Senior Business Development Executive

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Senior Business Development Executive Acceler8 AI · Metro Manila, Philippines (Hybrid) Full-time · Reports to Head of Business Development / Business Development Manager

About Acceler8 AI

We are an AI-Driven Media ROI™ company. We accelerate enterprise media for the AI era - through custom AI technology, proprietary licensing platforms, and the operational layer that drives performance.

Culture to commerce. Insight to revenue. Engineering to outcome.

We work with enterprise brands, indie agencies, and in-house marketing teams

across APAC and MENA through three integrated offerings: AI-Powered Paid Media, AI Engineering & Growth Consulting, and AI Platform Licensing.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Business Development Executive to help grow into the next generation of adtech and martech commercial champions in the Philippines.

This is a development-track role. We are looking for a candidate with 2 to 4 years of foundational experience in marketing, advertising, media, or communications - ambitious enough to move beyond account services, commercially driven enough to pursue real deals, and intellectually curious about how AI is reshaping the marketing and media stack.

The role offers structured training, direct coaching from senior commercial and technical leadership, and accelerated exposure to the AI media ecosystem - meaningfully faster than equivalent progression inside a traditional holdco at this level. For the right candidate, this is a foundational role for a long-term commercial career.

You're a strong fit if you...

· Have 2–4 years of professional experience in advertising, marketing, media,

communications, PR, or a marketing/adtech SaaS environment - across agency, holdco, indie, brand-side, or adtech / martech vendor settings

· Have held a role in account management, client services, sales support, BD support,

media planning, or junior BD/sales - and have outgrown its scope before your title reflected it

· Demonstrate a commercial instinct - you have supported pitches, contributed to proposals,

attended client meetings, and observed senior colleagues close deals with the

ambition to lead those conversations yourself

· Bring strong intellectual horsepower - fast learner, sharp pattern-recognition, and a

genuine interest in how complex systems work

· Are a clear and confident communicator - strong written and verbal English,

Filipino fluency, and comfort presenting to senior stakeholders

· Have a passion to grow your professional network within the PH and SEA marketing, advertising, and

communications community - peer-level relationships are valuable here

· Are eager to be trained in adtech, martech, programmatic, AI-driven marketing, and

consultative enterprise selling - and committed to putting in the reps required

to develop genuine expertise

· Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, advertising, or a related field

Bonus points if you have already:

Worked within a media holdco, digital marketing agency, indie agency, or comms/PR network, or held roles in brand marketing or e-commerce, including in a junior capacity.

Operated paid media platforms at a coordinator or executor level, such as Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, or LinkedIn Campaign Manager.

Worked alongside programmatic, performance marketing, or martech teams and developed adjacent fluency through that exposure.

Demonstrated initiative through new AI tools, AI experiments, or self-directed projects beyond your formal scope.

Soft skills we look for:

· Executive presence - composed, articulate, and credible in front of senior stakeholders, regardless of your tenure

· Active listening - the discipline to understand a client's actual problem before reaching for a

solution

· Intellectual curiosity - a habit of asking why, reading widely, and engaging with new ideas across

business, technology, and culture

· Resilience and grit - comfort with rejection, ambiguity, long sales cycles, and the inevitable setbacks of a commercial career

· Coachability - openness to feedback, willingness to be wrong, and the maturity to apply learning quickly

· Ownership mindset - you treat your pipeline, your accounts, and your reputation as your own business

· Collaboration - strong working chemistry with technical, creative, and delivery teams who will be your partners on every deal

· Emotional intelligence - the ability to read rooms, navigate stakeholder dynamics, and adjust your approach to the audience

· Time management and prioritization - clarity on where your hours go and the discipline to protect high-value activities

· Integrity - honest forecasts, transparent communication, and the long-term view in client and internal relationships

What you'll do (and learn)

· Build and qualify your own pipeline of qualified prospects across the Philippines, with senior BD coaching

· Participate in enterprise discovery calls and progressively take ownership of the room - beginning as a contributor and advancing to lead

· Develop the ability to diagnose marketing, media, and martech challenges across a client's stack and translate them into structured proposals

· Collaborate closely with our media, AI tech, engineering, and platform teams to scope solutions aligned to client needs

· Receive structured training in adtech, martech, programmatic, CDP, attribution, AI-driven marketing, and consultative sales methodologies

· Maintain CRM discipline - pipeline, forecast, and activity tracking - from day one

· Represent Acceler8 AI at industry events, partner roundtables, and client pitches

· Contribute to the development of case studies, proposal templates, and sales collateral that will support the team as it scales

Your first 90 days — what success looks like

By Day 30 — Foundations

· Completed onboarding across the three Acceler8 AI offerings, our products, and our positioning

· Built a working understanding of our target accounts, ideal customer profile, and commercial playbook

· Shadowed a minimum of five live client conversations across discovery, pitch, and account review settings

· Identified and validated an initial list of 50+ named prospect accounts within your assigned segment

· Established CRM discipline — every conversation, contact, and opportunity logged accurately and on time

· Demonstrated baseline fluency in our pricing, proposal structure, and qualification framework

By Day 60 — Activation

· Initiated outbound and partner-led outreach to your prospect list, with measurable engagement

· Owned the note-taking and follow-up workflow on senior-led discovery calls, with growing involvement in the conversation itself

· Co-led at least two client meetings under senior supervision, with constructive feedback applied

· Contributed to the drafting of proposals, scoping documents, and commercial responses

· Built early-stage pipeline against a defined qualification standard, with clear next steps on every active opportunity

· Completed initial training milestones in adtech, martech, AI-driven performance marketing, and consultative sales methodology

By Day 90 — Contribution

· Independently leading discovery and qualification calls with mid-market and enterprise prospects

· Carrying a defined pipeline target with consistent week-on-week activity and forecast accuracy

· Closed or meaningfully contributed to your first commercial outcome — a signed engagement, a proposal accepted into procurement, or a pilot secured

· Demonstrated the ability to translate a client's marketing or media problem into a structured Acceler8 AI proposal across one or more of our three offerings

· Established working relationships with our media, engineering, and platform teams as collaborative partners

· Identified personal development priorities for the next quarter and aligned them with your manager

Compensation

Base: calibrated to experience and demonstrated commercial instinct

Commission and incentive structure tied to pipeline contribution and closed-won revenue - designed to scale alongside your ramp

Structured learning budget - courses, certifications, and local and regional conferences

Equity participation pathway

for high performers 13th month, HMO with dependent coverage, SSS / PhilHealth / Pag-IBIG, paid leave

Hybrid working - Metro Manila base, with regional exposure to Singapore, Hong Kong,

and Dubai, UAE teams

How to apply

Send the following to [email protected]

· CV (PDF preferred)

Acceler8 AI is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the markets we serve. We evaluate every candidate on merit, track record, and fit.