Freelance Business Development — Deal Flow Generation
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
Freelance Business Development — Deal Flow Generation
Planck Technologies · Oslo, Norway
About Planck
Planck Technologies is an Oslo-based deeptech company. We've built an AI platform that designs advanced materials and the engineering systems they go into — together, as a single problem, rather than optimizing one and then the other. That co-design approach is our core advantage: we search across material-and-system combinations that conventional, sequential design never reaches.
We apply this to gas-handling challenges across energy and industry: CO₂ capture, methane and biomethane storage, biogas upgrading, and gas separation and purification, with related work in gas conversion and thermal management.
Track record: we hold a prime contract with the European Space Agency and have delivered a project for a Schlumberger company. We're now scaling, and we want a dedicated person driving qualified deal flow.
The role
We're looking for an experienced freelance business developer to source, qualify, and help open new project opportunities for Planck — across both private/commercial clients and public-sector organizations and programmes.
You won't be selling alone. Our team owns the technical and proposal substance. Your job is to find the right opportunities, get us in front of the right people, and manage the pipeline through to a signed engagement.
What you'll do
Identify and qualify project opportunities with industrial companies, utilities, public organizations, and innovation/procurement programmes
Map decision-makers and build the relationships that lead to real conversations
Run outreach, follow-up, and pipeline tracking
Coordinate bid and proposal logistics with our team (we provide the technical content)
Keep a clean, auditable record of every opportunity and its status
Scope
Sectors: gas handling across energy and industry — CO₂ capture, methane and biomethane storage, biogas upgrading, gas separation and purification, and related applications
Clients: both commercial/private and public-sector
Geography: open — any region. Familiarity with the EU/EEA market and its innovation and procurement landscape is a plus, given our base and existing partnerships.
Who we're looking for
Proven B2B business development or sales track record, ideally in deeptech, energy, climate, industrial, or engineering services
Comfortable with long, technical sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
An existing network in any of our target sectors is a strong advantage
Experience with public-sector procurement or innovation funding is valuable but not required
Self-directed, organized, and able to represent a technical company credibly
English required; additional languages a plus
Compensation
We want to reward results, and we'll structure this around closing. Our preferred model:
A modest monthly retainer or a fee per qualified opportunity submitted — to keep the pipeline moving through long cycles, plus
A success bonus on signed projects, tied to clearly attributable closes.
We're open to discussing the mix with the right person. For public-sector opportunities, compensation will be structured to comply with applicable procurement rules (some programmes restrict purely success-based fees with third parties), and arrangements will be fully disclosable.
What stays with Planck
Technical discussions, proposal content, and final pricing sit with our team. We'll define attribution clearly up front — which opportunities you've sourced and own — so the success component stays transparent on both sides.
To apply
Send a short note covering your relevant experience, the sectors and regions where you're strongest, and your network. You
Planck Technologies · Oslo, Norway
About Planck
Planck Technologies is an Oslo-based deeptech company. We've built an AI platform that designs advanced materials and the engineering systems they go into — together, as a single problem, rather than optimizing one and then the other. That co-design approach is our core advantage: we search across material-and-system combinations that conventional, sequential design never reaches.
We apply this to gas-handling challenges across energy and industry: CO₂ capture, methane and biomethane storage, biogas upgrading, and gas separation and purification, with related work in gas conversion and thermal management.
Track record: we hold a prime contract with the European Space Agency and have delivered a project for a Schlumberger company. We're now scaling, and we want a dedicated person driving qualified deal flow.
The role
We're looking for an experienced freelance business developer to source, qualify, and help open new project opportunities for Planck — across both private/commercial clients and public-sector organizations and programmes.
You won't be selling alone. Our team owns the technical and proposal substance. Your job is to find the right opportunities, get us in front of the right people, and manage the pipeline through to a signed engagement.
What you'll do
Identify and qualify project opportunities with industrial companies, utilities, public organizations, and innovation/procurement programmes
Map decision-makers and build the relationships that lead to real conversations
Run outreach, follow-up, and pipeline tracking
Coordinate bid and proposal logistics with our team (we provide the technical content)
Keep a clean, auditable record of every opportunity and its status
Scope
Sectors: gas handling across energy and industry — CO₂ capture, methane and biomethane storage, biogas upgrading, gas separation and purification, and related applications
Clients: both commercial/private and public-sector
Geography: open — any region. Familiarity with the EU/EEA market and its innovation and procurement landscape is a plus, given our base and existing partnerships.
Who we're looking for
Proven B2B business development or sales track record, ideally in deeptech, energy, climate, industrial, or engineering services
Comfortable with long, technical sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
An existing network in any of our target sectors is a strong advantage
Experience with public-sector procurement or innovation funding is valuable but not required
Self-directed, organized, and able to represent a technical company credibly
English required; additional languages a plus
Compensation
We want to reward results, and we'll structure this around closing. Our preferred model:
A modest monthly retainer or a fee per qualified opportunity submitted — to keep the pipeline moving through long cycles, plus
A success bonus on signed projects, tied to clearly attributable closes.
We're open to discussing the mix with the right person. For public-sector opportunities, compensation will be structured to comply with applicable procurement rules (some programmes restrict purely success-based fees with third parties), and arrangements will be fully disclosable.
What stays with Planck
Technical discussions, proposal content, and final pricing sit with our team. We'll define attribution clearly up front — which opportunities you've sourced and own — so the success component stays transparent on both sides.
To apply
Send a short note covering your relevant experience, the sectors and regions where you're strongest, and your network. You