Business Development

DESCRIPTION

Block is a renovation platform transforming the $400 billion renovation industry. Today, doing a home renovation is an abysmal consumer experience and not easy for contractors either. Block democratizes access to high-end design, while combining design, construction, and materials into a streamlined experience. Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and gives homeowners certainty on outcomes, quality, price, and time.

Our mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. We are building an ambitious, tenacious, and creative team who is unafraid of tackling new challenges. The founders are former leaders at Casper, HuffPost, and Rent the Runway. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Obvious Ventures, and more.

Role and Responsibilities

You will be critical for the business as it scales. You will build partnerships that directly drive revenue growth and diversification of customer acquisition channels for the business. The approached needs to be disciplined and imaginative -- explore a range of strategies, and double down on the ones that work. Partner with product, sales, operations, and construction to execute these partnerships and create flywheel sources of new demand. You have empathy for both homeowners and builders, both of which are critical for the company’s success.

Example responsibilities:

  • Build relationships in real estate agent world, and make Block the go-to partner for brokers and their clients when they are buying / selling homes
  • Execute initiatives and build relationships with property owners / developers / management, making Block the go-to partner for multi-family units
  • Evaluate potential partnership opportunities based on market dynamics, expected profitability, and strategic value
  • Create enterprise-level deals that become flywheel sources of demand
  • Develop deep insight into real estate agent needs, and help develop products / tools that align their and Block’s success
  • Provide key research and analysis both pre and post initiatives to determine long-term growth, sustainability and scalability
  • Manage key KPIs and asset development
  • Build Block presence among B2B community

REQUIREMENTS

  • Highly ambitious and goal-oriented
  • Highly versatile -- ability to bring together components of product, sales, operations, and construction to execute a strategy
  • Ability to build for long term, but also able to find efficient short-term means
  • Have an established network in the real estate industry
  • Experience in sales or business development (minimum of 4+ years)
  • Track record of success in building partnerships/dealmaking
  • Deep experience and relationships in real estate industry
  • Loves to build and nurture community

We are open minded to a variety of backgrounds but ultimately want a high-horsepower leader with a great appreciation for the systems thinking and scalability.

BENEFITS

  • Early stage equity
  • Work in the field and in the office
  • Vacation days and company holidays
  • Working alongside an ambitious, kind, no-drama team


Company Philosophies

Force simplicity.
Problems are our fuel.
Be tenacious and calm.
Save money and time where we should.
Speed is advantage.

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