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Commercial Co-Founder, Growth & Business Development

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Help turn PADEMIQ's product, AI and training capability into a repeatable pipeline of clients, partnerships and revenue.

Role brief

A commercial build role, not a traditional job post.

This is for someone who wants to help shape and grow an early-stage consultancy and training business from the commercial side.

PADEMIQ helps founders, SMEs and product teams turn ideas into useful products, adopt AI practically, improve delivery and build internal capability through workshops and training.

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What PADEMIQ is selling

Specific offers, not generic consulting.

AI Opportunity and Governance Sprint

For organisations exploring AI and needing useful use cases, risks and practical next steps.

Product Clarity Sprint

For founders and teams who need to decide what to build, fix, test or launch next.

AI Product Readiness Review

For teams building AI products that need sharper thinking around quality, trust, evaluation and release readiness.

Training & Education

Practical workshops, courses and team training across product management, AI, quality and technology fundamentals.

What you would own

The market-facing growth engine.

  • Identify and qualify target clients across founders, SMEs, product teams and organisations.
  • Build relationships with startup communities, agencies, accelerators and training partners.
  • Generate, manage and follow up on a repeatable sales pipeline.
  • Lead early sales conversations and help shape proposals, packages and partnerships.
  • Feed real market insight back into PADEMIQ's offers, messaging and positioning.

Who this suits

Someone commercially confident who wants to build.

  • Business development, B2B sales, partnerships, consulting sales or professional services.
  • Comfort with cold and warm outreach, discovery calls and steady follow-up.
  • Enough interest in product, AI and technology to sell the work responsibly.
  • Good judgement in an early-stage environment where the sales motion is still being built.
  • A UK or US network, startup ecosystem access, or experience selling workshops and training.

Structure

Start with a working period.

The preferred approach is a 6 to 12 week trial working relationship first. During that period, we assess execution, consistency, commercial ability, working relationship, judgement and shared ambition.

If there is a strong mutual fit, we can then discuss a formal co-founder structure, equity, vesting and responsibilities. Any equity arrangement should be subject to proper legal documentation and vesting.

First 90 days

Practical commercial traction.

  1. 01

    Agree the first ideal client profiles.

  2. 02

    Tighten the first 2 to 3 commercial offers.

  3. 03

    Build a prospect list and CRM rhythm.

  4. 04

    Start consistent outbound and referral development.

  5. 05

    Book discovery conversations and test messaging.

  6. 06

    Turn qualified interest into proposals and paid engagements.

Interested?

Send a short note, not a polished corporate CV.

Share your background, the clients or markets you know, how you would approach the first 90 days, examples of business you have helped generate and why an early-stage co-founder role interests you.

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Have a product or AI decision to make?

Useful first calls usually start with one unclear decision, a deadline and a team that needs a practical next move.

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