Business Development Executive

About the role

Tacniq is a fast‑growing AI‑driven startup building tactile AI solutions for industries such as logistics, healthcare, construction, robotics, manufacturing and workplace safety. We are looking for a Business Development Executive to drive customer acquisition, pilot development and commercial growth across target markets.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and qualify new business opportunities in target industries.
• Conduct outreach to potential customers, partners, distributors and strategic accounts.
• Manage the full sales cycle from first contact to pilot proposal, quotation and follow‑up.
• Support sales meetings, product demos, customer presentations and proposal preparation.
• Work with technical teams to define pilot scope, success criteria, deployment timeline and customer requirements.
• Maintain CRM records, pipelines, meeting notes and follow‑up actions.
• Prepare commercial documents such as proposals, quotations, pitch materials and pilot summaries.
• Assist with market research, competitor analysis, grant applications and partnership development.
• Build long‑term relationships with enterprise customers, ecosystem partners and industry stakeholders.
• Help convert pilots into paid deployments, renewals or larger rollouts.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, Entrepreneurship or a related field.
• 0–3 years of experience in business development, sales, partnerships, account management or startup operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to explain technical products to non‑technical audiences.
• Comfortable with outreach, follow‑ups, meetings and customer relationship management.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Self‑driven and comfortable working in a startup environment.

Required skills

• CRM tools (experience managing records, pipelines and follow‑up actions).