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Business Development Manager - Remote

GP Strategies Corporation
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Remote
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Role Overview:

    This role is ideal for a consultative, enterprise-level seller who thrives in complex environments. You will lead the full sales cycle—from identifying opportunities to closing deals—while positioning GP Strategies as a strategic partner in business transformation.

    You are equally comfortable engaging C-suite stakeholders, crafting compelling value propositions, and navigating long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.

    Role Description:

    • Drive new business development by identifying, qualifying, and closing enterprise opportunities
    • Build and manage a strong pipeline through proactive prospecting and strategic channel partner relationship development
    • Own the full sales cycle from initial engagement through contract negotiation and closure
    • Expand existing client relationships through strategic value delivery and cross-selling
    • Collaborate with internal teams to scope, price, and solution complex engagements
    • Maintain accurate forecasting and pipeline visibility to meet and exceed annual sales targets

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience with digital transformation programs (ERP, S/4HANA, automation, etc.)
    • Background in change management methodologies (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR)
    • Experience in end user focused performance improvement approaches for system implementations
    • Sales experience with enterprise clients
    • Executive presence and influence
    • Systems thinking and problem-solving
    • Commercial mindset with client growth focus
    • Collaboration and leadership across matrixed teams

    Perks & Growth:

    • Competitive compensation with uncapped commission and performance-based incentives.
    • Opportunities for career advancement in a global organization.
    • Continuous learning and professional development programs

    Why This Role is Exciting: 

    • Work with Fortune 100/500 clients
    • Be part of a high-energy, close knit results-driven team that values collaboration.
    • Access to tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Dynamics CRM, and HubSpot

    About Us

    GP Strategies Corporation is one of the worlds 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, weve 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. 

    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. Thats 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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationLos Angeles, CA (
    Remote
    )
    IndustryBusiness Services - Other
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded1959
    Websitehttp://www.gpstrategies.com

    About Company

    GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) is a global performance improvement solutions provider of training, eLearning solutions, management consulting and engineering services. GP Strategies’ solutions improve the effectiveness of organizations by delivering innovative and superior training, consulting and business improvement services, customized to meet the specific needs of its clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers. Additional information may be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

    Skills

    • Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Business Transformationunmatched
    • Change Managementunmatched
    • Channel Managementunmatched
    • Channel Strategiesunmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Contract Negotiationunmatched
    • Cross-Sellingunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
    • Enterprise Salesunmatched
    • Exceeded Sales Goalunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • LinkedInunmatched
    • Microsoft Dynamics CRMunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
    • Sales Cycleunmatched
    • Sales Pipelineunmatched
    • Sales Prospectingunmatched

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