
Alfa AI offers an AI-powered recruitment agent, Lisa, designed to automate the screening and interviewing of candidates. Lisa operates 24/7, reducing the time spent reviewing resumes by 95% and…

Alfa AI offers an AI-powered recruitment agent, Lisa, designed to automate the screening and interviewing of candidates. Lisa operates 24/7, reducing the time spent reviewing resumes by 95% and…
Product: AI-powered recruiter agent (Lisa) for automated sourcing, screening and interviewing
Founders: Alfie Whattam (co-founder, CEO); co-founders include Ed Godshaw and Dr. Linda Yu, PhD
Funding: $625,000 pre-seed / seed (Feb 2025) led by Fuel Ventures
Headcount (reported): 36 employees
Recruitment / hiring automation for technical roles
2022
Software Development
625000 USD
Reported valuation at $6M
“Fuel Ventures; additional investors reported: David Rowe, Chris Adelsbach, Pierre Decote”
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We are seeking a Technical Business Development Manager to immerse themselves fully into the Anchor Systems product offering, culture and strategy. You will be responsible for establishing and expanding a strong customer base, developing new business opportunities across all sectors, and promoting our systems to both existing and prospective clients. This role offers a high degree of autonomy, supported by a knowledgeable and collaborative team. Success in this role requires motivation, technical capability, strong relationship building skills, and the ability to identify and capitalise on market opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
• Plan and prioritise workload to achieve personal and agreed sales targets.
• Develop new business opportunities across all relevant sectors domestically and internationally.
• Maintain and grow relationships with existing customers while establishing new leads and opportunities.
• Regular meetings with customers and prospects both face to face, on the phone and virtual
• Promote the Anchor Systems brand and drive sales through specification and technical engagement.
• Identify market shifts, competitor activity and potential opportunities to advance the product range and business strategy.
• Prepare and deliver high quality quotations, sales forecasts and projections.
Technical Expertise & Representation
• Develop and maintain a deep technical understanding of all Anchor Systems products and services.
• Confidently present, demonstrate and promote systems to clients, contractors, engineers and specifiers.
• Deliver technical presentations, CPDs and industry-led sessions within civil engineering and construction sectors.
• Attend live projects to provide advice, support and aftersales care.
• Collaborate with internal teams including engineering, operations, and marketing to support projects and market initiatives.
Sector & Market Development
• Contribute to strategic sector development and support the creation of targeted plans for growth.
• Monitor customer pipelines, market trends, project opportunities and potential client spend levels.
• Shape and support marketing activities with insights, case studies and technical content. Producing monthly, quarterly and annual reports on sales performance, market activity and pipeline progression.
• Analysing what is working and what is not including customers, sectors, product uptake and lead sources.
• Identifying strong performing sectors and target markets with growth potential.
Skills & Experience Required
• 3 to 4 years of industry related business development experience (construction, civils, geotechnical, groundworks or similar).
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand engineering led products and solutions.
• Highly motivated, proactive and self directed, with strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, confident when engaging with technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Comfortable working independently or as part of a wider team.
• Highly numerate with the ability to work out project specifications.
• Able to work under pressure, manage deadlines and adapt to fast moving project requirements.
• Willing to travel and physically fit meet the demands of site and project visits.
• Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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