Business Development Analyst
About Living Roots
Living Roots is a regenerative agriculture company building science-backed products and digital tools that help farmers grow more with healthier soil. We pair deep agronomy research with AI, from crop diagnostics to a growing knowledge platform, to put working, evidence-first solutions in the hands of farmers across Thailand and Southeast Asia. We serve everyone from smallholder home growers to commercial sugarcane, durian, and corn farmers. We win by being more rigorous and more useful than the competition, not louder.
The role
We're looking for a Business Development Analyst to be the bridge between our work and the world that funds and uses it. You'll turn our research and technology into grants, partnerships, and proposals, and bring the field's real needs back into our product and research priorities. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can read a technical document, understand what matters, and translate it for a grant reviewer, an agronomy director, or a foundation program officer. You don't need a science degree, but you need to be genuinely curious about regenerative agriculture and comfortable working alongside both researchers and AI tools.
The person we're looking for
Takes ownership
You take an ambiguous thing and carry it all the way to done, making the calls that move it forward.
Challenges the norm
You question the status quo and look for the better answer instead of the expected one.
Communicates clearly
You articulate ideas simply and collaborate well across a distributed team.
Writes excellent English
Clear written English is essential in our multicultural, multi-country team.
Learns relentlessly
You are curious and adapt fast to new tools, methods, and a new domain.
Gives and takes critique
You are open to feedback and offer it constructively, so the work gets better and trust grows.
Cares about the mission
You genuinely want to see agriculture run on life again, not just take a job.
Grant writing & non-dilutive funding
Grant writing & non-dilutive funding
- Identify and track grant opportunities: Thai innovation programs (NSTDA, BOI, NIA), regional agri-innovation funds, climate and sustainability grants, and foundation and development-bank programs.
- Write and assemble competitive proposals, pulling research, trial data, and impact narratives into reviewer-ready documents.
- Manage submission calendars, eligibility, co-applicants, and post-award reporting.
Agribusiness & partner development
- Work with agribusinesses, input distributors, and large growers to scope exactly what information, trial data, or product specs they need, and route that back to our team as clear briefs.
- Build proposals, one-pagers, and ROI models that connect our products to a partner's economics (yield, input cost, crop value).
- Support trial partnerships with universities and commercial growers: coordinate protocols, data collection, and follow-up.
Non-profits, associations & cooperatives
- Develop relationships with farmer cooperatives, grower associations, and agricultural NGOs to extend our work to more farmers.
- Package research and protocols into accessible formats for these audiences without losing rigor.
Where it can grow
Given our direction, this role can grow into:
AI & product translation
Help shape how our diagnostic and knowledge tools reach farmers and partners, and feed real-world needs back into product development.
Market & competitive intelligence
Track competitor products, claims, and pricing; help us position on evidence rather than marketing.
Regulatory liaison support
Help navigate Thai and regional registration pathways and assemble dossiers.
Impact & climate-finance
Develop the carbon, soil-health, and sustainability stories that open ESG and climate funding.
Investment & partnership readiness
Help build the data, impact metrics, and partnership track record that support future fundraising.
Opportunity pipeline management
Maintain a living pipeline of grants, partners, and proposals, and help prioritize where we spend our energy.
Requirements
- 2 to 5 years in business development, grant writing, agribusiness, agtech, development / NGO programs, or technical consulting (strong recent graduates with the right aptitude considered).
- Excellent written English; Thai fluency strongly preferred (regional languages a plus).
- Ability to read technical material and translate it for non-technical and funder audiences.
- Strong project management: you can run multiple deadlines and partners without dropping threads.
- Comfort with numbers: simple ROI models, reading trial results, summarizing data.
- Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day work.
- Genuine interest in regenerative agriculture, soil health, and sustainability.
Nice to have
- Background in agronomy, agricultural economics, environmental science, or a related field.
- Existing relationships with Thai / SEA cooperatives, universities, agribusinesses, or funding bodies.
- Experience with grant-management or CRM tools.
Why join
- Be at the forefront of scaling regenerative agriculture across the Global South.
- High autonomy and direct access to the founder and the research and product teams.
- A chance to shape how an evidence-first company scales across Southeast Asia.
- Extensive room to grow, with real ownership and professional development.
What we offer
- Company laptop
- Health insurance
- Generous paid holidays and leave
- Flexible, hybrid working (most roles are in person at one of our offices)
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