Business Development · Finance · Crypto

Paul Beera
an operator who turns complexity into won business.

I drive business development across finance and technology, with a focus on leading high-stakes RFX (RFP/RFI) work for financial institutions and tech companies. Now seeking roles centered on ownership and outcomes across sales and Go-to-Market (GTM).

Portrait of Paul Beera
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About

I work at the intersection of finance, technology, and markets — with a focus on equities and crypto. Across roles at Coinbase, Mirova, and Amundi, I've owned the full lifecycle of institutional proposals: translating complex product suites into client-ready content, coordinating executive stakeholders across sales, product, legal, risk, and senior management, and delivering against tight deadlines including sub-24 hours.

What sets my work apart is leverage. I continuously test and iterate across AI tools, building agents and automations that streamline drafting and review while meaningfully reducing overall RFP cycle time. Automating a material portion of the process allows me to focus on bespoke, strategic initiatives to give our proposals the edge needed to win the business.

I am an operator. I enjoy learning fast across domains and leading progress wherever the work needs momentum, whether that's streamlining a $2 billion bid to the finish line, converting technical information into a content funnel, or experimenting with the latest dApps and smart-contracts on-chain over the weekend.

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Experience

Coinbase
Feb 2026 – May 2026
Remote · Boston, MA
RFI Associate — Institutional Sales, Trading & Prime
  • Owned full-cycle execution of competitive institutional RFXs, coordinating executive cross-functional stakeholders (sales, product, legal, security ops) against sub-24-hour deadlines to drive revenue growth and client expansion.
  • Built a bespoke AI agent through prompting iterations that automates content-management functions and recommends new records for the library — reducing manual inputs on every deliverable.
  • Leveraged LLM tooling to automate drafting, SME input, review, and formatting — translating Coinbase's complex institutional product suite into client-friendly content.
Mirova US LLC
Sep 2023 – Feb 2026
Boston, MA
RFP Business Development, Manager
  • Spearheaded high-value RFPs, managing bids from $100M to $2B and directly impacting product growth, client acquisition, and retention.
  • Led RFP and project management for multi-year institutional wins totalling $750M+ in new business.
  • Trained RFP-platform AI models on specialized product features, significantly reducing drafting, review, and overall cycle time.
  • Owned end-to-end content generation for 60+ technical records supporting a $13B Global Equity strategy, validated by subject-matter experts.
Amundi US
Aug 2021 – Sep 2023
Boston, MA
US RFP Associate
  • Completed RFPs for prospects from ~$50M to $5B submitted to institutional vendors.
  • Led communications between stakeholders in mandate pricing negotiations for competitive bids.
  • Ran the RFP process across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies, developing reusable language with Product Managers and Investment teams.
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Skills & Interests

Skills & Tools

LLMs — Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity AI Agents & Automations Onchain Analysis & Trading Bloomberg RFP / RFI Management Stakeholder Coordination Project Management Institutional Sales Support Pricing & Negotiation

Education

Bentley University
B.S. Economics-Finance · President's Academic Scholarship

Interests

AI Research & Projects Blockchain R&D Smart Contracts DeFi Creative Writing Personal Branding Basketball Skills Training
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Beyond the work

In a world that often pushes its people to pick and choose, I enjoy dabbling across many topics of interest. This allows me to gain new perspectives without old or pre-conceived notions inhibiting my ability to understand and respect differing viewpoints towards a shared goal.

While I keep an open mind on new developments, my core philosophy allows me to focus on key priorities:

I focus on what is within my control. Everything else is secondary.

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Let's talk

If you're building something ambitious and need an operator who can move fast across domains, I'd love to hear from you.

Roles I'm targeting
  • Institutional Sales
  • Go-to-Market (GTM)
Location
  • Boston, MA (hybrid, remote)
  • Remote