Head of Business Development, Investor Network

    Pairs

    🇬🇧 United Kingdom
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    About this role

    We're hiring a business development leader to take over the team that builds and runs our investor network: six associates, one number, and a direct line to both co-founders.Pairs is a vetted private capital network. We put breakout founders in front of the family offices, VCs and strategic investors who fit them, and those investors join our network as members.

    Founders pay for the access to those relationships and for the investor relations work our team does around every introduction, and that work is ultimately the product we sell.The two co-founders have led this team themselves until now.

    It has grown to around six associates, which is past the point where two founders can coach it hands on while running the rest of the company, so we are hiring the person who takes it over.The roleYou lead the investor relations team and report to both co-founders.

    Each associate holds a book of investor members and runs several things at once, new investor relationships, the nurturing of existing ones, and the introductions we make for our clients, plus the follow-up work from there.

    Your job is to make that team excellent and keep it at full leverage, which means every associate knows what is expected, gets coached every week, can measure their own progress, and hears it the same day when something is off.

    What you will doRun the weekly rhythm, a pipeline and network review (CRM), a review of every win and loss, KPIs, and a one to one with every associate.Coach every associate on their calls and their introductions.Hire, onboard and, when needed, let people go, against a written bar for what good looks like.Own the health of the entire Pairs network, more active members every month, and every member getting founders that fit at the pace they asked for.Work with our client success team on each client's plan, so

    what your team works on matches what the client expects, and with our founder relations team, who build relationships with top founders long before they become clients

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Sales Rep

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Proposals & business cases1–2/week
    Pipeline managementDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

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    Head of Investor Relations
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    Role Insights

    This leadership position involves both strategic planning and hands-on coaching of the sales team.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

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