Founded in 2013, The Fast Forward Group is a women-led leadership development and executive coaching company that helps leaders at organizations including Amazon, TikTok, Visa, Google, Ford and JPMorgan Chase to accelerate growth and elevate talent. Our proven system begins with mindset, the science-backed foundation that makes new behaviors stick and creates lasting change. Clients consistently tell us our programs are both transformative and immediately actionable.
We’re looking for a Business Development & Growth Analyst to uncover and prioritize high-potential growth opportunities across our network, database, events and the broader market.
This is not a traditional high-volume outbound role. We need someone who enjoys digging beneath the surface — researching people and companies, connecting dots, spotting signals and creatively finding new paths into the right organizations.
You’ll initially work heavily within Fast Forward’s existing ecosystem, while helping us build a repeatable approach for expanding into new relationships and audiences over time.
This role reports to the Director of Business Development and works closely with Sales Operations, Marketing, Account Management and company leadership.
Research & uncover opportunities
- Mine HubSpot, LinkedIn and other sources for high-potential prospects and accounts
- Research companies, decision-makers, relationship history and relevant stakeholders
- Surface opportunities across past buyers, program graduates, dormant prospects, closed-lost opportunities, event attendees, job changers and other engaged contacts
- Look beyond the obvious — identify relevant connections, referrals and pathways into organizations that may not already be in our database
- Monitor trigger events like job changes, LinkedIn activity and relevant business news, reporting to relevant internal stakeholders with recommended actions/comms copy
- Research conference attendees and recommend priority contacts for engagement
- Build targeted prospect lists, account maps and other prospect-intelligence resources
Qualify & prioritize
- Assess prospects based on fit, seniority, relationship context, likely need, timing and buying potential
- Map stakeholders and buying committees within priority accounts
- Rank opportunities so the team can focus on the right people at the right time
- Prepare concise briefs for outreach and sales conversations
- Recommend thoughtful next steps and approaches based on what you uncover
- Help build a repeatable system for surfacing and prioritizing strong opportunities
Support outreach & activation
Initially, you’ll partner closely with the Director of Business Development to learn Fast Forward’s voice, positioning and buyers. As you ramp, you’ll take on more responsibility for:
- Personalized outreach and nurture
- Audience-specific messaging and positioning
- Proposal and sales-enablement support
- Approximately 4-7 years of relevant experience in business development, growth, research, partnerships, sales enablement, strategy, consulting or a related field
- Strong research and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize information quickly and identify what matters
- Strong business acumen, including an understanding of organizational structures, seniority levels and how buying decisions get made
- Excellent judgment — distinguishing an interesting contact from a qualified opportunity
- Clear, concise and compelling written communication
- Strong CRM and prospecting-tool fluency; HubSpot, LinkedIn and Sales Navigator experience strongly preferred
- Strong proficiency using AI to accelerate research, synthesis and execution without sacrificing judgment or quality
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple workstreams and make recommendations without waiting for step-by-step direction
- U.S.-based, with consistent availability during U.S. Eastern/Central business hours
- Love researching, connecting dots and uncovering opportunities others might miss
- Are naturally curious and ask good questions
- Think creatively about how to expand a network rather than simply working down a list
- Can navigate complex organizations and quickly understand who matters, how people are connected and where influence sits
- Have a high bar for quality and accuracy without getting stuck in unnecessary perfection
- Are resourceful, self-directed and comfortable experimenting with different ways to solve a problem
- Want to grow from research and qualification into more messaging, outreach and business development ownership over time
- Enjoy working in a small, fast-moving company where roles are focused but flexible, people collaborate across functions, and responsibilities evolve as the business grows
- You care about the impact learning and people development have on organizations and teams, and want to have direct impact on a small, mission-driven company’s growth to achieve this vision
- You’re excited to help build a new capability rather than inherit a rigid process
- You want the opportunity to grow from prospect intelligence into broader business development responsibility
- You enjoy working remotely with flexibility and meaningful ownership
Status: Part-time independent contractor
Hours: Approximately 20–25 hours per week
Location: Remote, U.S.-based; must be available for Eastern/Central U.S. business hours
Compensation: $40-50/hour based on experience level
Please submit your resume and a brief note telling us:
- Why this role interests you
- What makes you uniquely good at identifying, researching and prioritizing business opportunities
- One creative way you would expand beyond an existing list of known contacts to uncover new, qualified prospects
We’re less interested in a perfect “sales answer” than in how you think. Show us how you connect dots, find non-obvious opportunities and turn existing relationships into growth paths.
Please email your resume and brief note to Davis@fastforwardgroup.net with “Business Development & Growth Analyst” in the subject line.
The Fast Forward Group is an equal opportunity employer and is deeply committed to working with people who bring diverse experiences and perspectives.