Business Development Trainee

There's a scene in The Pursuit of Happyness where Chris Gardner walks into Dean Witter Reynolds ( no experience, no connections, no guarantee)  and earns his shot through sheer refusal to be overlooked.

He wasn't the most qualified person in the room. He was the most hungry.

Wall Street has always rewarded that. It still does.

This role is for people who think that way.

Premium Merchant Funding is a Wall Street-based fintech company and the largest broker in our industry with 26 offices across 4 countries, over a billion dollars in business, 100 lender partners, and 30 products.

We help small business owners access capital when traditional banks move too slowly or say no. These are real people running real businesses dealing with payroll, cash flow, inventory, and pressure every single day. When you help them move forward, you feel it. That's what makes this work meaningful beyond the commission.

Every single office we run is led by someone who started in this exact role. That's the career path PMF offers.

The Role

As a Business Development Trainee you will:

• Have real conversations with small business owners every day
• Build trust and identify what clients genuinely need
• Generate funding applications and manage your pipeline
• Follow up consistently and keep relationships alive
• Begin building your book of business from the ground up
• Work toward running your own desk and for the right people, your own office

Most roles give you a salary, a desk, and a ceiling.

This one gives you something harder to find a craft. The ability to walk into a conversation with a stranger, understand what they need, earn their trust, and connect them with a solution that genuinely helps their business keep moving.

That skill doesn't expire. It doesn't get automated. Once you have it, no one can take it from you.

The people who build careers here don't just make more money. They become sharper. More confident. More composed under pressure. They learn how to listen, how to lead a conversation, and how to build relationships that last years — not just close a deal and disappear.

This role changes you. Professionally and personally.

In most sales jobs, every month starts at zero. You grind, you close, and you start over.

Not here.

From day one the goal is to build a book of business:  a portfolio of clients who come back to you because of the relationship you built. Return clients. Referrals. Business owners who call you specifically when they need capital.

Over time that book becomes an asset. It creates momentum that builds on itself. It gives you something most salespeople never have longevity and stability inside a performance role.

This is a career you grow for years. The longer you stay, the stronger it gets.

We're not looking for a specific degree or a polished resume.

Sales experience that translates directly:

• Outbound sales, cold calling, or phone sales
• Door-to-door or direct sales
• Auto, insurance, or solar sales professionals ready for a higher ceiling and faster deal cycles

College backgrounds that tell us you're built for this:

• Student athlete : you already know discipline, competition, and performing under pressure
• Greek life leadership: president, VP, rush chair, philanthropy chair
• Debate team:  you can think on your feet and hold a room
• Club president or executive board member
• Entrepreneurship or business club
• Sales club or any competitive business program

Self-starters who've already built something:

• Started a business: tutoring, sneaker resale, Amazon drop shipping, freelance, anything
• Camp counselor or youth leadership roles
• Anyone who has ever created income outside of a traditional job
• If you've competed, led, sold, or built something on your own: we want to hear from you.

• 100% commission on 20% to 40% per deal closed
• Year-one OTE: $113,000-150,000 for full-time agents

No annual reviews. No asking for a raise. No waiting on someone else's approval. You get paid for what you produce. 

Chris Gardner didn't get that internship because he was the most qualified person in the room. He got it because he refused to be overlooked. If that's how you move ,we want to meet you.

• 🗓 Monday–Thursday: 9AM–9PM | Friday: 9AM–5PM
• 💼 In-person only
• 🚀 Start date: within 2 weeks

Salary : $113,000 - $150,000