Business Development Manager

The Boring Company

Bastrop, TX on site Until 10/6/2026 5+ years exp First posted August 7, 2026 Last posted August 7, 2026

Job description

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with clients. Maintain a high-quality customer database.
Identify active requests for proposals in the United States for tunneling projects (water, sewer, and transport) and non-tunneling projects that could become tunneling projects.
Create new revenue-generating tunnel projects for The Boring Company by persuading key stakeholders that a TBC tunnel meets their needs.
Help write, review, and submit proposals to local, state, and federal entities.
Lead company business development efforts.

Basic Requirements

Bachelor's Degree.
5+ years of relevant experience securing bids in the tunneling industry.

Preferred Skills and Experience

3+ year(s) of experience engaging and negotiating with government entities.
3+ year(s) of marketing experience.
3+ year(s) managing a team.
Strategic thinker with innate ability to identify bottlenecks and develop solutions.
Strong persuasion and negotiation abilities.
Ability to analyze others’ reactions and understand why they react as they do.
Effective communicator with exemplary presentation skills.
Natural ability to network and forge relationships.
Ability to interpret market, customer, and competitor information.

Additional Requirements

Position may require long hours and weekend work.
Travel 25-35% of the time.

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

Benefits

We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

About this role

Summary

Build client relationships, identify tunnel projects, lead business development efforts.

Job title

Business Development Manager

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

construction

Location requirements

Bastrop, TX; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

relationship buildingproposal developmentnegotiationmarket analysiscommunication

Preferred skills

government negotiationsmarketingteam managementstrategic thinkingpresentation skills

Specializations

client relationsproposal writingnegotiationmarket analysis

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Bastrop, TX 78602, USA

On-site City