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business development
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The Business Development position manages the existing sales pipeline, develops new business opportunities, and identifies trends and customer needs. Their role is building a sales pipeline that achieves targets, developing business strategies, and assisting in the coordination and implementation of marketing plans. Their responsibilities are to delegate tasks that achieve strategic goals, manage the proposal response process, generate new leads, help pitch logistics, develop and implement overarching outbound sales strategies, support deal structure and pricing, negotiate prices and proposals, and maintain and share professional knowledge.

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Avg Pay: $77K
Jobs: 107,281
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Avg Pay: $99K
Jobs: 17,693

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  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
    The number of occurrences matches with Business Development in our database.
    Avg. Duration:17 monthsAvg. Fees:$27,469Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.)
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$17,700Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in Applied Science
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    Avg. Duration:47 monthsAvg. Fees:$24,547Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree in Communication and Media Studies
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    Avg. Duration:40 monthsAvg. Fees:$33,225Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Business Development and Other Important Info

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3.3 years
$88K
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3.38 years
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3
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