Business Development Representative in a fast-growing AI Startup

Remote
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Lightly AG is an official ETH and HSG Spin-off in the field of machine learning and computer vision. Its products are used by leading companies in autonomous driving, medical imaging, and visual inspection to curate visual machine learning data.

Lightly consists of a small team of talented software engineers, researchers, and business developers in Zurich, who all individually impact the business and our product.

Tasks

This job offers you the unique opportunity to join a Swiss Y-Combinator funded company. As an early hire, your role will have a significant impact on our company. The position entails various tasks around building up and executing sales as well as general business development. Some of your key responsibilities would include:

  • Develop and execute customer acquisition strategies for lead generation
  • Build and maintain strong, lasting customer relationships by nurturing prospects
  • Identify the (potential) customer’s needs and suggest appropriate actions to take
  • Manage the entire sales-cycle (lead generation, prospect qualification, product demonstration, proposals, negotiation, and other deliverables for closing deals)
  • Refine the company’s B2B sales strategy by identifying best practices
  • Manage marketing campaigns, conferences, and digital content creation
  • Support strategy, marketing, and operational initiatives

Requirements

  • Completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (STEM or business)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English
  • Strong presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong business acumen and a flair for B2B consultative solution selling
  • Experience with similar customer groups (e.g., in the AI field) is a plus
  • Passion for sales, technology, and innovation

Benefits

  • Full-time remote position
  • Ownership and responsibility from day one and direct contact with the founders
  • Competitive salary, various benefits, and stock options
  • A lot of fun: regular get togethers, team events, and company offsites (retreats).
  • 25 days of paid vacation per year

Have we sparked your interest? Apply with your CV and cover letter. We look forward to getting to know you!

About Lightly

Help ML teams label the right data

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Job details

Salary

$80,000 - $300,000

Equity

0.15% - 0.35%

Location

Remote

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameLightly
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$3.5M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

MH

Matthias Heller

Co-Founder

Igor Susmelj

Igor Susmelj

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.