Business Consultant Jobs in Indiana
Business Consultant jobs in Indiana are concentrated in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and South Bend, where a mix of manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services firms keeps demand steady at every level from analyst to senior partner. Major employers with lasting Indiana roots include Eli Lilly, Salesforce's Indianapolis hub, and Cummins, all of which maintain consulting and strategy functions. The most in-demand specialties are operations improvement, supply chain consulting, and financial advisory work tied to Indiana's industrial base. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (BL-BUS-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (IU) is a comprehensive provider of top-tier business education with a full portfolio of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive programs on campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and online worldwide. The Kelley School has been creating career momentum for 100 years, going from 70 students in 1920 to an enrollment of more than 15,000 students today. Our innovative curriculum is built on personal development, teamwork, and experiential learning with an emphasis on global and social responsibility. Our success is reflected in our reputation among academic peers, our career placement statistics, and the accomplishments of more than 137,000 living alumni around the globe.
Job Summary
The Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships leads growth across Kelley's executive, online, and graduate degree and certificate offerings. This senior individual-contributor role develops employer and organizational partnerships, strengthens direct relationships with prospective learners, and turns market opportunities into enrollment and revenue growth. The role leads through influence and focuses on growth, account development, and commercial performance; routine program delivery, student services, scheduling, compliance administration, and staff supervision remain with operational teams.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Develops and executes annual and multi-year growth strategies for executive, online, and graduate degree and certificate offerings.
- Uses market demand, program economics, and institutional priorities to identify target segments, channels, offerings, and enrollment and revenue goals.
- Builds and converts a qualified pipeline of employers, associations, government entities, workforce development organizations, and other partners.
- Cultivates senior relationships and leads opportunities from outreach and discovery through solution design, approval, negotiation, launch handoff, and expansion.
- Designs scalable partnership models, including employer-sponsored pathways, corporate cohorts, preferred-provider arrangements, sponsorship models, and stackable credentials, in collaboration with academic, finance, legal, admissions, and operations partners.
- Prepares business cases, proposals, presentations, and forecasts.
- Leads negotiations within delegated authority and coordinates institutional review of pricing, commitments, and agreements.
- Drives direct-to-learner demand and enrollment within partner organizations by defining priority learner segments, messages, events, alumni referrals, and nurture approaches in partnership with marketing and admissions.
- Manages strategic accounts through executive sponsor relationships, account plans, partner reviews, health monitoring, risk resolution, renewal, and expansion.
- Maintains accurate CRM data, opportunity stages, next steps, probabilities, and projected enrollment and revenue.
- Produces executive reporting on pipeline health, conversion, partner performance, market coverage, and forecast accuracy.
- Monitors competitor offerings, pricing, workforce needs, and trends in graduate, executive, and online education.
- Translates findings into recommendations on portfolio, promotion, pricing, and go-to-market priorities.
- Aligns cross-functional teams on decision rights, handoffs, launch requirements, and escalation paths.
- Represents Kelley at employer events, conferences, webinars, information sessions, alumni programs, and partnership and workforce conversations.
- Works with academic leaders, marketing, admissions, enrollment management, alumni relations, employer relations, and program teams, the director guides market strategy, manages the opportunity pipeline, designs partnership models, and maintains executive relationships.
General Responsibilities
- Develops and implements targeted strategies for identification, cultivation, solicitation, and activation of significant-value, mutually beneficial partnerships with corporations that will assist the university in meeting its long-term financial goals.
- Manages and supports activities related to external funding for special project campaigns by identifying prospective corporate partners; developing, refining, and implementing cultivation plans; and developing, refining, and executing solicitation plans.
- Authors, develops, and manages a comprehensive resource development program in order to expand and continue support from corporations and corporate foundations. Follows through with contracts for assigned prospects and refines cultivation and solicitation plans as needed to assure effectiveness.
- Acts as a resource for university Corporate Relations Consultants and works in coordination with Indiana University (IU) units to set goals, timelines, budgets, and solicitation strategies for specific departmental goals and within budget parameters.
- Prepares and regularly presents reports to support cultivation, solicitation, and activation plans and related activities; modifies plans as appropriate and maintains related records as required.
- Researches and identifies prospective sponsors and provides stewardship for partners by assuring regular contact as needed to maintain and build relationships between sponsors and IU. Recruits, enlists, and trains volunteers and volunteer leaders to assist in cultivation and solicitation activities as appropriate.
- Researches and analyzes national and geographic data to identify prospective partners by gathering and effectively utilizing information from internal and external systems; rating area prospects to identify funding potential; requesting prospect assignments through the Prospect Management (PMP) System; and employing other methodologies, as appropriate.
- Researches industry trends; makes and implements process and policy recommendations to supervisor for improved operational efficiency. Establishes and implements procedures necessary for acknowledging corporate revenue streams.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
Preferred
- Master's degree, MBA, or other relevant graduate credential.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 5 years of experience in business development or related field.
