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Business Development Director - Tax, Audit & Consulting Sales - Consumer/Industrial Products Industry Focus (Chicago)

Chicago💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-27

Core

Driving growth of professional services (audit, tax, consulting) for the Industrial/Consumer Products industry within the middle market.

Role type

Senior Business Development Director (Sales)

Builds

Sales pipelines, forecasts, and new business agreements for audit, tax, and consulting services.

Domain

Professional Services / Accounting / Tax / Audit / Consulting

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic sales planning, complex deal closing, C-suite negotiation, industry networking, cross-functional team leadership, CRM utilization, proposal development

Preferred skills

Community involvement, executive presence, analytical skills, experience with large regional/national firms

Technologies

CRM tools, Social media platforms

Responsibilities

Systematic prospect targeting and opportunity qualification, developing and executing sales strategies, building and maintaining sales pipelines, preparing and facilitating proposals, closing sales and finalizing agreements, networking with industry groups and Centers of Influence, cross-selling services to existing clients, coordinating cross-functional pursuit teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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