Director of Business Development
Parvis Invest (www.parvisinvest.com) is a technology-driven alternative investing platform. Focused on broadening access to institutional quality investment opportunities, Parvis promotes greater access in this historically inaccessible and illiquid asset class. Our mission is to democratize real estate investing through an innovative platform that connects property developers and fund issuers with Canadian investors. Through our user-friendly digital platform, we also facilitate unprecedented liquidity by enabling investors to trade on Canada's first secondary market. Enabled by AI and blockchain technology, Parvis makes finding, tracking, and maximizing investments an experience that is both frictionless and empowering. Parvis is a licensed Exempt Market Dealer across Canada (TSXV: PVIS) headquartered in Vancouver. We are a full stack team of legal & compliance professionals, accountants, marketers, technologists and dealing representatives.
Key Accountabilities
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced sales executive to join our dynamic team. You will be instrumental in driving sales, forging lasting business relationships, and crafting strategic marketing and sales plans to ensure our growth trajectory.
A strategic role within the Parvis organization, the Director, Business Development, will facilitate growth for Parvis by bringing investors to the platform while managing and maintaining key investor relationships. The selected candidate will develop and nurture a steady pipeline of accredited investors and build relationships with investors, wealth managers and other partners to encourage investment in the Parvis’ platform. Highly organized and autonomous, the Director, Business Development will create, and maintain a continuous stream of leads and deeply collaborate with the Sales and Marketing department to achieve company goals. The successful candidate will be expected to own the end-to-end process of building relationships (research, identify, contact) with the leading industry partners.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing and closing complex sales-cycles, from business managers to CEO/CFO level
- Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas
- Experience with high-volume prospecting and outreach to targeted accounts
- Experience with implementing alliances and partnerships with the goal of increasing brand awareness and sales
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or business degree, undergraduate or graduate level
- Superior communication skills with ability to adapt messaging during interactions
- Motivated to train on a market-leading digital investment platform.
- Experience with R&D Tax credits and/or other technology grants is a plus
- Proficiency with office productivity tools and CRM systems
- Past sales training experience with energy, passion, humor, compassion and enthusiasm
- Ability to capture an audience during a presentation.
- French proficiency is a plus