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Principal, Business Development
2026-01-30T20:05:12+00:00
Remote
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Consulting
Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Management, Advertising & Marketing
KES
MONTH
2026-02-10T17:00:00+00:00
TELECOMMUTE
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The Principal, Business Development will be a driving force behind the commercial success of the Remote Embedded business.

What you bring

  • Exceptional communication and executive-level stakeholder management skills, able to build rapport and momentum with senior (VP / Director) level GTM leaders; speaks the language of senior sales leaders
  • Able to think and act for long term partnerships - whilst driving executing on the immediate short term priorities
  • Able to dive deep to address partner questions in a wide range of topics (e.g. Product, Engineering, GTM, operations, legal, risk, compliance)
  • Earns trust through attention to detail and meticulous follow up
  • Exceptional commercial acumen and demonstrated ability to define and close new deals outside prescribed playbooks
  • Strong internal track record, proven ability to influence and align internal senior leaders
  • Naturally builds excitement and motivation at all levels in midmarket-to-enterprise commercial organizations
  • Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, naturally building strong connections across diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Able and willing to travel to partner events (e.g. SKO), roadshows, etc.
  • Superior verbal, written and presentation skills are necessary, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
  • Passion for remote work and a global outlook strongly preferred

Key Responsibilities

  • Recruit technology partners to implement and resell Remote to their customer base via the Remote Embedded solution
  • Generate awareness and demand at C-level stakeholders in target prospects, engaging the right stakeholders at the right time with the right message
  • Develop and execute targeted business development tactics for prioritized ‘must-win’ accounts; build and maintain relationships at targeted accounts, at all levels of seniority
  • Build compelling business case and implementation roadmap, pro-actively address potential objections, build prospect confidence in Remote
  • Own deal execution, leading all aspects including deal qualification, strategic and product assessment, transaction structuring and negotiation
  • Negotiate deal terms that ensure sustainable economics and aligned incentives
  • Collaborate with Marketing teams to develop and refine customer facing collaterals and targeted marketing outreach
  • Orchestrate involvement of Remote execs and internal stakeholders as appropriate (across Product, Engineering, Operations, CX, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and more)
  • Collect and communicate actionable partner and customer feedback to Remote’s Product, Engineering, and other teams
  • Recruit technology partners to implement and resell Remote to their customer base via the Remote Embedded solution
  • Generate awareness and demand at C-level stakeholders in target prospects, engaging the right stakeholders at the right time with the right message
  • Develop and execute targeted business development tactics for prioritized ‘must-win’ accounts; build and maintain relationships at targeted accounts, at all levels of seniority
  • Build compelling business case and implementation roadmap, pro-actively address potential objections, build prospect confidence in Remote
  • Own deal execution, leading all aspects including deal qualification, strategic and product assessment, transaction structuring and negotiation
  • Negotiate deal terms that ensure sustainable economics and aligned incentives
  • Collaborate with Marketing teams to develop and refine customer facing collaterals and targeted marketing outreach
  • Orchestrate involvement of Remote execs and internal stakeholders as appropriate (across Product, Engineering, Operations, CX, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and more)
  • Collect and communicate actionable partner and customer feedback to Remote’s Product, Engineering, and other teams
  • Exceptional communication and executive-level stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to build rapport and momentum with senior (VP / Director) level GTM leaders
  • Ability to think and act for long term partnerships
  • Ability to dive deep to address partner questions in a wide range of topics
  • Attention to detail and meticulous follow up
  • Exceptional commercial acumen
  • Demonstrated ability to define and close new deals outside prescribed playbooks
  • Proven ability to influence and align internal senior leaders
  • Ability to build excitement and motivation at all levels in midmarket-to-enterprise commercial organizations
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
  • Ability to build strong connections across diverse stakeholder groups
  • Willingness to travel to partner events
  • Superior verbal, written and presentation skills
  • Ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
  • Passion for remote work
  • Global outlook
  • BA/BSc/HND
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Principal, Business Development

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Consulting, Category: Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Management, Advertising & Marketing]

Jobs at:
Remote

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, February 10 2026

Duty Station:
This Job is Remote

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 30 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Principal, Business Development will be a driving force behind the commercial success of the Remote Embedded business.

What you bring

  • Exceptional communication and executive-level stakeholder management skills, able to build rapport and momentum with senior (VP / Director) level GTM leaders; speaks the language of senior sales leaders
  • Able to think and act for long term partnerships - whilst driving executing on the immediate short term priorities
  • Able to dive deep to address partner questions in a wide range of topics (e.g. Product, Engineering, GTM, operations, legal, risk, compliance)
  • Earns trust through attention to detail and meticulous follow up
  • Exceptional commercial acumen and demonstrated ability to define and close new deals outside prescribed playbooks
  • Strong internal track record, proven ability to influence and align internal senior leaders
  • Naturally builds excitement and motivation at all levels in midmarket-to-enterprise commercial organizations
  • Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, naturally building strong connections across diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Able and willing to travel to partner events (e.g. SKO), roadshows, etc.
  • Superior verbal, written and presentation skills are necessary, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
  • Passion for remote work and a global outlook strongly preferred

Key Responsibilities

  • Recruit technology partners to implement and resell Remote to their customer base via the Remote Embedded solution
  • Generate awareness and demand at C-level stakeholders in target prospects, engaging the right stakeholders at the right time with the right message
  • Develop and execute targeted business development tactics for prioritized ‘must-win’ accounts; build and maintain relationships at targeted accounts, at all levels of seniority
  • Build compelling business case and implementation roadmap, pro-actively address potential objections, build prospect confidence in Remote
  • Own deal execution, leading all aspects including deal qualification, strategic and product assessment, transaction structuring and negotiation
  • Negotiate deal terms that ensure sustainable economics and aligned incentives
  • Collaborate with Marketing teams to develop and refine customer facing collaterals and targeted marketing outreach
  • Orchestrate involvement of Remote execs and internal stakeholders as appropriate (across Product, Engineering, Operations, CX, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and more)
  • Collect and communicate actionable partner and customer feedback to Remote’s Product, Engineering, and other teams

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Sales jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, February 10 2026
Duty Station: This Job is Remote
Posted: 30-01-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 30-01-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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