What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Development Manager position at JoyMe?
Senior Business Development / GTM Lead (US Market, AI API Platform)
What You’ll Own
- Drive commercial growth for Ima Router in the US market
- Define and execute go-to-market strategy for an AI API / developer platform product
- Build relationships with AI-native startups, developer platforms, agent companies, SaaS products, and ecosystem partners
- Identify high-value use cases where multi-model routing, API access, cost optimization, or infrastructure flexibility create real customer value
- Own partnership and sales conversations from first touch through deal closure
- Work closely with product and technical teams to shape product positioning, pricing, packaging, and growth strategy
- Build early commercial momentum and help define scalable acquisition channels
What We’re Looking For
- 5 years in business development, partnerships, GTM, or strategic sales
- Strong familiarity with the US AI startup ecosystem
- Existing relationships with AI founders, startup operators, developer communities, or AI product teams is a strong plus
- Experience selling or commercializing technical products such as APIs, developer platforms, SaaS infrastructure, AI tooling, or cloud services
- Strong understanding of the AI ecosystem (LLMs, APIs, agents, developer workflows, inference economics, etc.)
- Ability to navigate both commercial and technical conversations
- Entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable building from 0→1 in ambiguity
- Fluent English communication
Strong Plus
- Experience in AI infra / developer tools / API platform businesses
- Familiarity with OpenRouter, Together AI, Replicate, Fireworks, OpenAI ecosystem, or similar
- Startup / founder experience
- Experience in usage-based / API-led commercial models