Business Development & Partnerships Lead

About MyndBridge

MyndBridge is a workforce development organization that partners with schools, districts, employers, and government agencies to prepare students for careers. We deliver career-readiness and industry-certification programs in grades 9 through 12 and beyond, combining hands-on training, nationally recognized credentials, and one-on-one case management to move students from the classroom into real jobs. We bring our programs directly into schools and community partners, and we work with employers to build the talent pipelines they need.

The Role

The Business Development & Partnerships Lead is responsible for commercializing MyndBridge’s mission by finding the right buyers, building trusted relationships, and closing the contracts that fund our programs. This is our first dedicated revenue role and a foundational hire, where you will build the sales function, not inherit one. You will work directly with the CEO, who leads our anchor relationships, and alongside a marketing team that generates demand. Your job is to turn interest into signed partnerships and keep those partners renewing and growing.

What You'll Own

• Pipeline & prospecting:
  • Build and maintain the institutional target list — CTE Directors, principals, and district leaders on the school side; HR and talent leaders on the employer side; workforce boards and program officers on the government side.
    • Run structured outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls, and in-person briefings) to fill your calendar with qualified discovery conversations.
      • Represent MyndBridge at briefings, lunch-and-learns, and sector events, and convert attendees into pipeline.
• Closing:
  • Run the full sales cycle: discovery, tailored proposal, procurement, and signed agreement, for both schools and employers.
    • Schools & districts: push-in, after-school, and destination-site programs.
      • Employers: apprenticeship sponsorship, direct-hire placement, and incumbent-worker upskilling, using our deal calculator to price each opportunity.
    • Navigate institutional procurement — RFPs, vendor-approval processes, and budget cycles — understanding that district deals can run several months to over a year.
• Relationships & renewals:
  • Deepen existing community and institutional partnerships into formal, recurring relationships.
    • Support the CEO on anchor and flagship deals, including our healthcare partnership pathway.
  • Own account renewals and expansion — turn a first cohort into more grades, more schools, and multi-year commitments.
• Operating discipline:
  • Own the CRM and deal desk — keep the pipeline clean, current, and forecastable.
    • Cook up cross-functional coordination with marketing, programs, operations and compliance, and finance.
  • Coordinate across marketing, programs, operations and compliance, and finance.

How Your Performance Is Measured

• New signed contracts — count and dollar value — each quarter, against target.
  • Revenue closed versus target.
• Qualified pipeline created and advanced by stage.
  • Conversion rates from discovery to proposal to close, and sales-cycle time.
• Partner renewals and expansions.

Required

• A track record closing complex, relationship-based, longer-cycle deals — in B2B or B2G sales, ideally in education, workforce, EdTech, staffing, healthcare, or a related field.
  • Comfort selling to institutions and navigating procurement, RFPs, and multiple stakeholders.
• A genuine closer: you build trust, ask for the business, and follow through.
  • Self-directed and resourceful — you thrive building from scratch in a lean environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; credible in front of senior decision-makers.
  • CRM-fluent and disciplined about pipeline hygiene.

Preferred

• Existing relationships with school districts, CTE programs, workforce boards, or health-system talent teams in the NY metro area.
  • Familiarity with workforce and education funding — WIOA, CTE, apprenticeship, and grant-funded programs.
• Experience in a mission-driven or nonprofit organization.

Pay Range

This is a part-time role of approximately 30 hours per week, with a structure that rewards results and grows with your success: Base salary: $40,000–$45,000, commensurate with experience. Commission: 5–10% of the first-year value of each signed contract, paid as revenue is collected. Accrued PTO & sick time, 401k match, Health benefits ICHRA for part-time employees. Path to full-time: this role is designed to grow into a full-time position as the pipeline and revenue expand.