Amsterdam
2 Jul 2026
Senior Business Development Manager: new business logo

Senior Business Development Manager: new business

Granular Energy

Senior Business Development Manager: new business

Granular Energy is a fast-growing climate tech startup seeking a Senior Business Development Manager to identify and validate new product opportunities beyond its core enterprise platform. The role requires significant power market experience (5+ years), an entrepreneurial mindset, and hands-on technical capability with AI tooling. This remote-first position is based within a train ride from Paris and involves client travel across Europe and the UK.

HybridFull-timeSeniorPower Market KnowledgeEntrepreneurial Mindset

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Remote-first organisation; flexible on locations within a train ride from Paris. Regular team calls and three all-hands gatherings yearly.

Experience Required

5 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior (5+ years power market experience)

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
Power Market KnowledgeEntrepreneurial MindsetNetworkingStrategic ThinkingAI ToolingSalesCommunicationOrganizational Skills
Soft Skills
CommunicationOrganizational SkillsStrategic ThinkingEntrepreneurial MindsetCommercial Instincts

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)
Startup ExperienceRemote Work ExperienceFlexibility MarketsBattery MarketsEAC MarketsHourly MatchingProduct ManagementNetwork at European Utilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Support sales of our core platform
  • Identify and evaluate new commercial opportunities adjacent to the core platform
  • Run primary market research through expert and customer interviews
  • Be involved in developing prototypes using AI tooling
  • Run small-scale market tests
  • Close first paying customers on test products (from existing or new logos)
  • Develop business cases for promising opportunities and present them to the executive team
  • Hand validated opportunities cleanly to the wider commercial and product teams for scaling
  • Work with our tech team to build minimum-viable prototypes using AI tooling and demo them with prospects
Senior Business DevelopmentClimate TechEnergyPower MarketRemote-firstStartupAI ToolingSalesNew BusinessEurope