Preferred
- 10 years of progressively responsible experience in consultative sales, business development, strategic partnerships, enrollment growth, account leadership, or a closely related field.
- Experience in graduate or executive education, online education, workforce development, professional services, talent development, or another complex knowledge-based offering.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Possesses a high degree of initiative.
- Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
Preferred
- Demonstrated success developing complex B2B relationships and converting opportunities involving senior organizational stakeholders.
- Demonstrated understanding of B2C demand generation, customer journeys, pipeline/funnel management, and conversion analytics.
- Experience building business cases, proposals, forecasts, and executive presentations using quantitative and qualitative evidence.
- Ability to lead cross-functional work through influence, manage ambiguity, and move complex opportunities through institutional decision processes.
- Exceptional executive communication, negotiation, relationship-management, judgment, and organizational skills.
- Record of building employer-sponsored education pathways, strategic alliances, channel partnerships, or enterprise accounts.
- Experience with portfolio strategy, pricing, market research, enrollment economics, and multi-year revenue planning.
- Ability to maintain existing networks among employers, associations, workforce organizations, alumni, or education partners relevant to Kelley's growth priorities.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This role requires regular interaction with external organizations and prospective learners, including periodic evening events and travel within Indiana and to national or international partner and industry events.
Advertised Salary
$115,000 - 125,000 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Development and Advancement
Job Family: Bus Partner and Corp Relations
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
Department
KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (BL-BUS-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (IU) is a comprehensive provider of top-tier business education with a full portfolio of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive programs on campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and online worldwide. The Kelley School has been creating career momentum for 100 years, going from 70 students in 1920 to an enrollment of more than 15,000 students today. Our innovative curriculum is built on personal development, teamwork, and experiential learning with an emphasis on global and social responsibility. Our success is reflected in our reputation among academic peers, our career placement statistics, and the accomplishments of more than 137,000 living alumni around the globe.
Job Summary
The Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships leads growth across Kelley's executive, online, and graduate degree and certificate offerings. This senior individual-contributor role develops employer and organizational partnerships, strengthens direct relationships with prospective learners, and turns market opportunities into enrollment and revenue growth. The role leads through influence and focuses on growth, account development, and commercial performance; routine program delivery, student services, scheduling, compliance administration, and staff supervision remain with operational teams.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Develops and executes annual and multi-year growth strategies for executive, online, and graduate degree and certificate offerings.
- Uses market demand, program economics, and institutional priorities to identify target segments, channels, offerings, and enrollment and revenue goals.
- Builds and converts a qualified pipeline of employers, associations, government entities, workforce development organizations, and other partners.
- Cultivates senior relationships and leads opportunities from outreach and discovery through solution design, approval, negotiation, launch handoff, and expansion.
- Designs scalable partnership models, including employer-sponsored pathways, corporate cohorts, preferred-provider arrangements, sponsorship models, and stackable credentials, in collaboration with academic, finance, legal, admissions, and operations partners.
- Prepares business cases, proposals, presentations, and forecasts.
- Leads negotiations within delegated authority and coordinates institutional review of pricing, commitments, and agreements.
- Drives direct-to-learner demand and enrollment within partner organizations by defining priority learner segments, messages, events, alumni referrals, and nurture approaches in partnership with marketing and admissions.
- Manages strategic accounts through executive sponsor relationships, account plans, partner reviews, health monitoring, risk resolution, renewal, and expansion.
- Maintains accurate CRM data, opportunity stages, next steps, probabilities, and projected enrollment and revenue.
- Produces executive reporting on pipeline health, conversion, partner performance, market coverage, and forecast accuracy.
- Monitors competitor offerings, pricing, workforce needs, and trends in graduate, executive, and online education.
- Translates findings into recommendations on portfolio, promotion, pricing, and go-to-market priorities.
- Aligns cross-functional teams on decision rights, handoffs, launch requirements, and escalation paths.
- Represents Kelley at employer events, conferences, webinars, information sessions, alumni programs, and partnership and workforce conversations.
- Works with academic leaders, marketing, admissions, enrollment management, alumni relations, employer relations, and program teams, the director guides market strategy, manages the opportunity pipeline, designs partnership models, and maintains executive relationships.
General Responsibilities
- Develops and implements targeted strategies for identification, cultivation, solicitation, and activation of significant-value, mutually beneficial partnerships with corporations that will assist the university in meeting its long-term financial goals.
- Manages and supports activities related to external funding for special project campaigns by identifying prospective corporate partners; developing, refining, and implementing cultivation plans; and developing, refining, and executing solicitation plans.
- Authors, develops, and manages a comprehensive resource development program in order to expand and continue support from corporations and corporate foundations. Follows through with contracts for assigned prospects and refines cultivation and solicitation plans as needed to assure effectiveness.
- Acts as a resource for university Corporate Relations Consultants and works in coordination with Indiana University (IU) units to set goals, timelines, budgets, and solicitation strategies for specific departmental goals and within budget parameters.
