Business Development Associate

AKASA

Business Development Associate generating and nurturing opportunities for the sales team at AKASA. In a high-growth healthcare AI startup, driving revenue growth through strategic outreach and lead development.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $75,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Account Based Marketing: Scrub target market accounts for qualified contacts and research relevant market developments to tailor messaging.
Strategic Outreach: Strategize with marketing and sales teams to coordinate cold outreach and follow-up efforts with marketing campaigns and personal networks to maximize conversion rates.
Lead Development: Follow up on leads generated through marketing campaigns, events, or inbound web inquiries to qualify and progress them through the sales funnel.
Meeting Generation: Secure net new initial commercial meetings for Sales Directors by conducting cold calls and sending personalized follow-up emails.
Event Support: Attend select industry events and trade shows to support company marketing strategy by generating leads and building relationships with prospects.
CRM Management: Enter, update, and maintain prospect and customer information, outreach efforts, sales activities, and leads in Salesforce CRM.
Operational Excellence: Monitor marketing lead workqueues and evaluate qualified leads for commercial viability; surface operational bugs and inefficiencies.
Pipeline Coordination: Schedule meetings by managing Sales Directors’ calendars and ensure team preparedness for all follow-up calls and prospect meetings.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.
1+ years of experience in a sales, business development, or similar client-facing role.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Adaptable, professional, and motivated with a strong work ethic.
Interest in making a big impact and growing your career in a high-growth startup.
Interest in or some knowledge of B2B SaaS sales.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible paid time off (PTO)
Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Generous parental leave policy
Full employee coverage for life insurance
Company-paid holidays
401(K) plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

lead developmentCRM managementsales funnel progressioncold outreachmeeting generationevent supportpipeline coordinationmarket researchaccount based marketing

Soft Skills

strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationadaptabilityprofessionalismmotivationwork ethic

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree