Business Director (New York City)

Come and help us to make what life needs next

We are a global collective of strategists, designers, entrepreneurs, dreamers, innovators, and relentless game-changers. Together we imagine tomorrow’s products, services & businesses - and create them today.

We’re leading the charge in AI-powered innovation and looking for a Business Director in New York City who shares our passion and vision for the future.

You will report to Geoff (our Americas Managing Director) as part of the regional leadership team that drives our strategy across the Americas and play an active role in defining and implementing our global strategy.

Our values should tell you something about how we roll and we look for genuine alignment on these - it’s a non negotiable.

• Make it better: think, and think again. Raise the bar. Listen, learn, share, repeat
• Make it happen: be entrepreneurial. No buzzwords, no theater. Ideas are nice, but impact is everything.
• Make it personal: help others. Be yourself. Leave your ego at the door

You’ll be working with and leading a talented group of smart, creative people with hacker mindsets and an entrepreneurial approach so be ready to be challenged. The people who thrive here are certainly experts but are not purists.

You’ll find the whole team on LinkedIn - here are some of our people to spark your curiosity - Ahmed, Kahini, Monte, Christian, Karina and Matthew).

Requirements

These are the things we’ll be looking for in your resume and throughout the process:

• AI-led innovator: You're at the forefront of AI-powered innovation. You understand how AI is changing the game, and you're in there actively assessing and leveraging its potential
• Ambassador:: You lead the charge in executing our master plans. You keep our internal teams on their toes, driving them to deliver top-notch results. You're not just an innovator, you're the go-to person for our clients when it comes to all things innovation. As part of our regional leadership team you bring a collaborative, optimistic, confident, and resilient vibe to the table. And you're all about learning and adapting, constantly hungry to make what life needs next.
• Role model / leader: You're a role model everyone looks up to. You show up as your authentic self and make everyone feel included. You get your hands dirty; fluent in qual/quant - either with real people or synthetic personas. You've got the knack for putting 20 or 80 business ideas under the microscope, whether they're brick-and-mortar, digital, or a blend of both. And you're also a whiz at shaping a solid business case for investment in growth.
• Talent magnet: You're experienced at bringing in amazing people and helping them grow. You're the reason our top talent sticks around.
• Business developer: You are a self-starter that is able to create a unifying vision for each project/client. You can comfortably, authentically make connections, tell stories and put us in the best position to win exciting new work - including new proposition development. You manage a portfolio of existing clients and drive conversations that build relationships with new clients. A continuous drive to cultivate fresh strategic client relationships is expected and a revenue target comes with that.

Hiring process

We've hacked the traditional hiring process a bit to make sure we really get to know each other (we’re looking for a long term relationship, not a roommate). We want to really understand your story, what you see for the future. It's critical that you really understand who we are, what is important to us and how we work.

After a chat with our Lead Recruiter, we encourage you to get to know our people (we’re all on LinkedIn), we have found that an informal chat and a coffee (virtual or IRL) helps to deepen the mutual understanding - you can talk to any of us about anything. Once you've got a handle on who we are and what we're about, we'll invite you to tackle a mock business case challenge and then we’ll dive deeper in a working session to see how we connect and build together.