Business Development Manager at Forms+Surfaces in Seattle, WA
- Company: Forms+Surfaces
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 4+ years
Overview
We are seeking a Business Development Manager to lead growth across the Pacific Northwest market, focused on our Architectural Products portfolio including wall systems, elevator interiors, and integrated surface solutions.
Job description
- We are seeking a Business Development Manager to lead growth across the Pacific Northwest market, focused on our Architectural Products portfolio including wall systems, elevator interiors, and integrated surface solutions.
- This is not a traditional sales role. It is a market-facing position responsible for influencing projects early, navigating complexity, and carrying opportunities from concept through realization.
Responsibilities
- You will operate at the intersection of design, construction, and manufacturing within highly coordinated interior environments.
- Build and influence relationships with architects, interior designers, owners, developers, and contractors
- Position Forms+Surfaces systems early in the design process to shape specifications
- Navigate complex, multi-phase projects through design development, budgeting, value engineering, and execution
- Translate design intent into manufacturable, high-performance solutions
- Partner internally with engineering, manufacturing, and project teams to ensure successful delivery
- Develop a deep understanding of regional market dynamics, with a focus on large-scale interior environments
Requirements
- We are less focused on a specific background and more interested in how you think and operate.
- Architecture or interior design
- Construction management or project management
- Architectural systems or product sales
- Ability to understand and communicate complex, system-based architectural solutions
- Experience working within the A&D and construction ecosystem
- Strong instincts around how large, coordinated projects move from concept to completion
- Ability to engage across multiple stakeholders, from design teams to ownership groups
- Comfort navigating technical discussions, specifications, and project constraints
- A self-directed approach with the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously
Skills
Required
- Self-directed
- Strong instincts
- Comfort navigating technical discussions
- Thoughtful problem solving
- Long-term thinking
- Understanding of architectural systems
- Specifications
- Value engineering
- Design development
- Project management
Benefits
- We offer a competitive compensation structure, strong benefits, and long-term growth opportunities within a dynamic and evolving organization.
About Forms+Surfaces
Forms+Surfaces designs and manufactures architectural products that shape the built environment at scale. From major transportation hubs to commercial towers and institutional projects, our work lives where performance, durability, and design matter most. Our approach is guided by a core principle: Sustainability through Longevity. We believe the most sustainable solutions are those that endure both physically and aesthetically, remaining relevant and performing over time. Forms+Surfaces is a design-led manufacturing company built on the idea that good design and good manufacturing compound over time. We value thoughtful problem solving, long-term thinking, and the ability to create solutions that remain relevant and perform over years of use.