Hybrid Chief Business Development Officer

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About the role

  • Chief Business Development Officer responsible for building distribution channels through strategic partnerships. Leading customer acquisition by integrating ANNA’s capabilities into third-party software products for SMEs.

Responsibilities

  • drive customer acquisition through embedded partnerships
  • integrating ANNA’s Auto-Accountant capabilities into third-party software products used by SMEs
  • Identify high-potential partnership opportunities in SME software ecosystems
  • Research vertical SaaS, POS, marketplace, and platform providers
  • Evaluate distribution potential, economics, and strategic fit
  • Develop compelling partnership proposals and commercial structures
  • Build relationships with senior decision-makers at partner organisations
  • Conduct negotiations and close partnership agreements
  • Work closely with product and engineering teams to scope integrations
  • Align product roadmap with partnership opportunities
  • Coordinate go-to-market strategies for embedded offerings
  • Oversee implementation of integrations
  • Support partner launches and ongoing relationship management
  • Monitor performance and optimise partnerships over time
  • Track funnel performance and partner-driven acquisition metrics
  • Operate dashboards and product analytics to evaluate channel performance
  • Continuously identify ways to scale the partnership ecosystem

Requirements

  • We are looking for a senior operator who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Key qualities include:
  • Relationship Builder
  • Ability to establish trust and productive working relationships quickly
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Skilled at understanding partner motivations, constraints, and incentives
  • Commercial Strategist
  • Able to translate partnership opportunities into realistic growth projections
  • Experienced in structuring revenue-share partnerships
  • Operator
  • Comfortable managing multiple long-cycle deals at different stages simultaneously
  • Able to independently research markets and originate opportunities
  • Product-Aware
  • Strong understanding of technical and product implications of integrations
  • Comfortable working with product and engineering teams
  • Data-Driven
  • Familiar with product analytics, dashboards, and funnel analysis
  • Uses data to evaluate and optimise partnership performance
  • Strong candidates will likely bring:
  • Established contacts in B2B and B2C technology ecosystems
  • Experience embedding financial or operational products into other platforms
  • Background working with marketplaces, POS systems, or vertical SaaS
  • Experience scaling distribution through platform partnerships

Benefits

  • Life at ANNA (flexible by design)
  • Flexible working — focused on trust, autonomy and outcomes
  • Hybrid or Remote working, depending on role
  • Work from anywhere for up to 3 months
  • Support towards home working equipment
  • Flexible hours for caregiving responsibilities
  • Temporary reduced hours / phased returns when life needs it
  • Time off for your child’s first day of school (non-negotiable 🥹)
  • Employee Growth Share options — because when ANNA grows, you grow too
  • Wellbeing (because you’re a human first)
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders
  • Perkbox EAP + counselling support
  • Online GP access & prescription service
  • Bupa private medical insurance
  • On-demand wellness content
  • Menopause support (policy + practical adjustments that actually help)
  • Financial Wellbeing (money matters — we’re ANNA after all)
  • Salary sacrifice pension contributions
  • Workplace nursery salary sacrifice
  • Perkbox discounts & reward points
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice for Home & Tech (coming April ’26)
  • Growth & Self-Direction (invest in you)
  • £1k annual personal travel allowance
  • £1k annual personal learning allowance (including non-work learning — yes, really)
  • Time Off & Life Moments (the important stuff)
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Adoption leave
  • Pregnancy loss & compassionate family leave
  • Emergency dependent leave
  • Belonging & Connection (we actually like each other)
  • Monthly team brunches
  • Regular team-building events
  • Free drinks & snacks in the office

Job title

Chief Business Development Officer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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