About this role
You must have: +5 years experience in the social robotics area Thorough knowledge of sales and business development principles An outgoing, sociable personality with the ability to build rapport and trust quickly Excellent communication skills, story-telling ability, and interpersonal abilities Passionate customer advocacy and understanding of many business disciplines Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit Minimum BSc in business administration, international management, sales, and marketing or matching work experience in the social robotics market We are looking for a Business Developer with extensive knowledge in the social robotics market, to join our commercial team. Your mission will be to develop long-lasting and meaningful relationships with potential customers and develop use cases for social robots. In this multi-disciplinary role, you will be working closely with our CEO, as well as the product and marketing teams, to ensure that the company grows rapidly and realizes its full potential. As a Business Developer, you will: Handle inbound requests and outbound sales for our social robot Manage relationships with existing stakeholders and manage ongoing projects Meet face-to-face with potential customers and deliver awesome & inspiring demos of our social robot Maintain our CRM system across all departments Manage and drive business meetings, internally and externally Handle business documentation including quotations and term sheets Support the commercial team in funding applications By joining Furhat, you will join us on a journey to create world leading conversational robots that interact with us the way we interact with each other, and be in the driver’s seat of developing a new genre of applications between human and machines. You will be part of a very ambitious team of scientists, entrepreneurs and engineers building the most advanced social robotics platform on the market. Furthermore, you will be an early employee at one of the most promising and high impact startups, backed by some of Europe’s most prominent investors.