Title: Director, Business Development, Sagana Capital

Reports To: Business Unit Lead and Co-Founder   

Location: Remote - due to operational requirements this role needs to be based in Europe (Germany, UK, Switzerland preferred)  

Company:

Sagana is a global impact investing advisory firm working to unleash the potential of people, capital, and business to improve human and planetary health. We are passionate about finding and growing companies that are successfully solving some of the biggest challenges of our time. We leverage decades of experience in private equity, impact advisory, and entrepreneurship to scale big ideas that create an abundant, thriving world for all.  

Our name means “Abundance” in Tagalog, and this is core to who we are. To learn more about what sets us apart, check out our video: Sagana - Unleashing Potential

Opportunity:

We are seeking a Director of Business Development to support the growth of Sagana’s advisory business by inspiring families and foundations to become our clients and fulfil their vision.

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in unlocking and deploying purpose-driven capital alongside some of the world’s most forward-thinking families, foundations, and institutions. You will drive new business development, build trust with UHNWIs and family offices, foundation trustees and help shape the future of impact investing at a global scale.

We’re not looking for someone to sit behind a desk crafting strategies — we need a mover, a connector, someone who gets energy from being out in the world meeting people, telling our story, and making things happen. The ideal candidate is a natural relationship-builder with the credibility to engage sophisticated investors around bold, values-driven action. You thrive in innovative, entrepreneurial environments and know how to turn conversations into action.

We are actively creating a workplace where authentic communication, collaboration, and inclusion enable people to become their best selves both personally and professionally while having a career with purpose and impact.

Responsibilities:

• Prospect and Client Engagement: Build and manage trusted relationships with UHNWIs, family offices, foundation trustees, and other catalytic capital providers aligned with Sagana’s mission.
• Lead qualification: Own the pipeline of prospects and qualify most promising leads for the senior team.
• Business Development Strategy: Contribute to Business Development strategies including geographic focus, priority wealth networks and opportunities through analysis and recommendations of current efforts.
• Positioning & Communications: Craft compelling and consistent narratives that bring Sagana’s differentiated offering to life. Generate curiosity and excitement in BD prospects.
• Events & Representation: Represent Sagana at relevant global convenings, summits, and ecosystem gatherings to build meaningful relationships and amplify reach.
• CRM & Reporting: Maintain consistent CRM discipline, capture meeting notes for BD team, track key engagement KPIs.
• Team co-ordination and project management: Turn strategy into action — align the BD team, assign clear ownership, and ensure follow-through on every commitment.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience, including business development, fundraising, investor relations, or strategic partnerships – preferably in impact investing, venture capital, philanthropy, or blended finance.
• Existing network of UHNWIs and family offices. A demonstrated ability of attracting, engaging, and retaining UHNWIs and family offices as clients. An existing book of business is beneficial.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complexity into compelling narratives.
• Skilled at deep listening to understand what truly drives each client, then partnering with the capital team to design strategies that bring their vision to life.
• Experience cultivating high-trust relationships with diverse global stakeholders across finance, philanthropy, and social enterprise sectors.
• Deep alignment with Sagana’s thematic focus areas and a passion or commitment for mobilizing capital toward climate and social equity outcomes.
• Experience with CRM tools (e.g., Affinity, HubSpot), pipeline management, and reporting dashboards.
• Effective collaboration across multicultural, distributed teams and time zones.
• Fluency in English; fluency in German is beneficial.

Values:

Our shared values ground us in who we are and guide us on our path forward:

• Courage - Is what empowers us to think differently, ask difficult questions, speak our minds, act on what we believe in and find opportunities that others don’t always see
• Authenticity - Is what guides us to bring our whole selves to our endeavors and not hide behind a mask. It brings out our honesty, creativity and passion that allows us to use our full potential in delivering our work
• Respect - Is the foundation of all relationships – with ourselves, our clients and partners, our colleagues, our communities and our planet
• Responsibility - Is what we take for the world in which we live. We hold ourselves accountable for the decisions we make and the actions we take as individuals and as a company every day
• Excellence - We are committed to being our best. Because creating a better future takes more than good intentions

Inclusion:

We are actively creating a workplace where authentic communication, collaboration, and inclusion enable people to become their best selves both personally and professionally while having a career with purpose and impact.

Apply:

To be considered for this career opportunity, please apply via the link. If you have any queries please submit to Wendy Foster, Sagana Talent Director. wendy.foster@sagana.com