Business Development Associate

One of our US client is looking for Part-Time Business Development & Scientific Outreach Associate role (Biotech, TechBio, Digital Biology, Longevity & Deep Tech Focus)

Location: Remote – Preferably based in India (flexible for exceptional candidates elsewhere)

Commitment: Part-time or fractional (15–30 hours/week initially, flexible and scalable)

Contract Type: Independent contractor / service provider agreement directly with the client

Compensation: Competitive hourly or monthly retainer (commensurate with experience) + performance-based incentives tied to qualified opportunities generated  

About the Role:

We are looking for a scientifically trained professional with strong business curiosity to join as a Fractional Business Development & Scientific Outreach Associate. You will work directly with the founder on high-impact outreach, lead generation, opportunity identification, and strategic partnering initiatives across multiple cutting-edge companies in AI-driven drug discovery, digital biology, longevity therapeutics, advanced pharmaceuticals, and deep-tech healthcare.

This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wants hands-on training in global biotech business development & licensing (BD&L) while leveraging their scientific expertise.

The job description and responsibilities are provided in the Google form. Please ensure you complete the form, as only filled-out forms will be considered.

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CrSyYVnyGWvQS5n8JUYSfryERJNUmmVs0v12efbrfCk/preview

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the development of our across all phases of software and web development including ideation, prototyping, design, production, and maintenance.
• Work closely with founders and internal/external stakeholders to build products, tools, and services from scratch and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Be actively involved in requirements gathering, customer interviews and the creation of robust product solutions.
• Brainstorm and lay the foundations of the technology and architectural roadmap as well as the development processes.
• Share your technical expertise to help the team make thoughtful and scalable design decisions and identify performance bottlenecks to troubleshoot quickly.
• Manage product development priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Hire and manage a small team of engineers (internal/outsourced).
• Ensure high-performant and responsive web applications and websites.

Skills & Qualities we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 4-7 years of experience as a full-stack developer (rare exceptions for highly skilled developers) at a fast-paced, preferably early / growth stage start-up.
• Proficient with frontend technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript & ReactJS/VueJS.
• Proficient with backend technologies - Java/NodeJs/Golang/Python/Ruby.
• Hands-on experience working with any cloud AWS/GCP/Azure/DigitalOcean.
• Knowledge of codebases and version control systems (Git).
• Well-versed with SQL database design & RDBMS concepts.
• Strong arithmetic reasoning, logical and analytical thinking skills.
• Strong knowledge of code quality maintenance and performance analysis.

What you will do:

• Understand the process of CaaStle business teams, KPIs, and pain points
• Build scalable data products, self-service tools, data cubes to analyze and present data associated with acquisition, retention, product performance, operations, client services, etc.
• Closely partner with data engineering, product, and business teams and participate in requirements capture, research design, data collection, dashboard generation, and translation of results into actionable insights that can add value for business stakeholders
• Leverage advanced analytics to drive key success metrics for business and revenue generation
• Operationalize, implement, and automate changes to drive data-driven decisions
• Attend and play an active role in answering questions from the executive and/or business teams through data mining and analysis

We would love for you to have:

• Education: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Business Analytics or related field is required
• Experience: 2-4 years of professional experience
• Proficiency in data visualization/reporting tools (i.e. Tableau, Qlikview, etc.)
• Experience in A/B testing and measure performance of experiments
• Strong proficiency with SQL-based languages. Experience with large scale data analytics technologies (i.e., Hadoop and Spark)
• Strong analytical skills and business mindset with the ability to translate complex concepts and analysis into clear and concise takeaways to drive insights and strategies
• Excellent communication, social, and presentation skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Programming experience in Python, R, or other languages
• Knowledge of Data mining, statistical modeling approaches, and techniques

CaaStle is committed to equality of opportunity in employment. It has been and will continue to be the policy of CaaStle to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical or mental disability. This policy applies to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, such as those pertaining to training, transfer, promotion, compensation and recreational programs.

Here’s what you’ll be doing 

In this role, you will have end to end ownership of a business vertical, owning upwards of USD  3-5 million revenue goals in the next 1-2 years. You will directly lead a global sales team, and  cross functionally work with marketing, content, design and other verticals to drive your  business objectives.  

The north star metrics for the role is revenue. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

Designing and implementing the growth strategy to meet business objectives - which includes  sales planning, demand generation, product roadmap & customer experience. Below are some  responsibilities that this will entail: 

• Identifying target geographies and schools that we will focus on 
• Understanding the consumer needs & market landscape to define the product roadmap • Working with the marketing team to identify hot leads and ways to target them • Conceptualising and executing cold email campaigns for schools across the world • Generating relevant content to nurture schools: presentations, case studies, emails, etc. • Conducting demos with schools expressing inbound interest 
• Building relations with schools, nurturing them by identifying their context • Negotiating and finalising deals with schools and school districts 
• Working with the school success team to smoothly handover converted schools • Bringing in operational efficiency across all sales related processes 

Is this someone that looks like you? 

• Experience: 3-6 years experience of - driving sales in the B2B SaaS space, or P&L  responsibility in a technology start-up (B2B SaaS is preferred) 
• Has worked cross-functionally with teams (product, marketing etc) to drive business goals • Has built a business from scratch (not mandatory but preferred) 
• Has excellent analytical and problem solving skills 
• We deeply value building the right culture at Toddle, and these are a few things that we look  for in each hire - Coach-ability, Curiosity, Ownership, Hustle and Humility 
• Good at written and oral communication 
• Location: Bangalore, India (until office resumes it’s remote) 

• Identified and pursued valuable business  

• Created vision and provided leadership for targeting  

• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to  

1. 3+ years of in design development using Angular, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP.
2. In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Bootstrap, jQuery, REST Services & APIs.
3. Experience with test-driven development and testing frameworks/libraries.
4. Working knowledge of Git version control systems.
5. Must have a notice period of less than 30 days.

Required Skills: ios + JS + flutter + bluetooth (all 4 are mandatory)

Experience in developing native apps.

Minimum Total Experience: 4+

Flutter Experience: 2+