CareerPlan

Business Development Director - Private Equity (San Francisco)

San Francisco, USFull-time$137k2026-09-30 → 2026-11-11
Based in United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Strategic leader and tactical initiator of sales for key private equity relationships in the California market, focusing on expanding wallet share and executing market growth strategies.

Role type

Director-level Business Development (Private Equity)

Builds

Sales pipelines, forecasts, and strategic account plans for private equity firms and their portfolio companies

Domain

Professional Services / Private Equity / M&A

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

consultative selling, private equity and M&A knowledge, C-level executive engagement, strategic account planning, CRM utilization, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

Big Four or national firm experience, existing network of Centers of Influence (banking, legal), formal sales process deployment

Responsibilities

Conduct research and analysis of strategic private equity groups, build and maintain sales pipelines, prepare and facilitate presentations and proposals, close sales and finalize agreements, identify and ignite cross-functional teams for new opportunities, drive expansion and penetration of priority PE clients

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & tactical execution