Business Development Manager (Startup, Contract to Hire)

About AccountMakers

AccountMakers is a modern hiring platform built for revenue teams, helping employers hire sales, customer success, and support professionals with speed and efficiency. Employers can post roles with no upfront cost and receive curated candidate shortlists within one to two business days on average. With transparent, lower fees and a streamlined experience, AccountMakers is redefining how companies build revenue teams.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Business Development Manager to lead a focused outbound campaign targeting the Los Angeles market. This is an internal role working at AccountMakers.

This is a 90-day contract role with potential for permanent hire based on individual performance and overall business needs. Expansion into additional markets will follow the initial campaign based on results.

You will own outreach to a defined list of approximately 6,100 contacts, engaging decision-makers, introducing AccountMakers, and driving employers to post roles and adopt the platform.

This is a fully remote, hourly role. Candidates aligned with Pacific time are preferred to match prospect availability but not required for well qualified applicants with strong records of success, work ethic and motivation.

What You’ll Own

• Execute daily outbound calling against a high-value, targeted prospect list
• Drive new employer sign-ups and job postings
• Position AccountMakers as a faster, more cost-effective hiring solution
• Build momentum through consistent follow-up and multi-touch outreach
• Turn conversations into action and measurable pipeline
• Support the success of newly signed employers by guiding initial usage, encouraging job postings, and helping ensure a strong first experience on the platform

Activity & Performance Expectations

• 70+ connect calls per day (to prospects & clients), sustained consistently with quality
• 4 to 5+ hours of live talk time daily
• 10 to 15 meaningful conversations per day with decision-makers
• Daily follow-up across all active prospects who are strong prospects
• Weekly targets tied to employer sign-ups and job postings

What You Bring

• 1 to 10+ years of phone sales or business development experience.
• Proven ability to meet and exceed call activity and conversion targets
• Strong, confident phone presence with the ability to quickly build trust and credibility
• Skilled at handling objections and advancing conversations to clear next steps
• Highly organized with disciplined follow-up and pipeline management habits
• Comfortable working independently in a remote, performance-driven environment
• Ability to engage prospects, generate interest, and drive action
• Motivated to contribute to building a brand, growing a client pipeline, and advancing your career
• Strong work ethic with a drive to perform, make an impact, and be part of a scaling team

Bonus Experience

• Staffing, recruiting, HR, technology or startup sales a plus but not required
• Familiarity with the Los Angeles business market a plus but not required

Compensation & Structure

• Starting hourly paid contract role (90 days) at $35 to $40 per hour, plus benefits and a tiered placement bonus plan
• Tiered Placement Bonus (Contract Role):
• 1 to 2 placements per month: $100 per temporary placement, $250 per permanent placement
• 3 to 5 placements per month: $125 per temporary placement, $250 per permanent placement
• 6+ placements per month: $150 per temporary placement, $300 per permanent placement
• Potential for permanent hire based on performance and business needs
• Fully remote within the United States
• PST hours preferred
• Benefits available including health, vision, dental, PTO, PSL
• For high-performing candidates who receive permanent offers, this includes a full-time salaried position, increased salary and commission potential, and strong long-term career growth opportunities

Why This Role

• Sell a high-value, differentiated solution that resonates with employers and solves a real hiring challenge
• Be part of an early-stage team and gain hands-on experience growing and taking a brand to market
• Work directly with the Founder and leadership team, with visibility into strategy and the ability to influence outcomes
• Strong upside for top performers as the company scales and expands into new markets
• High-quality, defined prospect list so your effort translates directly into opportunity
• Clear activity targets and performance metrics tied to real results
• Environment built for producers who want ownership, accountability, and measurable success
• Opportunity to play a key role in scaling a fast-growing platform and shaping future market launches
• Additional market expansion and long-term opportunities driven by performance and business growth
• Team: Internal AccountMakers Sales Team
• Function: Outbound Sales
• Worksite: Remote
• Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday
• Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM with a one-hour lunch, or 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with a 30-minute lunch

AccountMakers is an on-demand division of Scion Staffing, Inc. Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm. Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities.

Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America.

Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent.

For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records.

We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.