Business Development Manager

Location: US & Canada - Fully Remote - Full time

Role Purpose

This is not your average sales role!

This is an opportunity for you, a driven business development professional, to shape how leading organizations develop their people.

As a Business Development Manager, you will own and grow strategic client relationships while expanding our footprint within new and existing accounts. You’ll identify high‑value opportunities, design consultative solutions, and close deals that directly impact our revenue growth. With deep knowledge of learning and business development solutions, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior decision‑makers, helping them solve complex business challenges through impactful development strategies.

Why This Role Is Exciting

Sell at a strategic level: Partner with Fortune 100 and 500 organizations and influence workforce transformation, and learning and development agendas at scale.

Own the outcome: Full end‑to‑end sales responsibility—from pipeline development to close—backed by strong solutions and delivery teams.

Autonomy with impact: Operate remotely with flexibility, while being fully accountable for measurable growth and results.

Modern sales environment: Leverage best‑in‑class tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and HubSpot to accelerate success.

Collaborative culture: Join a high‑energy, performance‑driven team that values initiative, ideas, and shared wins.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively develop new business opportunities through targeted prospecting and relationship building.

Build and nurture long‑term client partnerships with senior stakeholders.

Lead discovery conversations to uncover client needs and position tailored L&D solutions.

Create compelling proposals and deliver persuasive presentations to decision‑makers.

Collaborate closely with subject‑matter experts to design high‑impact learning solutions.

Manage the full sales cycle with discipline and ownership—from first conversation to signed deal.

What We’re Looking For

A consultative seller with a proven track record in Learning & Development, professional services, or a comparable solution‑based sales environment.

A goal‑oriented, confident professional who thrives in a fast‑moving, performance‑driven setting.

Strong communicator with the presence to engage senior leaders and influence buying decisions.

Skilled in negotiation, storytelling, and value‑based selling.

Comfortable using sales enablement and CRM tools and actively building professional networks.

Perks & Growth

Competitive compensation with strong performance‑based incentives.

Clear opportunities for career progression within a global organization.

Ongoing learning, professional development, and exposure to leading-edge L&D solution

Company

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.