Director, Business Development

Brightseed is a pioneer in biosciences and artificial intelligence (A.I.) that illuminates nature to restore human health. Brightseed’s proprietary A.I., Forager®, accelerates bioactive discovery, biological validation and ingredient formulation from years to months, rapidly revealing new connections between nature and humanity. Through Forager® and clinical evaluation, Brightseed partners with organizations across the consumer health continuum to offer insight into the world of bioactives and health solutions. 

Our Business Development team creates strategic partnerships that use Forager's® capabilities to develop solutions for unmet needs across health, supplement, ingredient, food and beverage global companies, and manage these partnerships for mutual long-term success.

 

Business Development is responsible for hitting revenue targets by closing new strategic partnership deals, as well as identifying and defining new paths to monetize Brightseed’s powerful technology innovations.

You have a broad interest in bridging the worlds of science, technology and business and you have business development experience in supplements, skincare, over-the-counter medicine, CPG, ingredients and/or agribusiness. You are goal oriented and a team-first individual with a successful track record leading strategic initiatives and transactions from development through successful execution with internal and external teams to define the opportunity, negotiate mutually beneficial terms, build consensus, and ensure long-term success of programs. This passion and strength will help us cultivate joint development agreements (JDA’s) with our partners for success and longevity.  You have high competency in translating our scientific capabilities into commercial opportunities, with strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills to represent Brightseed’s value.  You’re an operational leader, with the ability to both lead and to execute in a fast-paced lean start-up environment.

As a lab based company, where in person collaboration is key to drive innovation, we encourage all team members to be in our office most days each week. However we appreciate and honor the need and desire for flexibility and have implemented a hybrid working model. We have a fully stocked healthy kitchen, a gym onsite, plenty of free parking, weekly team events and a state-of-the-art lab and office. 

We offer a competitive total rewards package with team-first benefits programs for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, unlimited paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance programs, 401(k) plan, a mental health platform, employee discounts, payroll credits for cell phone and commuter costs and a paid parental leave program.

We are committed to making transformative discoveries with a team-first mentality. Successful team members are truth-seeking and trusting, with the tenacity required to trail blaze in uncharted territory. We are a collaborative team that actively seeks input and values differing perspectives. And we produce tangible results, holding ourselves accountable in the process. 

We are also committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness and inclusion. We grow and learn together, respecting professional and personal experiences, areas of expertise, and types of self expression. 

In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that each one of us brings in terms of education, opinions, culture, color, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, religion, different abilities, sexual orientation and beliefs.