Business Development Director (Private Equity)

Location: San Francisco preferred; travel is required, including local and overnight travel when appropriate.

Salary: $136,800–$242,000 annually, plus potential sales commissions and discretionary bonuses.

Company

hirify.global provides professional services to middle-market clients globally, including consulting and accounting services.

What you will do

• Develop and execute market growth strategies for assigned private equity relationships in California, with a focus on San Francisco.
• Research private equity groups and create strategic account plans.
• Build and maintain sales pipelines, forecasts, and substantiated opportunities across private equity firms and portfolio companies.
• Coordinate professional, industry, and technical resources to pursue opportunities and address the private equity marketplace.
• Prepare and lead presentations and proposals, close sales, and finalize client agreements.
• Expand and deepen priority private equity relationships while retaining current engagements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of professional services sales experience.
• Experience with consultative selling for a consulting or accounting firm.
• Private equity and M&A knowledge or experience, plus a network of banking, legal, and other professional services contacts.
• Strong strategic thinking, communication, presentation, organizational, project management, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with formal sales processes and CRM tools for reporting and sales tracking.

Nice to have

• Experience working for a Big Four or other national firm.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a competitive base salary.
• Revenue-based quarterly bonuses and a potential year-end performance bonus.
• Flexible scheduling to help balance personal demands with client service.
• Benefits and compensation package for employees.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations are available during recruitment.