Business Development Manager

**About Futurpreneur**

Futurpreneur is a national non-profit organization that empowers young, diverse entrepreneurs, ages 18-39 to start, buy or grow their businesses in Canada, by providing loans with mentorship and resources.

Founded in 1996, we have helped more than 18,700 young entrepreneurs, promoting entrepreneurship among Canadian youth as a critical pillar for diversifying the economy, generating employment opportunities, and fostering a sustainable future.

Futurpreneur is a founding member of the **G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance**, the Canadian member of** Youth Business International** and the Canadian host of **Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)**.

**Our Purpose **(why we exist): To drive inclusive Canadian prosperity by fostering the success of young entrepreneurs

**Our Mission **(what we do every day to achieve our purpose):To empower diverse entrepreneurs ages 18-39 by providing loans with mentorship and resources to help them start and buy businesses that contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic prosperity, in their communities and across Canada.

**Our Values** (how we work - our core principles & commitments): We are mission-driven, collegial & collaborative, diverse & inclusive, and accountable & transparent.

**Here’s the opportunity**:
As a **Business Development Manager,** you will provide relationship management principles, techniques, and support to young entrepreneurs relative to their entrepreneurial needs. You will collaborate and foster strong partnerships with key community partners, resulting in new client engagement and loan portfolio growth in communities in Saskatchewan.

This is a permanent**,** full-time position that can be located in either **Saskatoon or Regina**. The incumbent will be working on our hybrid work model (minimum 1 day per week in the office). This role may require frequent travel to rural communities,

**What you will do**:
**_Business Development
- Entrepreneurs_**
- Identify regional marketing vehicles and potential target markets
- Attend and coordinate events that provide opportunities to engage perspective and current entrepreneurs
- Facilitate presentations and workshops that promote Futurpreneur Canada programs and support entrepreneurial skill development
- Support regional lead on marketing and communication activities and logistics
- Manage prospects through addition to client relationship management system and follow-up as required
- Communication with client relationship manager to ensure smooth transition of applicant to funding stage

**_Business Development - Mentors_**
- Attend and coordinate events that provide the opportunity to engage prospective mentors
- Communication with client relationship manager regarding fulfilling mentor gaps
- Create connections to Futurpreneur mentor care resources and other regional resources available to support mentoring success
- Provide exit interviews to receive valuable feedback and retain mentors
- Recruit mentors and encourage them to register with Futurpreneur Canada to support our entrepreneurs

**_Business Development - Community Partners & Referral Partners_**
- Connect with community and referral partners on a regular basis to keep Futurpreneur top of mind to their staff, and maintain relationships
- Facilitate partner onboarding; train new and retrain existing partners and ensure they are fully aware of Futurpreneur processes
- Be a resource and support community and referral partners to bring entrepreneurs to a loan approval stage
- Loan document and compliance support for loan disbursement activity
- Manage relationship with Community and referral Partners, as well as grow the number of community partners if and where appropriate
- Attend and coordinate events that provide the opportunity to engage formal community partners
- Identify potential partners through research, events, networking and referrals
- Manage inquiries from potential new partners
- Identify and onboard potential non-formal partners
- Attend and coordinate events that provide the opportunity to engage partners
- Engage and create buy in from potential referral partners and communities
- Manage partner inquiries
- Connect with non-formal community partners on a regular basis to keep top of mind, ensure Futurpreneur program understanding and maintain relationships

**What you will have**:

- Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle (40% of this role includes local and provincial travel)
- Relevant experience may include education with a focus on business administration, economic development, entrepreneurship or equivalent hands-on career experience
- 3 years of experience in sales, start-up business development or economic development position
- Experience working with entrepreneurs or business start-ups, business plans and cashflows is considered a strong asset
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to influence
- Strong customer focus with the ability to