Business Development Director - Private Equity Focus (Boston)

Business Development Director – Private Equity (Boston)

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Job Summary

This individual will serve as a strategic leader and tactical initiator of sales in key private equity relationships for the firm in the Boston market. The Private Equity Business Development position is a high‑profile, director‑level role within the firm. This individual will coordinate with numerous firm resources to develop and execute a market growth strategy and approach for each private equity firm assigned to them with a particular focus in Boston market. This role will fully understand all aspects of the firm’s private equity strategy and leverage tools, support and best practices to expand the firm’s relationships and wallet share within their private equity assignments.

Job Duties

• Conduct research and analysis of strategic private equity groups and create account plans
• Build and maintain strong sales pipelines and forecasts associated to substantiated opportunities with a private equity group and its respective portfolio companies
• Interact with professional staff to collaboratively address the PE marketplace in a coordinated fashion
• Prepare and facilitate presentations, proposals
• Close sales, and finalize agreements with clients
• Identify and ignite a coordinated, cross‑functional team to pursue opportunities associated with a PE relationship
• Identify and leverage key industry and technical resources to deploy on new opportunities
• Drive overall expansion and penetration of priority PE clients and targets while retaining current engagements
• Understand each PE firm’s strategic plans and business strategy (industry, investment mandate, exit strategy etc.)

Basic Qualifications

Compensation

Compensation structure allows for a competitive base salary plus revenue‑based quarterly bonuses and an additional year‑end bonus based on the employee and firm’s annual performance. Compensation Range : $136,800 - $242,000.

Benefits

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https : / / rsmus.com / careers / working-at-rsm / benefits .

EEO Statement

All applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and / or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender; sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military / Veteran status; pre‑disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

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RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F‑1 visa holders). If you are a recent U.S. college / university graduate possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience in a same or similar role to the one for which you are applying, excluding internships, you may be eligible for hire as an experienced associate.

RSM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional information regarding RSM’s background check process, including information about job duties that necessitate the use of one or more types of background checks, click here.

At RSM, an employee’s pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Individuals selected for this role may be eligible for sales commissions and a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.

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