Godfrey Dadich Partners combines the best of brand, journalism, advertising, and digital to build compelling and emotive brand stories. And we’re looking for a manager to add to our Growth team.
The growth manager will understand, implement, and manage our GDP’s business growth strategy to enable the company to grow, thrive, and maintain a healthy financial position within the marketplace. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit who can work independently. This individual will be responsible for identifying and implementing new growth opportunities.
This role is based in San Francisco.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintain business development pipeline, tracking and prioritizing opportunities based on audience and the firm’s near and long-term strategic goals
- Manage inquiries email, promptly responding to all inquiries, surfacing opportunities to assess fit with CEO and COO, and communicating next steps to necessary individuals
- Conduct first-call screens for new business opportunities, solo and/or in collaboration with Partner(s), depending on the scale and relationships
- Lead proposal/pitch development for new business opportunities, working in partnership with COO, President, and Partners
- Qualifying new opportunities and leading new proposal development with the team
- Proactive outreach to existing and new contacts within the network, leveraging timely news, updates or milestones (for contacts or within GDP)
- Effectively present ideas or solutions internally/externally with an ability to command attention and manage group dynamics through compelling communications
- Work cross-functionally with the management team and departments
- Provide consultation to the client services team to develop new opportunities with existing clients, ranging from high-level support or hands-on execution, depending on priority
- Drive the process for responding to RFIs and RFPs
Qualifications include:
- BA or equivalent experience required
- 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing sales/business development role, managing teams and clients
- Proven success in building and maintaining long-term client relationships
- Experience in negotiating with customers or third-party providers
- A hunger to win new business
- You are someone who can work autonomously while also enjoying teamwork and sharpening each other's ideas
- The ability to quickly identify, prioritize, and execute opportunities and tasks
- You like solving complex problems and go to great depths to understand the underlying dynamics. See something broken? You will fix it.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience presenting to C-level executives
- Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Familiar with CRM software and data analysis tools.
- You are proactive and can work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Godfrey Dadich is an organization dedicated to ideas, process, and vision. But we know that true success comes from people. We’re always looking for new collaborators who believe optimism is a strategy for making a better future, and we recognize that great stories come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We’re committed to building a more diverse and inclusive team; we value different points of view and welcome unconventional paths. If your experience doesn’t entirely conform to the qualifications listed above, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the GDP team.
The salary range for this role is $115,000 - $135,000.
Our salary offers take into consideration the skills and experience a candidate brings, pay equity across similar roles within GDP, and the market rate for similar roles outside of GDP. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant, along with the requirements of the position. The company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. GDP is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and also offers comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits, personal and professional development, and career growth opportunities.
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