Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive, New York

Final date to receive applications: 9 October 2026

Department: Business Growth

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York

About London & Partners London & Partners is London's international growth agency. Our mission is to attract investment, visitors, and international business to London while helping ambitious UK companies grow around the world.

Working with the Mayor of London, commercial partners, and an international network of businesses and investors, we connect people and opportunities across borders to create jobs, economic growth, and lasting partnerships.

Our North America team helps US and Canadian companies expand into Europe, supports UK businesses entering the North American market, and showcases London as one of the world's leading destinations for innovation, investment, and international business.

The Opportunity

Are you curious about how businesses scale internationally? Interested in technology, startups, venture capital, and the future of global trade?

This is an opportunity to build a career at the intersection of business development, international expansion, and innovation.

As an International Business Development Executive, you will help identify and build relationships with some of the most exciting high-growth technology companies in the United States and Canada. You will introduce ambitious founders and business leaders to opportunities in London and Europe, helping them understand how London can support their next stage of growth.

You will also work with UK companies looking to expand into North America, connecting them with potential customers, investors, partners, and other key stakeholders.

Based in New York City, you will have a regional focus spanning major innovation hubs including New York, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Miami, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, and Washington, D.C.

This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to develop relationships across the technology, venture capital, corporate, and public sectors. You will attend major industry events, meet founders and investors, contribute to international trade delegations, and help shape London's reputation as a global business destination.

What You'll Learn and Experience

This role is designed for someone who wants to develop quickly and build a broad understanding of international business.

You will gain experience in:

• Business development and relationship management.
• International trade and investment.
• Technology ecosystems and venture capital.
• Go-to-market strategies for growing companies.
• Market research and business intelligence.
• Event management and public speaking.
• Working with senior business leaders, investors, and public officials.
• Building and managing an international professional network.

You will work closely with experienced colleagues and senior leaders while developing your own territory, network, and expertise.

No two days will be the same. One day you might be researching an AI startup in Boston; the next, attending a venture capital conference in New York, organizing a delegation of UK companies in Chicago, or helping a London-based fintech meet potential customers in the United States.

• Identify and build relationships with high-growth technology companies, founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders.
• Research companies and markets to identify businesses with potential for international expansion.
• Develop creative and effective outreach strategies using a combination of networking, events, research, and direct engagement.
• Promote London as a leading European base for international growth.
• Understand the challenges facing scaling companies and connect them…