS startup
- Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where your contribution matters
- Work, performance and results are real sources of happiness in addition to the fun of working with and celebrating success with an exceptionally talented team
- Accountability and driving outcomes is the key to success
- Your career here is limited by you and nothing else
- Teamwork trumps individual success
- You are passionate about experience technology and its impact on enabling growth
- Innovate at scale, with learning opportunities and having fun along the way!
About the Function:
The Marketing team at CleverTap is passionate about positioning CleverTap as a category creator and a thought leader brand in the retention cloud category globally. We are on a mission to enable 100% revenue growth globally year over year by building a demand generation engine that delivers consistent, predictable and reliable demand.
We are in the process of building Centres of Excellence for various streams of marketing such as brand, performance marketing, content marketing, website, partner marketing, customer marketing, field marketing, product marketing and more.
We are a team of Growth Pilots where everyone works together towards a common objective:
P : Act with First Principles
I : Take Initiative
L : Seek to Learn
O : Take Ownership of Outcomes
T : Help Achieve Together
S : Speak up then Commit
About CleverTap:
CleverTap is the World's #1 Retention Cloud that helps app-first brands personalize and optimize all consumer touch points to improve user engagement, retention, and lifetime value. It's the only solution built to address the needs of retention and growth teams, with audience analytics, deep-segmentation, multi-channel engagement, product recommendations, and automation in one unified product.
The platform is powered by TesseractDB™ - the world’s first purpose-built database for customer engagement, offering both speed and economies of scale.
CleverTap is trusted by 2000 customers, including AirAsia, Electronic Arts, TED, English Premier League, TD Bank, Carousell, Papa Johns, and Tesco.
Backed by leading investors such as Sequoia India, Tiger Global, Accel, and CDPQ the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with presence in San Francisco, New York, São Paulo, Bogota, London, Amsterdam, Sofia, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and Jakarta.
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