About WiredScore

WiredScore is a VC-backed, PropTech company on a mission to make the world’s buildings smarter and better connected. The company assesses and improves digital connectivity and smart technology within offices and homes around the world.

Founded in 2013, WiredScore is backed by renowned investors like Beringea, Fifth Wall and Bessemer Venture Partners. Today, WiredScore has offices in NYC, London, Paris, Berlin, Toronto and Singapore, with 1,000 clients (including 8 of the 10 largest landlords in the world), and works with over 3,700 buildings. 

Building on their growth across North America and Europe, WiredScore launched in Singapore in March 2022 as part of its global expansion plan. It has since expanded its APAC footprint with its launch in Hong Kong and Thailand. The business has gathered strong momentum in the APAC region across their four APAC markets (Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand); having worked with ~50 landlords to certify >150 buildings and 68m+ square feet. Clients include Hines, Swire Properties, Brookfield, Blackstone, Keppel REIT, Frasers, Lendlease, Charter Hall, and GPT Group. 

Wiredscore owns and operates two products; the WiredScore certification program, the first and only rating system for mobile and internet connectivity in buildings which helps landlords assess, improve, benchmark and promote their buildings and SmartScore, the smart building certification which helps landlords understand, improve and communicate the user functionality and technological foundations of their buildings.

About the role

Background 

WiredScore was founded in New York, with endorsement from Mayor Bloomberg, and support from leaders in real estate, technology and telecommunications. The idea was born out of a response to tenants’ clear need for clearer data on connectivity. WiredScore set out to improve New York’s technological infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurs in driving digital advances, creating jobs and advancing the economy. Two years later, following success in the US, WiredScore won the Greater London Authority’s tender to be the official Mayor of London’s Digital Connectivity Rating Scheme, leading WiredScore to launch in the UK. In 2021 Wiredscore launched a global smart building certification ‘Smartscore’ alongside the expansion of their accredited professional program.

WiredScore provides certification to qualify buildings as tech ready and able to fulfill renter’s digital requirements across both corporate and residential properties. The business works closely with landlords and developers to understand, benchmark, improve, promote and monitor the digital connectivity in their buildings and developments, ensuring renters can find properties that meet their needs. The WiredScore certification involves a full assessment process where WiredScore’s operations team identifies improvements to help futureproof buildings and reduce the need for costly refits. Additionally, once certified, WiredScore’s suite of reporting tools help keep buildings up to date with new technology and trends. 

Setting the global standard for in-building connectivity, WiredScore provides an independent verification to both occupied properties and those under development. By driving understanding of digital capabilities and improving development through optimizing design, WiredScore certification can help tenants make faster leasing decisions and differentiate buildings from the competition.  

According to a 2022 report with Moody’s, a WiredScore Certified building delivers increased performance across all majors indicators, including a 3.8% lower vacancy and higher rents averaging $6.50 per square foot in North American office buildings that are WiredScore-certified compared with similar profile non-certified buildings. The report also found a 1.5 to 2.7% rental premium increase for WiredScore-certified office buildings in New York between January and September 2022, demonstrating that WiredScore certification makes buildings more resilient to tougher market conditions.

What you'll do

Opportunity 

As part of expansion across Asia Pacific, we’re looking for a Head of Business Development, as the first ‘boots on the ground’ to launch and grow our business in China.

Reporting into the Head of APAC, Thomasin Crowley, this role will be based out of Hong Kong with a view, with regular travel to the Mainland China cities, notably Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and  Beijing.

If you’re a scrappy entrepreneur at heart with business development and relationship building skills, a strong work ethic, and you enjoy the challenge of closing a deal and building a successful business, we would like to meet you.

The position is a unique opportunity to:

• Join a high-growth real estate tech start-up that’s solving problems for both landlords and tenants in an area that is fundamental to all businesses today - technology.
• Contribute materially to the success of the businesses’ geographical expansion, driving the launch and expansion in China, alongside a group of talented team members.
• Form relationships with senior decision makers at the top commercial real estate firms in the world.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead end- to-end business development and sales for the Mainland China market , from initial prospecting by account, through to closing deals. This includes but is not limited to:
• • identifying prospects and successfully setting up 10+ meetings a week
  • meeting with multiple stakeholders in each client account, incl. high-level decision makers
  • effectively conducting discovery to qualify deals, understanding a prospects ' challenges, ideal end state, and opportunities for WiredScore to support
  • effectively communicating WiredScore value proposition
  • ultimately closing deals to grow adoption of the product.
• Build relationships with key advocates and partner organisations in the market, by establishing and empowering our network of Accredited Professionals to generate leads and scale our capacity to certify buildings across India, starting in Bengaluru
• Grow awareness of and advocacy for WiredScore by initiating strategic relationships with real estate firms, brokerage agencies, industry organisations, city government, etc.
• Represent WiredScore on panels and at industry events 
• Design and help implement local marketing initiatives by working closely with WiredScore's Marketing team to drive demand for the product.
• Serve as an ongoing advisor for our clients to ensure the properties we work with are best positioned to serve the needs of today’s tenants
• Collaborating across the global WiredScore business and capitalising on existing relationships to tap into new markets as well as to ensure strategic initiatives are market ready and effectively executed.

Key attributes we’re looking for in a candidate:

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5+ years experience in a direct revenue-generating, with a track record of delivering results 
• Experience working within the Mainland China real estate industry,  with experience of working in the Tier 1 Mainland cities, including strong network 
• Experience working with industry associations and local government to create awareness and evangelise the opportunity space.
• Executive presence - ability to communicate effectively to senior stakeholders and represent WireScore as the key presence in the market
• Knowledge of the key trends within the Mainland China and APAC property market with active curiosity to ensure awareness of market opportunities. 
• Additionally, the best person for the role will be an independent go-getter who can point to a demonstrated history of successful prospecting and deal closing in a B2B capacity. 
• This person is both action-oriented and a strategic thinker. They can creatively identify targets, craft the best means to reach those targets, and execute with the perfect mix of efficiency and hard work ethic to get deals over the line.

Diversity & Inclusion:

WiredScore celebrates and supports diversity for the benefit of our employees, our business, and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a workplace which thrives on the diversity and inclusion of everyone in the team.

We are eager to hear from a diverse range of candidates. If this opportunity is interesting as a permanent role with a degree of flexibility, please discuss this with us.

Disabilities are not a barrier to employment at WiredScore