Careers · Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia
Business Development Partner, SME & Creative Business Markets
Develop SME, founder-led and creative-business opportunities for Orvantis Intelligence in your market. Your primary focus will be practical, faster-moving business needs, while you remain free to pursue enterprise or institutional opportunities that you can credibly develop.
What you will do
- Build a segmented pipeline of SMEs, founders and creative businesses with practical needs Orvantis can address.
- Begin personalized outreach, referrals and community engagement from the first week.
- Run discovery conversations that identify business problems, urgency, budget and decision ownership.
- Position the appropriate Orvantis solution without overselling.
- Own follow-up, proposal coordination, objection handling and closing activity.
- Develop referral channels through hubs, associations, agencies and professional communities.
- Maintain accurate opportunity records and clear next actions.
- Pursue suitable enterprise or institutional opportunities when identified or collaborate with the relevant team member.
What success looks like
- Complete onboarding and begin personalized market outreach within the first week.
- Build a practical prospect list and generate qualified conversations with business owners and decision-makers.
- Advance suitable opportunities toward demonstrations, proposals or commercial decisions.
- Develop repeatable referral and community channels that continue producing opportunities.
What we are looking for
- Evidence of initiative in sales, entrepreneurship, customer service, partnerships, community leadership or another results-focused activity.
- Strong communication, professional judgment and reliable follow-through.
- Knowledge of the local market and willingness to build relationships actively.
- Ability to organize work and make responsible decisions independently.
- Interest in AI, business development and digital transformation.
- Professional English and relevant local-language ability.
- Reliable internet access and a suitable working device.
Preferred, but not required
- Experience selling services to SMEs, founders or creative businesses.
- Existing relationships with business communities, hubs or associations.
- Experience with social selling, referrals, local events or community activation.
- Familiarity with CRM tools or structured sales follow-up.
Compensation and contract
Earnings in this role are commission-based and tied to collected revenue. The percentages below set out exactly what you earn and when, and revenue from clients who stay with us keeps earning while you continue contributing to the account.
- Three-month initial performance contract, with the opportunity to progress into a longer-term agreement based on results.
- Earn 5% for an approved referral, 8% when closing an assigned qualified opportunity, 12% when developing and closing an Orvantis-researched prospect, or 15% when originating and closing an opportunity independently.
- Approved recurring or expansion revenue may earn an additional 5% for up to six months when you continue contributing to the account.
- Commission is calculated on eligible collected revenue and paid according to the schedule in your written contract after client funds are received and cleared.
- Earning potential is performance-based and uncapped.
Why join Orvantis Intelligence
- Join an international AI intelligence and implementation company at an early stage.
- Receive structured onboarding, approved market materials and access to the commercial team.
- Build visible experience across AI, business development and client transformation.
- Advance into senior, country or regional responsibilities through demonstrated performance.
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