Carrot Revolution is looking for a Business Developer & Partnerships Manager to join the company. The role may be part-time, but ideally the person will join the team full-time in 2022. The job would start asap.

Carrot Revolution is a Helsinki based startup with the mission of opening kitchen doors for kids all over the world. Our gamified app Carrot Kitchen is the world’s first mobile cooking buddy for kids. The app was launched in October 2020 both in App Store and Google Play in Finnish and English. Go check it out! Through cooking with Carrot Kitchen app, kids learn to love and appreciate food, cook healthy meals, make choices that promote their wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of our planet, and enjoy the joy of shared meals together with friends and family. We rely strongly on Finnish pedagogics and Nordic welfare philosophy.

We recently closed a pre-seed funding round and now it’s time to start the exciting growth journey and enter new markets, the first one being the UK at the end of this year.

Now we are looking for a Business Developer & Partnerships Manager, with a proven track record of selling and building networks and connections. Previous experience in kids gaming or education is not necessary but a plus. Our HQ is located in Helsinki Finland, you would work from home in this role.

You would work closely with the Finnish team in the Helsinki HQ, and have one UK based colleague focusing on the marketing and community operations.

If you share our mission - Happy healthy kids, happy healthy planet - please apply, join a driven and passionate startup team and put your skills and talent into best possible use. 

Job summary:

Build the Carrot Kitchen business in the UK through partnerships, with main focus on getting new customers for the Carrot Kitchen App through various partnership models. Support building Carrot Kitchen as a media and finding related brand and other collaborations ranging from food brands and companies or other businesses to institutions and charities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Lead efforts to scale the execution of partner activities and market growth strategies by building relationships and partner models in the UK with the goal of driving revenue growth

• Define, launch, and run strategic initiatives that contribute to our go-to-market plan, from finding leads to pitching, closing deals and managing the partner relationships 

• Be responsible for building a strategic business development plan that defines priorities, and types of partnerships across different verticals

• Align with company strategy which includes launching other key Western markets after UK - preferring partners who may support us also outside UK 

• Execute the plan while working with key internal and external stakeholders, and reporting to the management and BOD

• Support Carrot’s marketing and PR activities, with the help of the UK Marketing and Community Manager 

  
  

You fit if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in sales or partner management within the food, digital or kids industry, apps experience a plus

• Experience in developing pipelines, forecasts, and executing with internal and external  teams to meet and exceed targets

• Ability to execute growth efforts, including account management, to accelerate revenue growth in a partnership

• Strong focus on action and excellent time management and prioritisation skills

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Expert in the UK market and knowledge of other markets

• Great contacts, business development and partnerships mindset

• Goal and results orientated, always looking for opportunities to partner with

• A proactive and fearless mindset and passion to work in startups

• A passion for impact driven business, and for kids’ health and wellbeing

• An analytical mindset and structured approach 

What we can offer:

Our vision is to become the most impactful and fun kids’ cooking and wellbeing brand globally. So you can really make an impact and put your skills into good use.

You would be joining our growth journey from early on and can strongly influence your own role and how to set up the UK operations and partnerships to enable success in the UK. We are very open to new ideas and you will get our full support on building the go-to-market strategy.

We have a flat organisation and can plan your role, responsibilities and ways of working together so that they suit your specific work and life situation.

We are a startup but have a highly experienced, talented and ambitious team. We can guarantee an exciting learning journey supported by good people.

Do get in touch and we can tell you more about this great opportunity!