Strategic Business Development Principal, Via
Western US
$125-165k
TransitTech platform
Job no longer available
TransitTech platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$125-165k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Via's mission is to use technology to transform transport.
Role
Who you are
- You have 8+ years of client facing experience with a record of achievement in the Sales, Business Development, Consulting, or similar space
- An educator, collaborator, and thought partner: you enjoy consultative sales processes, and know how to use data to build a compelling narrative
- A skilled and methodical researcher: you’re attracted to complex problems, and you’re not afraid to jump into new environments
- Intuitive communicator; whether in customer conversations, product presentations, or written proposals, you always strike the right tone and communicate persuasively
- Superb commercial intuition and exceptional judgment -- you know when to push and when to yield in maximizing the value of a potential deal
- A reliable, motivated self-starter with a passionate growth mentality. You enjoy fast-paced environments, aren’t deterred by setbacks or pivots, and thrive in roles requiring a very high degree of responsibility
- An excellent team player; you’re a meaningful individual contributor, and a mentor to others on your team. You view successes as team efforts, and enjoy working with others
What the job involves
- As a Strategic Business Development Principal at Via, you’ll lead regional Sales efforts across both public and private sectors to build an inclusive, sustainable, and tech-enabled framework for mobility
- In this role, you’ll be creative and entrepreneurial to identify opportunities and generate new business in your own market. This is a quota-carrying role
- Identify prospective partners in your territory and build meaningful and durable revenue-generating relationships with a diverse group of prospective clients, from elected officials to private-sector business leaders
- Lead execution and strategy for full-cycle Sales efforts across your territory, working to make transit better for your community, and your region’s communities
- Strategically navigate your market’s unique buying landscape using research strong analytical skills to build compelling, data-driven business cases for our platform and demonstrate our value proposition across a range of verticals.
- Be a thought partner to prospective clients by educating and consulting with them to develop regional transit plans and find funding mechanisms within your market
- Champion our mission and technology as the “face of Via” by leading local marketing campaigns, speaking at conferences, and providing consistent thought leadership in the mobility space
Our take
Via is a world-leading public mobility technology provider, transforming transportation and logistics systems into highly efficient digital networks. Its TransitTech platform powers cost-effective, convenient, and equitable mobility across the globe including public transport, student transport, corporate transport, and paratransit.
The company has two smart go-to-market strategies. First, it licenses the technology to cities wanting on-demand solutions. Secondly, it provides a full solution for operators (such as TfL) including technologies, operations, marketing, and data science. After acquiring Remix, a mapping and transit-planning tool, Via combined the software with its own on-demand transit data to help cities visualize how on-demand services can become part of the public transit system.
With hundreds of partnerships in place, and operating across the globe, Via is committed to revolutionizing the way the world moves. The company has stated plans to go public, but for now, seems focussed on expanding its services - for example with the wheelchair-accessible autonomous shuttle service it launched in partnership with May Mobility. Substantial funds will enable Via to expand its suite of products and improve its services, as well as innovate and accelerate expansion across markets and verticals.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2023
$110m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$130m
SERIES G
Total funding: $887.1m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- Local volunteer opportunities
- Support for all new parents
- Learning opportunities through our Via-Versity
- Employee Resource Groups
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Daniel Ramot
(CEO)Formerly an Engineering Manager in the Israeli Air Force. Prior to founding Via, they were the Director of D.E. Shaw (research into computational biochemistry).
Oren Shoval
(CTO)Experienced Systems Engineer, with a PhD in Systems Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science
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