Director, Business Development
Evite, Inc.•Glendale, CA
•$175,000 - $200,000•Onsite
About The Position
Evite is seeking a passionate and creative Director of Business Development to identify, negotiate, and launch partnerships that accelerate Evite's growth and create new revenue opportunities. The company values curiosity, innovation, collaboration, inclusivity, and a commitment to bringing people together for important life moments. Evite emphasizes making a difference, transparency, teamwork, excellence without attitude, passion, positivity, and having fun.
Requirements
- Strategic Partnership Development: Identifies, evaluates, negotiates, and launches partnerships that drive revenue, user growth, and long-term business value.
- Commercial & Strategic Acumen: Understands market trends, partnership economics, and competitive dynamics to uncover new growth and monetization opportunities.
- Relationship Building & Influence: Develops trusted relationships with partners and internal stakeholders while effectively negotiating agreements and influencing decisions.
- Cross-Functional Execution: Leads initiatives across Product, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Merchandising to successfully bring partnerships to market and deliver measurable results.
- Analytical & Results-Oriented Mindset: Uses data and performance metrics to prioritize opportunities, measure success and to optimize partnership performance.
- Experience with B2B, brand partnerships, advertising, affiliate marketing or commerce partnerships.
- Existing network of relationships across consumer brands, retailers, media companies, agencies, or technology partners.
- 5-10+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, or related commercial roles.
- Demonstrated success sourcing, negotiating and managing strategic partnerships.
- Excellent negotiation, influencing and communication skills.
- Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset with a bias towards action.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute Evite's business development strategy aligned with company growth objectives.
- Source, evaluate, negotiate, and close strategic partnerships that drive revenue, user acquisition, engagement, and brand awareness.
- Identify new monetization opportunities across venues, sponsorships, affiliate partnerships, and media.
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key partners, agencies, and industry leaders.
- Lead negotiations including commercial terms, partnership structures, legal coordination, and long-term partnership management.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Analytics, and Merchandising to launch and optimize partnerships.
- Develop business cases, financial models, and market analyses to prioritize opportunities and support decision-making.
- Monitor partnership performance using KPIs and recommend optimizations to maximize value for both Evite and partners.
- Stay informed on industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging partnership opportunities.
Benefits
- Multiple medical plans to choose from
- 100% employer-paid dental & vision plans for employees and their families
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan
- 24/7 access to coaches & mental health benefits
- Unlimited trust-based vacation
- Bereavement leave
- Paid time off to volunteer
- 12 weeks leave for parents at 100% of your salary for new births, adoptions and foster children
- 11 paid company-wide holidays
- Free parking at our Glendale office
- Baby Bucks! An initial contribution to help cover some of those early parenting expenses
- Donation matching
- Volunteering and learning & development opportunities
- Fully stocked kitchen (occasionally lunches and happy hours too)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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