Job Board Software & Business Development Director

Job Board Software & Business Development Director

Remote | Global | Recruitment Technology & Business Development

About Acumen Agency

Acumen Agency is a global full-spectrum professional services company providing consulting, marketing, financial, design, business, brokerage, outsourcing, executive search, printing, IT, AI, and other professional services to organizations worldwide.

The Opportunity

Acumen Agency is seeking an entrepreneurial Job Board Software & Business Development Director to develop, operate, monetize, and grow Acumen's global online job board.

The objective is straightforward: build or acquire the technology, get the platform operational, attract employers with jobs to post, attract candidates looking for employment, and turn the platform into a profitable business.

The successful candidate may have a strong software-development background, experience launching job boards or recruitment platforms, or a combination of technology, product, recruitment, and business development experience.

We are open to building the platform, licensing existing job-board software, acquiring technology, or using an existing platform and customizing it. What matters most is the ability to get the business operational and generate revenue.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, acquisition, configuration, or implementation of Acumen's job-board platform.
• Determine the most practical and cost-effective technology solution for launching the platform.
• Develop the platform's business model, pricing, and monetization strategy.
• Acquire employers and organizations that need to advertise job vacancies.
• Acquire candidates and job seekers to create a strong applicant marketplace.
• Build relationships with companies, recruiters, staffing agencies, HR departments, and employers.
• Develop paid job-posting and employer subscription opportunities.
• Develop additional revenue streams such as featured jobs, employer branding, recruitment services, advertising, subscriptions, and other premium services.
• Develop strategies to attract high-quality job listings to the platform.
• Develop strategies to attract qualified candidates and job seekers.
• Create partnerships with employers, recruitment companies, professional organizations, schools, associations, and other talent networks.
• Develop referral, affiliate, and strategic partnership programs.
• Promote the platform under the Acumen Agency brand.
• Develop digital marketing and business development campaigns to rapidly grow registrations, job postings, applications, and revenue.
• Monitor platform performance, user acquisition, conversion rates, employer retention, job-posting volume, and revenue.
• Improve the platform's user experience and functionality based on market feedback.
• Coordinate with developers, designers, recruiters, marketers, and other Acumen team members.
• Identify and implement automation and AI opportunities.
• Recruit and develop additional job-board sales and business development representatives.
• Train and teach other business development professionals how to sell job postings, employer subscriptions, recruitment services, and other platform offerings.
• Build a scalable and profitable recruitment technology business.

Platform & Revenue Opportunities

The platform may include:

• Employer accounts
• Candidate accounts
• Job posting
• Job applications
• Resume/CV profiles
• Candidate search
• Employer dashboards
• Applicant tracking functionality
• Featured job listings
• Paid job postings
• Employer subscriptions
• Recruitment packages
• Executive search opportunities
• Staffing opportunities
• Employer advertising
• Sponsored listings
• Recruitment technology services
• AI-assisted candidate and job matching
• International job listings
• Country and sector-specific job boards

Qualifications

• Experience developing, launching, operating, selling, or monetizing a job board, recruitment platform, marketplace, SaaS product, or similar online platform.
• Strong understanding of both technology and business development.
• Ability to evaluate whether to build, buy, license, or customize software.
• Demonstrated ability to generate users, customers, sales, and revenue.
• Strong sales, networking, prospecting, partnership, and closing skills.
• Understanding of recruitment, staffing, HR, or employment marketplaces is highly desirable.
• Software-development experience is a strong asset but is not necessarily required if the candidate has demonstrated experience successfully launching and managing technology platforms.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, customer acquisition, subscriptions, and online monetization.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to take ownership of the platform's growth.
• Experience managing or training sales/business development teams is an asset.

Compensation & Career Opportunity

This position initially operates on a performance-based compensation structure, tied to measurable results including employer acquisition, job postings, candidate registrations, subscriptions, revenue, and platform growth.

As the job-board business develops, there is an opportunity to transition into a full-time salaried executive leadership position, with the potential to build and lead Acumen Agency's global recruitment technology and job-board division.

Work Arrangement

Remote | Global | Flexible

The position can be performed remotely, working closely with Acumen's technology, recruitment, marketing, and business development teams.

The successful candidate will have substantial ownership over taking the job-board concept from technology selection and launch through customer acquisition, monetization, and international growth.