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Business Development Manager

Are you a creative dealmaker that is comfortable negotiating with C-Level executives? Do you wish you had signed on with some of San Diego's most successful companies when they had just 30 employees? Well here's your chance.

SmartDraw.com is the leading provider of easy-to-use graphics software. Using cutting-edge customer-focused search engine marketing techniques, the company has been growing at 50% per year. We need you to help us grow even faster, online and off.

The successful candidate will be responsible for forming partnerships with leading software publishers and manufacturers in the legal and medical industries to uncover new sources of revenue.

A rewarding compensation plan—which includes full benefits and a more-than-competitive base salary plus commissions—and unlimited career growth potential make this a solid opportunity for the right person. Our rocketing growth rate makes it a truly exciting opportunity.

SmartDraw.com has a talented staff of creative professionals, is self-financed, and has been highly profitable since day one in 1994. The company is conveniently located just off interstate 15 on Mira Mesa Blvd. in North San Diego.


Here's what we want you to do as a Business Development Manager:

  • Proactively solicit and recruit companies to distribute our software products within the legal and medical markets.
  • Align business development efforts with targeted vertical markets.
  • Manage partner relations with the goal of moving deep into an organization to uncover more sales opportunities.
  • Identify, solicit, and close master distributor agreements with leading companies in each vertical market.
  • Focus on customers that have the potential of generating significant revenue streams.
  • Solicit and close private-label licenses or sales with targeted organizations.
  • Provide "world-class" customer service and product knowledge.
  • Cross-sell and educate customers on our other products.
  • Increase the value of each order received by educating the appropriate customers on our multiple-copy and network license programs.


Here are a few requirments:

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or relevant major.
  • Minimum of five years sales experience (software sales preferred, but not required).
  • Goldmine or ACT database experience.
  • Excellent business writing and oral communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills and an aptitude for sales.


Here's who we are:

  • SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of easy-to-use business graphics software.
  • More than 2 million visitors hit our web site every month, putting it in the top 0.1% of most visited web sites on the Internet.
  • We were recently named to the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in the nation.
  • We have also been named to the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Technology companies in San Diego for five years in a row.
  • Nominated for the 2005 San Diego SHRM Workplace Excellence Award.


If you meet our qualifications, and you want work in company where hard work is recognized and rewarded, please send us your resume and cover letter outlining the reasons you are the ideal candidate for the position. Forward letter and resume in plain-text electronic format to Bizdevjob@smartdraw.com with salary history. Local, San Diego candidates will be given priority consideration. Principals only, please.

To learn more about us, visit our web site at http://www.smartdraw.com/