Business Development Manager – Residential Design & Construction

Do architects, building designers and builders already take your call? Are you the person they ring when they need a problem solved, not a product pushed?

Who we are

Sonto is a survey and spatial data company that takes its work seriously. We're around 60 people across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, delivering cadastral, construction, detail and 3D scanning surveys for architects, building designers, builders and developers throughout South East Queensland and Northern NSW. We exist to raise the standard of what clients can expect from a surveyor.

That makes this an easy offering to stand behind. Our Detail+ survey delivers a detail survey, a full point cloud and 360° photospheres as standard, so designers start with the whole picture, not the minimum. We invest early in technology and deliver what we promise. Accuracy isn't something we aim for. It's the baseline.

We own our work, back each other, and hire for character as much as capability.

The role

This is a relationship role, not a hard-sell role. You'll grow Sonto's client base across residential design and construction: architects, building designers, project builders and builders. You'll learn how each client's projects run, where survey fits in and where it tends to go wrong, then match them with the right Sonto solution, from Detail+ at design stage through to set-outs and construction surveys on site.

We generate our own leads, and you'll work them. But this role is built on what you bring and what you build: your existing network, your own canvassing,



and the discipline to turn a first job into a long-term client. You'll be based in our Brisbane office covering South East Queensland, with much of your week out in design studios, on site and at industry events.

You'll report to our General Manager and work closely with our operations and field team leads to make sure what you sell is delivered the way you sold it.

What we're looking for

Required:

At least 3 years' product or service sales into the design and construction sector

An established network of architects, building designers, project builders and/or builders, ideally in residential

A track record of generating your own leads and turning them into repeat clients

A consultative, solution-selling approach

Current driver's licence

Understanding of the residential design, approval and construction process

Experience selling a skilled or technical service

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Who you are

You own your pipeline. Nobody needs to chase you to pick up the phone.

You'd rather understand a client's problem than rush to a pitch.

You play the long game. You measure success in clients who come back, not one-off wins.

You only promise what can be delivered, and you follow through.

You bring ideas on where the next opportunity is, not just reports on the last one.

What we offer

$100k - $120k base plus commission, with on-target earnings of $160,000+

Full-time, Monday to Friday, based in our Brisbane office

Company vehicle, phone and laptop

An offering you can back: Detail+ and a team that delivers

Autonomy to build your own client book, with inbound leads to support it

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📌 Business Development Manager – Residential Design & Construction (Brisbane)
🏢 Sonto
📍 Brisbane