829 Studios Director, Business Development – Private Equity at 829 Studios responsible for building a new channel targeting private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Develops relationships and generates qualified pipeline opportunities.
Responsibilities
Build a new channel with the CEO and AEA
Sit with our CEO and founder to shape the ideal customer profile, pricing, packaging, and program design for sponsor-backed companies — and keep sharpening them based on what you hear in market
Work hand in hand with AEA to tap their network for warm introductions, refine how we position 829 to sponsors, and make our wins visible across the PE ecosystem
Build genuine relationships with partners, operating partners, value-creation leads, and portfolio-operations teams at a focused set of target firms
Make 829 the marketing partner sponsors bring into their portfolios — part of value-creation plans, preferred-vendor lists, and portfolio reviews
Be the face of 829 at PE and industry events
Generate pipeline
Carry a monthly goal for new qualified opportunities from PE firms and their portfolio companies — and own hitting it
Open doors at scale: earn introductions to portfolio-company CEOs, CMOs, and CFOs through your sponsor relationships, and go direct through outbound (email, phone, LinkedIn, events) to the sponsors and portfolio companies we haven't reached yet
Learn what sponsors and their portfolio companies actually need — growth targets, operating pressure, exit timelines — and connect 829's offering to it
Qualify opportunities so the sales team picks up well-scoped deals, and keep a clear view of what's working by partner and by channel