Growth & Sales Lead (Contract · Remote)

About BURNOUT Venture Syndicate

The hiring system is broken.

Talented people are being laid off, filtered out by algorithms, or stuck navigating hiring processes that reward safe resumes instead of real ability.

At the same time, small teams using modern tools can now accomplish what once required entire departments.

We believe the future belongs to high-agency operators working in small teams to solve real problems.

So we’re building something different.

BURNOUT Venture Syndicate is a network of independent operators who collaborate on projects for companies that want to move faster and think differently.

You can learn more about BURNOUT at https://burnout.team.

Instead of traditional employment, members of the syndicate form small teams and execute strategic and operational initiatives for growing companies.

Location: Remote

The Role

We are recruiting Growth & Sales Operators to join the syndicate.

This is not a traditional sales role. We are looking for commercially minded problem-solvers who can help companies figure out where growth is getting stuck and what to do about it.

That might mean sharpening a company’s offer, identifying better prospects, improving outreach, diagnosing why leads are not converting, building better follow-up systems, researching target markets, or helping a founder turn a messy sales challenge into a clear plan of action.

Members participate as independent contractors and work on projects based on their strengths, interests, and availability.

Projects may include:

• Diagnosing sales, growth, or go-to-market challenges for growing companies
• Researching target customers, markets, competitors, and buying behavior
• Building prospect lists, outreach systems, and lightweight sales processes
• Improving messaging, positioning, offers, and sales materials
• Helping founders or small teams turn messy ideas into clearer commercial action
• Using modern tools, including AI, to increase speed, research depth, and leverage
• Working with small teams to execute high-impact growth initiatives

All work is remote and organized around small project teams assembled from within the syndicate.

Who We’re Looking For

We are not looking for conventional resumes. We are looking for builders and problem solvers who think independently.

People who thrive in this environment often:

• Question assumptions and think for themselves
• Understand how people make decisions
• Can find signal in messy markets
• Learn new tools quickly
• Connect ideas across disciplines
• Prefer solving problems over following scripts
• Communicate clearly and persuasively
• Have built, improved, sold, launched, researched, or fixed something in the past
• Are curious, adaptable, and comfortable figuring things out

Backgrounds may include sales, business development, marketing, growth, startups, consulting, customer research, product marketing, founder-led sales, revenue operations, or other commercial problem-solving environments.

You do not need to fit a standard sales profile.

We are especially interested in people who are thoughtful, high-agency, and unusually good at understanding what customers actually care about.

Flexibility

We understand that many talented people are currently searching for their next full-time role. Participation in the syndicate is intentionally flexible.

Some members may contribute part-time while exploring full-time opportunities. Others may participate in multiple projects over time.

Our goal is to create meaningful opportunities for talented people while building something new together.

Structure & Compensation

• Independent contractor role
• Project-based work
• Fully remote
• Flexible commitment depending on project involvement
• Collaboration with other members of the syndicate

Compensation is project-based and varies depending on scope, role, and client engagement.

Why This Exists

Many companies are using modern technology primarily to shrink their workforce. We believe these tools should amplify human talent, not replace it.

Our goal is to build a network of exceptional operators who help companies move faster while creating new opportunities for talented people.

You can learn more about BURNOUT at https://burnout.team or reach out directly at [email protected].