Analyst/Associate, Business Development

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies🚀. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by US venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

As a Business Development, Analyst or Associate, you will be on the front lines of one of the most important global hubs in this fast-paced market. You will work to maximize liquidity and trading volume on the platform and drive transaction volume and platform adoption for individual and institutional customers. 

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Learning everything there is to know about the secondary market for pre-IPO securities or “unicorn” stock; understanding the history, market dynamics, market participants, and the role of Hiive.

• Sourcing and generating leads for transactions on and off the platform.

• Onboarding HNW and institutional customers. 

• Developing outbound sales campaigns and collaborate on qualifying inbound leads directly.

• Facilitating transactions between institutional private equity investors and accredited individual investors on our platform.

• Maintaining accurate records of customer interactions and leads using CRM tools.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an ambitious, high-energy person with a strong sense of urgency, exceptional work ethic, insatiable thirst for knowledge and challenge, and outstanding organizational skills.

• Have some experience in a related area such as investment banking, venture capital, private equity, corporate development, investment sales, or institutional sales and trading. 

• Have some experience with cold calling and other outbound sales tactics, demonstrating confidence in initiating contact and building rapport with potential customers.

• Have a relevant educational background, such as a commerce or economics degree, or exceptional academic performance in a liberal arts or science program.

• Possess a FINRA Series 7 and/or Series 63 or ability to complete the registrations shortly after hiring.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks: 

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.

• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.