- Prepares and regularly presents reports to support cultivation, solicitation, and activation plans and related activities; modifies plans as appropriate and maintains related records as required.
- Researches and identifies prospective sponsors and provides stewardship for partners by assuring regular contact as needed to maintain and build relationships between sponsors and IU. Recruits, enlists, and trains volunteers and volunteer leaders to assist in cultivation and solicitation activities as appropriate.
- Researches and analyzes national and geographic data to identify prospective partners by gathering and effectively utilizing information from internal and external systems; rating area prospects to identify funding potential; requesting prospect assignments through the Prospect Management (PMP) System; and employing other methodologies, as appropriate.
- Researches industry trends; makes and implements process and policy recommendations to supervisor for improved operational efficiency. Establishes and implements procedures necessary for acknowledging corporate revenue streams.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
Preferred
- Master's degree, MBA, or other relevant graduate credential.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 5 years of experience in business development or related field.
Preferred
- 10 years of progressively responsible experience in consultative sales, business development, strategic partnerships, enrollment growth, account leadership, or a closely related field.
- Experience in graduate or executive education, online education, workforce development, professional services, talent development, or another complex knowledge-based offering.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Possesses a high degree of initiative.
- Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
Preferred
- Demonstrated success developing complex B2B relationships and converting opportunities involving senior organizational stakeholders.
- Demonstrated understanding of B2C demand generation, customer journeys, pipeline/funnel management, and conversion analytics.
- Experience building business cases, proposals, forecasts, and executive presentations using quantitative and qualitative evidence.
- Ability to lead cross-functional work through influence, manage ambiguity, and move complex opportunities through institutional decision processes.
- Exceptional executive communication, negotiation, relationship-management, judgment, and organizational skills.
- Record of building employer-sponsored education pathways, strategic alliances, channel partnerships, or enterprise accounts.
- Experience with portfolio strategy, pricing, market research, enrollment economics, and multi-year revenue planning.
- Ability to maintain existing networks among employers, associations, workforce organizations, alumni, or education partners relevant to Kelley's growth priorities.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This role requires regular interaction with external organizations and prospective learners, including periodic evening events and travel within Indiana and to national or international partner and industry events.
Advertised Salary
$115,000 - 125,000 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Development and Advancement
Job Family: Bus Partner and Corp Relations
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
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The qualifications that appear most often in business consultant jobs across Indiana.
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, finance, or a closely related field
- Two or more years of experience in consulting, operations, or business analysis
- Demonstrated ability to analyze business processes and present data-driven recommendations
- Proficiency with project management tools and common business intelligence software
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for client-facing engagements
- Relevant professional certification such as CMC, PMP, or a CPA for finance-focused roles
Business Consultant Jobs in Indiana: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a business consultant in Indiana?
Indiana does not require a state-issued license to work as a business consultant, so the path runs through education and credentials. Most employers expect at minimum a bachelor's degree in business, finance, or management. Earning a Certified Management Consultant designation or a Project Management Professional credential significantly strengthens candidacy. New graduates often enter through analyst or junior associate roles at Indianapolis-based firms or the consulting divisions of large Indiana corporations before advancing.
How much do business consultants make in Indiana?
Business consultants in Indiana earn a median of about $95,560 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $55,160 for the lowest 10% to over $158,820 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire business consultants in Indiana?
Employers hiring business consultants in Indiana right now include Distro, solitude, and Indiana University, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Indiana's combination of large manufacturing headquarters, growing healthcare systems, and financial institutions means consulting demand is spread across several industries rather than concentrated in a single sector.
Which Indiana cities have the most business consultant jobs?
Indianapolis, Portage, and Fort Wayne account for the largest share of business consultant openings in Indiana. Indianapolis dominates because it is home to major corporate headquarters, regional offices of national consulting firms, and a large healthcare sector, while Fort Wayne and South Bend draw openings from manufacturing clients and regional financial services firms that anchor those metro economies.
Are there remote business consultant jobs in Indiana?
Yes, and more than many fields. Business consulting is heavily analytical and communication-driven, which makes it well suited to remote and hybrid arrangements. About 100% of business consultant openings tied to Indiana are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how broadly the profession has shifted since firms adopted distributed working models. Strategy, financial advisory, and technology consulting sub-specialties tend to carry the most remote flexibility.
How can I get hired as a business consultant in Indiana with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior analyst or associate consultant role, which large Indiana employers such as Eli Lilly, Cummins, and the region's major health systems regularly post alongside graduate rotational programs. Candidates without direct consulting experience often move in laterally from operations coordinator, financial analyst, or project coordinator positions. Completing a PMP prep course or earning a business analytics certificate from an Indiana university program gives a candidate a concrete edge in early screening.
Where can I find and apply to business consultant jobs in Indiana?
You can find and apply to business consultant jobs in Indiana on Migrate Mate, which lists current Indiana openings updated in real time. Search the available roles, identify the ones that match your experience and preferred location, and apply directly through each listing without any additional steps required on the platform.
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