Director of Business Development

VVAM · West Palm Beach, Florida

FULL TIME$1,50,000 – $1,50,000 / yr

Job Description

(VVAM)

Palm Beach County / South Florida

Field Sales / Business Development

Compensation: 100% Performance-Based | Target OTE: $150,000–$200,000+ | Uncapped

VVAM) is seeking an entrepreneurial, highly motivated

Regional Business Development Director

to expand the firm’s relationships with business owners throughout South Florida.

This is a

field-oriented, performance-driven sales role

for someone who is comfortable being out in the market, meeting business owners face-to-face, developing a territory, and building relationships over time.

VVAM has already built an

established pipeline of qualified business-owner prospects and a defined outreach process . The successful candidate will begin with an existing base of targeted prospects and is expected to use those relationships as anchors to expand outward—identifying nearby businesses, developing additional relationships, generating referrals, and actively working the territory.

This is not a desk-based or fully remote sales position.

Candidates must be based in Palm Beach County or elsewhere in South Florida and should expect to spend meaningful time in the field visiting businesses, meeting owners, attending local events, and developing relationships in person.

The Role The Regional Business Development Director will own relationship development across an assigned South Florida territory.

Key responsibilities include

Execute against an established pipeline of qualified business-owner prospects

Treat the assigned geography as a true

field-sales territory

Conduct regular in-person visits with business owners and prospective relationships

Use existing VVAM prospects as geographic and relationship anchors to identify additional nearby opportunities

Prospect through phone, email, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, and direct face-to-face outreach

Maintain disciplined follow-up and move prospects through the relationship-development process

Develop local referral relationships with attorneys, CPAs, business advisors, and other centers of influence

Introduce appropriate prospects to VVAM’s senior leadership

Maintain disciplined CRM activity, territory planning, and pipeline management

Develop prospects into long-term VVAM relationships

For high-performing team members, there may be an opportunity over time to expand into deal sourcing for VVAM’s private equity business.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is

competitive, polished, commercially minded, persuasive, self-directed, and comfortable spending substantial time in the field .

We are particularly interested in proven commercial salespeople who understand how to build trust with business owners, manage a territory, develop a pipeline, and close complex relationship-driven opportunities.

Relevant backgrounds may include

Commercial insurance

Commercial real estate

B2B mid-market sales

Business services

Financial services

Other consultative sales roles serving business owners

Requirements

Based in Palm Beach County or South Florida and able to regularly conduct in-person meetings and field visits

Strong track record in sales, business development, or relationship development

Demonstrated ability to manage a territory and consistently execute against a pipeline

Comfortable initiating face-to-face conversations with business owners

Ability to communicate credibly and professionally with successful business owners

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

High degree of professionalism and judgment

Self-motivated and comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment

Strong organizational skills, territory discipline, and consistent follow-through

Series 65 is not required at the time of application. Candidates who do not currently hold the Series 65 must have the aptitude and willingness to obtain it, generally within the first 30–60 days of joining VVAM, and before engaging in activities that require the applicable registration or license

Compensation This is a

100% performance-based sales position with uncapped earning potential . Compensation is directly tied to successful business development and relationship growth.

Target OTE: $175,000–$260,000+ annually for successful performers, with meaningful upside above this range for top producers.

T here is

no traditional base salary . The compensation structure is designed for a highly motivated commercial salesperson who values the opportunity to earn directly in proportion to the relationships and opportunities they develop.

Unlike a traditional cold-start sales role, VVAM provides an

established pipeline of qualified business-owner prospects

and a defined outreach process. This provides an initial opportunity base, while successful Regional Business Development Directors are expected to expand their territory through consistent field activity, referrals, networking, and direct relationship development.

About VVAM

VVAM is an asset management firm investing across public and private markets.

We serve investors who own lower middle market businesses through separate accounts and private-asset affiliates.

We invest globally using a

long-term, fundamental, research-based process .

Our investment team is cross-functional by design

— we believe our investment and research process for public equities supports and complements our private equity investment strategies.

To Apply:

Please submit your resumé along with a brief description of your sales experience, experience working with business owners, and why a field-based, performance-driven opportunity is attractive to you.

Company	VVAM
Location	West Palm Beach, Florida
Type	FULL TIME
Niche	Full-time
Salary	$1,50,000 – $1,50,000 / yr

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Excellent verbal and written communication skills