Headout is hiring a

Business Development Manager - Italy

Rome, Italy

🚀 Why Headout?

What we do is important

In an increasingly digital world, there is a desperate need to augment our human experience by getting us to interact with the real world around us and the people in it. At Headout, our mission is to be the easiest, fastest, and the most delightful way to head out to our next real-life experience. We do this by running a managed marketplace to the world’s most exceptional real-life experiences — from immersive tours to museums to live events and everything in between.

We’ve got scale, fast growth, and solid fundamentals

Headout has served tens of millions of guests from 196 countries on one of our experiences across 70+ cities in 9 languages. Today, we’ve sales in 100s of millions of $s a year and have grown 4x+ in ‘22. Contrary to the norm, we deliver this scale and growth while being profitable. We raised $42M in ‘22 and have a decade+ runway enabling us to think truly long term.

Now is the right time

While we have a fast-growing business, we are still very early in our journey with a large upside to capture and have a team that is small enough for you to have an indelible outsized impact on our journey. We are not too early, we are not too late.

Our culture

Every place has its own beat and we are no different. We are not the right place for everybody but we are the right place for a certain group of people. Read more about it here.

The Role

We are looking for a Business Development Manager - Italy to join our European Business Team. Reporting to the General Manager - Italy, the BD Manager will lead our commercial efforts and expansion in Italy. You will be the face and voice of Headout to our Supply Partners in the region.

What makes this role special?

  • Build. You’ll have your fingerprints all over Headout’s. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch quickly, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new. This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details - from what cities or regions to launch next, to how we can keep bananas and avocados ripe to ultimately minimize spoilage.
  • Identify, reach-out and onboard new Supply Partners in Italy on the Headout platform
  • Develop relationships with our existing Supply Partners in order to leverage them for additional growth
  • Liaise between internal stakeholders (Operations, Tech, Marketing, etc) and your accounts in order to ensure smooth execution of the partnerships and growth of bookings
  • Identify, reach out to and sign distribution-side partnerships in Italy

What skills & experience do you need?

  • Native Italian speaker - based in Rome
  • 3-5 years of experience in business development, ideally in the entertainment and/or tourism industry
  • Experience working with a CRM; eager to learn and use new tools

Bonus

  • You have experience starting or scaling a successful startup.
  • You have a demonstrated interest in marketplaces, travel, events and all things experiential.
  • You have spent a considerable amount of time in Italy and really understand the market’s pulse.
  • Graduate from a Business School (or similar)

 

EEO statement

At Headout, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the community at large. Headout provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. During the interview process, if you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact the recruiter assigned to your application or email us at life@headout.com.

 

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Please note that once you apply for this job profile your personal data will be retained for a period of one (1) year. Headout shall process this data for recruitment purposes only. Once the relevant job profile is filled or once the time period of one (1) year from the date of the job application has passed, whichever is later, Headout shall either delete your data or inform you that it shall keep it in its database for future roles. In compliance with the relevant privacy laws, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If you have any concerns or questions about the way Headout handle your data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer for more information.

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