Head of Business Development, Sales

Manages a team responsible for winning new sales business.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$300k

Mean

$312k

10th–90th pct

$228k–$415k

Observations

455

Confidence: 34% · based on 455 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

B2B Sales

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

57% require · 24% prefer

Master's Degree

16% require · 34% prefer

No College

15% require · 5% prefer

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Common next roles

Practice Operations Director, Sales-6.9%Sales Practice Operations Specialist-60.6%Sales Practice Coordinator-56.4%Sales Business Development Manager-58.1%Sales Business Development Associate-57.6%

Common previous roles

Sales Business Development Associate-136.1%Sales Business Development Manager-138.6%Sales Practice Coordinator-129.5%Sales Practice Operations Specialist-154.0%Practice Operations Director, Sales-7.4%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)3,188

Posting growth+13.8%

Median days to fill41 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)124,983

Projected growth6.1%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness50%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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