Business Development Associate

Chirrup.ai is Hiring: Business Development Associate (Fractional / Contract-to-Options Pathway) Chirrup.ai is seeking a business development executive to help scale our fast-growing nature monitoring and insights-focused platform. We’re in year 4 of rising demand — with recognition including awards from WWF, Edie and BusinessGreen as well as a nomination for the Earthshot Prize. We have annual recurring revenue contracts with several blue-chip agri-food companies (see list and case studies at www.chirrup.ai), 22TB of unique, ground-truthed data across 70,000 hours of monitoring, with clear opportunities to provide customers with more and better insights, driving further business.

In addition, we’re building strong sectoral routes to market in: -Dairy farming -Poultry, beef, lamb & pork production -Arable farming -Estate-based wildlife monitoring -Built environment We’re now in conversation with experienced sales professionals and fractional commercial execs who are passionate about closing high-value deals in emerging climate-tech and nature-tech sectors. As a founder with good public profile and active networks, I will work directly with the successful candidate, providing warm leads, credibility, and support through to closure. You’ll be joining a friendly, mission-driven team, with supportive investors, and a thoroughly market-tested technology stack.

What we're looking for: Proven experience selling into food corporations, agribusiness, or landowners Ability to navigate investor-led initiatives that influence supply chain sustainability and reporting Someone who can real sales signals from strategy chat, and close big deals which will help to define our commercial strategy Comfortable operating in a startup environment with flexibility, autonomy, and some ambiguity Based in the UK (Europe to be discussed) Compensation: We’re open to negotiating a day rate or fractional salary, plus a success-based component. For the right person — subject to a probationary period and results — equity options may be available. If you or someone in your network could be a fit and are excited to help businesses to thrive with nature, please drop us an email with the highlights of your relevant experience, link to your LinkedIn profile to [email protected] and if there's a match, someone from the team will be in touch.