Business Development Lead (BDL) – Employer Services

Overview

About Grow Remote:

Grow Remote is on a mission to solve the problems of remote work in order to unlock
social, economic and environmental change for individuals, employers, and local
communities across Ireland. We deliver high quality employer services and training, support
local communities and leaders, work with government on policy and advocacy, and provide
resources to help individuals and organisations alike, no matter where they are on their
remote work journey.At Grow Remote, we are committed to finding innovative ways to
harness the potential of remote work and creating solutions to help deliver its
transformational benefits. Embracing remote work at scale will set Ireland up for a more
competitive, technologically progressive economy, and a more sustainable and equitable
society.

We are problem solvers. We are grounded in our values. We empower others. We
champion others. We assume good intent. We have a bias for action. We believe that local
impact is the most powerful tool for national change, and we can make that happen.
We are a social enterprise, trading for impact. We generate income by delivering top-quality
services to employers and by partnering with public and private stakeholders to implement
local and national policy measures that are in line with our mission. Any surplus is invested
into our mission, thus supporting communities to thrive.

We are now looking for a talented Business Development Lead who will join our Employer
Services team. We are keen to find someone who has sales and business development
experience, is self-motivated, target driven, passionate about remote work, and has the
ambition to make this their own in an environment that encourages tenacity, creativity and
innovation.

Purpose of the Role:
Our Business Development Lead will drive company growth by identifying new business
opportunities, building and maintaining customer relationships, and executing sales
strategies.

Our Business Development Lead will have two key objectives:
– To implement and deliver a systematic, target driven, approach to recruiting
companies, and their team members, to our training and consultancy services
– To secure new opportunities to partner with Government Departments, State
Agencies and other relevant stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Recruit Companies to participate in our training and consultancy services: Implement
and deliver a systematic approach to recruiting companies to our training and
consultancy services. We have ambitious targets for each of our core services.
New Opportunity Development: Identify and secure new opportunities with
Government Departments, State Agencies and other relevant stakeholders. This
could include, but not limited to, working with Local Authorities, Regional Assemblies
and EU funding agencies.

Relationship Management: Develop and nurture relationships with potential
customers, funding partners, and other stakeholders to secure new opportunities.
Product Development Support: Contribute to the promotion and marketing of new
programmes to find product-market fit. In particular, systematically feeding the voice
of our customers back into our product development process.
Event Participation: Attend relevant events to promote Grow Remote and its work,
and to identify new business opportunities.

Desired Skills and Experience:
Have 5+ years in sales, business development, partnerships, or public engagement,
ideally with training bodies, membership organisations, and/or the public sector.
Are confident in navigating both B2B and B2C sales cycles.
Understand the grant, tender, and/or public procurement space.
Are naturally proactive, structured, and motivated by seeing impact.
Communicate with clarity, empathy, and purpose, especially with decision-makers.
Love remote work and want to make it work for everyone, everywhere

Desired Impact (Long Term – Over the Next 3 – 5 Years):
Achieve scale and growth in traded income.
Secure new funding partnerships to support programme delivery and further growth.
Enable the sustainability of Grow Remote's operations and the scaling of its impact.
Contribute to establishing Grow Remote as a leader in the transformation of remote
work in Ireland.

Reporting Structure:
The Business Development Lead will report to Eoin Byrne, the Employer Services Manager,
who leads on the delivery of commercial services.

Benefits:
€45,000 – €50,000 base salary, plus commission package.
5% pension contribution and income protection cover (post probation).
Generous Annual Leave.
The chance to fundamentally change Ireland.

Hours of Work:
Monday to Friday (9am to 5.30pm) – Flexibility around hours outside of mandatory
meetings, once approved by your line manager

Place of Work:
Remote in Ireland. Will be expected to travel for events and meetings related to the role.
Company retreats/offsites will also be held throughout the year.

Equipment:
We will supply you will the tools you need to do your job well (Laptop, screen, peripherals)

Duration of contract:
This is a 2 year contract with a view to extending, subject to funding.
Deadline for receipts of applications: Tuesday the 2nd of December at 5:30pm.

Next Steps:
Preliminary Phone interviews will take place between the 8th and 18th of December and full
interviews will take place, online, in early January 2026.

Tagged as: mid-level