Business Development Executive / Graduate

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Business Development Executive / Graduate, Bath

Client:

Drift Energy

Location:

Bath, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

30.03.2025

Expiry Date:

14.05.2025

Job Description:

The Company and Mission

Are you looking to make a difference in the push towards net zero? Are you passionate about technical innovation and interested in putting your experience to work in a cutting-edge green tech company with potential for worldwide environmental impact?

Welcome to this exciting opportunity to join DRIFT Energy. DRIFT operates at the intersection of deep tech, digital & AI and the blue economy. At our core, we are a data-driven engineering company – on a mission to make Oceans of Energy.

Established in 2021, DRIFT is backed by reputable VCs, family offices and angel investors. We are graduates of the Catapult Energy Systems, Set Squared Bristol and Creative Destruction Labs. Our company has been showcased in the Sunday Times, Forbes and demonstrated at SailGP. We are award winning, including Green Startup of the year, Sustainability Entrepreneur of the year and the LeZERO Global Innovation Prize of 2023 at COP28.

The Company recently reached their seed funding and this is now a crucial & exciting time for the business as we look to appoint a Business Development Executive.

This role is highly autonomous and will see you influence and pioneer a new class of renewable energy to help combat climate change.

The Role

This new role exists to help deliver the commercial plan for growth through the acquisition and conversion of B2B contracts with internationally acclaimed clients and strategic partners.

With a pro-active approach and excellent attention to detail, this role will focus on identifying opportunities for growth, developing leads and influencing relationships with key parties to make a real difference to the development of the business.

Your Task

1. Working collaboratively across the business to ensure the delivery of our collective goals.
2. Providing input into sensitivity and research studies.
3. Ability to research target areas such as supply chain and feed this into the wider procurement plan.
4. Ability to research target areas such as operating costs (OPEX) and feed this into the wider business model.
5. Supporting discussions and presentations to investors, government and grant funding organisations to contribute to the financial growth of the business.
6. With attention to detail, support the creation of high-quality presentations and documentation aimed at securing further investment.
7. General project management of channel streams.

By Year End you will have:

1. Monitored economic market trends and future customer needs to identify growth opportunities.
2. Worked in collaboration with the Business Development team to translate insights into actionable strategies.
3. Supported at B2B industry and government events.
4. Expanded the opportunity pipeline generating effective and commercially viable leads.
5. Become a valuable knowledge leader providing insights about industry developments, competitor activities and emerging technologies which support Drift’s position in the market.

Your Skills and Experience

1. Degree within business development, economics, or a related field.
2. Excellent IT capability particularly with MS Office.
3. Ability to ‘write it down’ and prepare client ready presentations.
4. Exceptional communication skills and presentation skills.
5. Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills.
6. Experience within the Maritime and Energy sectors.
7. Demonstrable experience of effective stakeholder management and influencing.
8. Marketing and sales experience.

Compensation and Benefits

1. The opportunity to be part of a hugely innovative world climate change initiative.
2. Working with a passionate, committed and visionary “crew”.
3. 26 days holiday per year.
4. £25-30k salary plus equity.

This role will be based in the Bath / Bristol area and office based with the option to negotiate flexible working.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are keen to encourage applications and interest from individuals underrepresented in the deep tech and climate space. Climate change and climate justice is both a social and inclusion issue. We especially welcome applicants with experience across all equality and inclusion challenges and are keen for applicants who may have different experiences to those exactly specified in the application.