Manager, Business Development
Role Overview
The Manager, Business Development Operations leads the operational function supporting the Business Development organization.
Owns processes, systems, data, reporting, and operating cadence that enable partnership and revenue growth.
Manages one direct report and partners with Business Development, Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, Marketing, and other teams.
The posting lists San Francisco, New York, or Chicago as possible team locations.
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About SpotOn
SpotOn builds restaurant technology, including point-of-sale and AI-powered profit tools, for independent restaurants and other businesses.
Role overview
The Manager, Business Development Operations leads the operational function supporting the Business Development organization.
Owns processes, systems, data, reporting, and operating cadence that enable partnership and revenue growth.
Manages one direct report and partners with Business Development, Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, Marketing, and other teams.
The posting lists San Francisco, New York, or Chicago as possible team locations.
People leadership and process ownership
- Manage, coach, and develop one team member, including hiring, onboarding, goal setting, and performance management.
- Set priorities and workload distribution and ensure service levels, quality standards, and deadlines are met.
- Build training, documentation, career plans, and current SOPs/runbooks for recurring workflows.
- Own partner-referred opportunity intake, routing, attribution, service expectations, pipeline visibility, issue resolution, and measurement.
- Design and continuously improve BD processes and remove friction.
- Track referral volume, conversion, cycle time, attribution accuracy, data quality, partner response time, and program revenue; report insights.
- Resolve escalated operational issues and cross-functional blockers.
Systems, reporting, and business partnership
- Own the BD technology stack, including Salesforce, Power BI, Saasquatch, Lessonly/Seismic, and related tools, with Sales Operations and IT.
- Define system and reporting needs, design workflows and automation, support user adoption, and maintain data hygiene.
- Partner with analytics and technical teams to deliver dashboards and reports; evaluate automation and tooling investments.
- Maintain accurate partner territory and coverage maps, access systems, and program communication channels.
- Support planning, resource planning, and readiness for new programs and partnerships.
- Lead program scoping, stakeholder alignment, rollout, enablement, and post-launch measurement.
- Manage recurring partner program enrollment and onboarding, including eligibility reviews, training, access, communications, territory updates, and account reassignment protocols.
Requirements
- Ability to directly manage, coach, and develop a team member, including hiring, onboarding, goal setting, and performance management.
- Ability to own and improve operational processes, service levels, quality standards, and deadlines.
- Ability to define and report operational and commercial KPIs and provide insights to leadership.
- Experience or capability managing systems, workflows, automation, adoption, and data hygiene across the BD technology stack.
- Ability to translate business needs into system and reporting requirements and partner with analytics and technical teams.
- Ability to plan and implement programs across teams, including scoping, stakeholder alignment, rollout, enablement, and measurement.
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