Director, Business Development

Director of Business Development – Shift Transit

Remote (with significant travel expected — domestic (North America) and international).

Reports to: CEO

Shift Transit operates next-generation bike-share systems designed to serve municipalities and public-private partnerships. As we expand into new markets, we are focused on building deep relationships with city governments, transit agencies, and external partners to bring turnkey bike-share programs to new cities. The Director of Business Development will be our primary external interface, ambassador and deal-maker for new city programs.

We are seeking a strategic, proactive leader to drive market expansion and new city program acquisition. This person will be responsible for identifying, cultivating, and closing new city engagements for Shift Transit, working with cities and external partners (developers, mobility consultancies, transit agencies, economic development authorities) to bring on new bike-share programs. This is not primarily a reactive RFP‐response role; rather, a proactive outreach, relationship creation, market development, and deal-making.

• Develop and execute a strategic growth plan for new city markets (U.S. and international) – including market research, target list of cities, opportunity pipeline, competitive intelligence.
• Identify city governments, transit agencies, public/private mobility partners, and external stakeholders as prospects for bike-share programs; initiate and build meaningful relationships at senior levels (city managers, transportation directors, mayor’s offices, economic development, transit authorities, etc.).
• Create, in partnership with internal teams (product, operations, finance, human resources), compelling value propositions for Shift Transit’s solutions to new cities: operations model, cost/benefit, funding strategies, partner models.
• Lead negotiations and deal-structuring for new city programs: business models, contract terms, partnership models, financing/government subsidy structures, pilot programs, roll-out plans.
• Collaborate with internal leadership (CEO, operations, finance, human resources) to ensure that proposals align with Shift Transit’s ability to deliver and scale; provide market feedback into product/offering design based on city needs.
• Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective city engagements: track status, milestones, next steps, risk factors. Report regularly on progress, forecast new program sign-ups, and contribute to company growth targets.
• Attend and lead industry conferences, city mobility forums, trade shows internationally; present Shift Transit’s story and build brand / market awareness.
• Serve as the public-face of Shift Transit for city-mobility program development: deliver presentations to city councils, transit boards, partner forums; represent Shift Transit in high-stakes stakeholder meetings.
• Act as cross-functional liaison internally to ensure smooth hand-off from business development to implementation teams once a program is secured.
• Metrics of success: number of new city signed engagements, value of program contracts secured (or committed), pipeline size, time to close, market expansion into new geographies.

• 8+ years of business development, sales or partner‑development experience, ideally in mobility, transport infrastructure, smart-city / shared-mobility fields or with asset-based vendors working with cities/governments.
• Proven track record of proactively securing new programs/contracts by cultivating relationships (not just responding to inbound opportunities). Specifically: the candidate should have been primarily responsible for bringing on…