Director of Business Development
Job Description
Director of Business Development, Professional Services and Automation
Dallas/Fort Worth/Austin, TX or Houston(Remote)
Preferred experience with Engineering, Manufacturing, Automation or Robotix clients.
Are you a staffing hunter looking to build something from zero and be highly rewarded for it?
Strategic Sales Player/Coach role for the right candidate.
Our client is a specialized staffing firm focused on engineering, controls/automation, and skilled technical talent. They are known for their deep technical expertise and ability to deliver niche talent in industries where generalist firms fall short.
We’re hiring for a Director of Business Development to drive net-new client acquisition and build a high-value book of business from the ground up.
What you will do:
- Identify, pursue, and close net-new client relationships
- Build and manage a full-cycle sales pipeline from prospecting through first placement
- Target clients in engineering, automation, and manufacturing sectors
- Drive revenue through new logo acquisition
- Partner with delivery teams during post-sale handoff
- Represent the company at industry events and networking functions
- Consistently meet and exceed gross margin targets
- What we’re looking for:
- 5–10 years of staffing business development experience
- Proven track record of true new logo acquisition
- Experience in Staffing in either Engineering, Robotix, Oil and Gas, Warehouse Automation or Skill Trades verticals
- Strong hunter mentality with high activity levels
- Existing relationships in manufacturing, automation, or engineering preferred
- Self-directed and motivated by commission-driven earnings
Required skills:
- New business development
- Pipeline generation and management
- Consultative sales within staffing
- Client relationship building
- Required education, training, experience:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred (not required)
- Minimum 5 years staffing industry experience required
What you get:
- Competitive base salary + uncapped commission
- Strong earnings potential tied directly to performance
- Opportunity to build and own a book of business
- Work with a specialized, technically differentiated firm
- High-growth environment with strong market demand
- Base mid to high 6 figures with uncapped commission incentive
Contact jill@meederby.com.
Job Number 8068
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Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter
Jill Balick
Director and Executive Recruiter
Jill has more than 25 years of staffing management and recruiting experience, and brings significant industry intelligence and networking channels to MeeDerby’s client companies. Jill joined MeeDerby after a successful career in New York City managing Executive Search divisions for several organizations. Jill is a graduate of Colgate University and is fluent in Spanish.
Jill served as the former chair for the North Carolina chapter of ASA. She has been a mentor for the Wayfinders program in Charlotte, NC for over a decade, an organization providing children from high-poverty schools the opportunity to supplement their education with experiences that improve academic achievement and physical activity, expand their social capital, and increase their preparedness for the workforce.
