January 25, 2010

Director of Business Development, B Lab (San Francisco)

Not on B Corporation's website, so here's the description in full:

B Lab is the non-profit organization which certifies and supports B Corporations. B Corporations are a new type of corporation that uses the power of business to create public benefit. B Corporations meet high performance and legal standards and build collective voice through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. As of January 2010, there are over 250 Certified B Corporations from over 50 industries representing over $1 billion revenues.

Position Purpose:
Recruit companies to become Certified B Corporations

Position Functions:
Grow the community of B Corporations from 250 to 500 B Corporations and the marketplace from $1 billion to $3 billion in the next 24 months by:
- managing B Lab’s BusDev team in SF, SEA, PHL, NY, NC including internal staff and outside consultants with geographic and industry responsibilities by:
- developing team strategy and goals
- running bi-weekly team meetings
- developing and accessing tools, resources, materials to meet team goals
- directly recruiting high priority larger companies to become Certified B Corps by
- engaging existing B Corps as Champions to help recruit their peers
- engaging B Lab’s partners to open and/or close key prospects
- communicating benefits of becoming a B Corp to prospects and assisting them through process of learning about and becoming a B Corp
- working with B Lab’s Services team to leverage partnerships with sustainable business associations, (i.e SVN, USGBC, Clean Tech Open, BALLE, Green America, Investor Circle, etc)
- developing strategy for and attending/presenting at industry conferences and events

Qualifications:
- Passion for using business to solve social and environmental problems
- High energy, self-managing, entrepreneurial personality capable of working in start-up environment with few resources
- Strong relationship-building, communications, and organizational skills
- 10+ years in direct sales, team management and managing external relationships
- Experience in clean tech/energy and green building industries a plus
- Facility with Salesforce.com; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or Mac equiv

Compensation: $80-$120k depending upon experience, plus benefits

Please send cover letters and resumes to jobs[at]bcorporation[dot]net

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