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Sales Business Development jobs at Schneider Electric span the company's energy management and manufacturing divisions, with a consistent record of visa sponsorship for this function. If you're targeting a role here, you're looking at a global employer that treats sponsorship as part of its hiring process, not an exception to it.
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The Business Development Leader is responsible for driving growth across complex capital projects by developing and expanding relationships with Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) firms and selected strategic end-user accounts. The role focuses on early project engagement, strategic account planning, and advancing opportunities across multiple industrial segments, positioning Schneider Electric as a preferred long-term technology partner.
Key Responsibilities
Market & Account Development
- Identify, qualify, and pursue large capital project opportunities across multiple industrial and infrastructure segments.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans for priority EPC firms and key owner/operator accounts.
- Engage early in the project lifecycle to influence technical, commercial, and digital architectures.
- Monitor market trends, project pipelines, and investment drivers to proactively shape demand.
EPC & Strategic Account Engagement
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships with EPC executives, project directors, and engineering leaders.
- Coordinate Schneider Electric engagement across multiple EPC business units and project portfolios.
- Act as a single-point strategic interface for selected high-impact owner/operator accounts.
- Support global and regional EPC framework agreements and preferred partner strategies.
Solution Positioning & Sales Execution
- Articulate the value proposition of Schneider Electric’s automation, digital, electrical, and lifecycle solutions.
- Lead executive-level customer discussions focused on business outcomes, risk reduction, and lifecycle value.
- Collaborate with sales, technical, proposal, and delivery teams to develop differentiated solutions.
- Support bid strategies, deal qualification, and commercial positioning for complex pursuits.
Strategy, Reporting & Internal Alignment
- Build and maintain a qualified pipeline aligned with strategic growth priorities.
- Provide market and customer feedback to product management, marketing, and leadership teams.
- Track opportunity progress, forecast revenue, and report on key performance indicators.
- Contribute to long-term strategy development for EPC and strategic account growth.
Travel: Willingness to travel up to 50% as required.
Why Work for Schneider Electric?
Schneider Electric’s mission is to be your Energy Technology Partner. Join a global leader that electrifies, automates, and digitalizes industries and infrastructure worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to shape strategic customer relationships, influence large capital projects, and drive sustainable growth across multiple industrial segments while working with a high-performing, collaborative team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
Experience:
- 20+ years of experience in business development, sales, engineering, or project execution within industrial or infrastructure markets.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Demonstrated experience working with EPC firms and/or large owner/operator accounts.
- Proven success influencing and closing complex, multi-stakeholder capital projects.
- Experience operating in a matrixed, global organization.
Core Competencies:
- Strong understanding of EPC business models, project lifecycles, and risk allocation.
- Ability to position integrated solutions across automation, digital, and electrical domains.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strategic thinking combined with disciplined execution.
Join us and lead the way in delivering solutions that matter — apply today!
LOCAL BENEFITS
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 161,600 - USD 242,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150,000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
INTRODUCTION
The Business Development Leader is responsible for driving growth across complex capital projects by developing and expanding relationships with Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) firms and selected strategic end-user accounts. The role focuses on early project engagement, strategic account planning, and advancing opportunities across multiple industrial segments, positioning Schneider Electric as a preferred long-term technology partner.
Key Responsibilities
Market & Account Development
- Identify, qualify, and pursue large capital project opportunities across multiple industrial and infrastructure segments.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans for priority EPC firms and key owner/operator accounts.
- Engage early in the project lifecycle to influence technical, commercial, and digital architectures.
- Monitor market trends, project pipelines, and investment drivers to proactively shape demand.
EPC & Strategic Account Engagement
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships with EPC executives, project directors, and engineering leaders.
- Coordinate Schneider Electric engagement across multiple EPC business units and project portfolios.
- Act as a single-point strategic interface for selected high-impact owner/operator accounts.
- Support global and regional EPC framework agreements and preferred partner strategies.
Solution Positioning & Sales Execution
- Articulate the value proposition of Schneider Electric’s automation, digital, electrical, and lifecycle solutions.
- Lead executive-level customer discussions focused on business outcomes, risk reduction, and lifecycle value.
- Collaborate with sales, technical, proposal, and delivery teams to develop differentiated solutions.
- Support bid strategies, deal qualification, and commercial positioning for complex pursuits.
Strategy, Reporting & Internal Alignment
- Build and maintain a qualified pipeline aligned with strategic growth priorities.
- Provide market and customer feedback to product management, marketing, and leadership teams.
- Track opportunity progress, forecast revenue, and report on key performance indicators.
- Contribute to long-term strategy development for EPC and strategic account growth.
Travel: Willingness to travel up to 50% as required.
Why Work for Schneider Electric?
Schneider Electric’s mission is to be your Energy Technology Partner. Join a global leader that electrifies, automates, and digitalizes industries and infrastructure worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to shape strategic customer relationships, influence large capital projects, and drive sustainable growth across multiple industrial segments while working with a high-performing, collaborative team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
Experience:
- 20+ years of experience in business development, sales, engineering, or project execution within industrial or infrastructure markets.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Demonstrated experience working with EPC firms and/or large owner/operator accounts.
- Proven success influencing and closing complex, multi-stakeholder capital projects.
- Experience operating in a matrixed, global organization.
Core Competencies:
- Strong understanding of EPC business models, project lifecycles, and risk allocation.
- Ability to position integrated solutions across automation, digital, and electrical domains.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strategic thinking combined with disciplined execution.
Join us and lead the way in delivering solutions that matter — apply today!
LOCAL BENEFITS
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 161,600 - USD 242,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150,000+ employees in 100+ countries
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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Align your background to energy transition sales
Schneider Electric's Business Development roles are heavily weighted toward smart grid, industrial automation, and energy efficiency solutions. Frame your sales experience around these verticals in your resume and cover letter before you apply.
Verify your degree field supports specialty occupation
H-1B eligibility for Sales Business Development roles requires a degree in a directly related field, such as electrical engineering, business, or industrial management. A general studies degree without relevant coursework can create complications at the USCIS petition stage.
Target Schneider's channel and strategic accounts teams
Schneider Electric regularly posts Business Development roles tied to distributor partnerships and end-user accounts in manufacturing sectors. Filtering your job search to these teams increases your odds of landing a role where sponsorship is already an established expectation.
Clarify sponsorship eligibility before your final interview
Raise your visa situation with the recruiter after a strong first-round interview, not at the offer stage. Schneider's talent acquisition team is experienced with H-1B and E-3 filings, so a direct conversation early avoids delays in the offer and filing timeline.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open roles by visa type
Schneider Electric posts a significant volume of Sales Business Development positions, but not all are open to sponsored candidates. Search Migrate Mate to filter specifically for Schneider roles that match your visa category and seniority level before applying.
Build your PERM file for long-term Green Card planning
If you're targeting permanent residency, ask your Schneider HR contact about their PERM sponsorship timeline early in your tenure. Manufacturing-sector roles at this level often qualify under EB-2 or EB-3, but the DOL labor certification process takes time to initiate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Schneider Electric sponsor H-1B visas for Sales Business Development roles?
Yes, Schneider Electric sponsors H-1B visas for Sales Business Development positions. The company operates across energy management and industrial automation sectors where specialty occupation requirements are well established. If your degree is in a relevant field such as electrical engineering, business, or industrial management, your profile is likely to meet the H-1B specialty occupation threshold for these roles.
Which visa types does Schneider Electric commonly sponsor for Sales Business Development positions?
Schneider Electric sponsors H-1B visas for most internationally hired Sales Business Development professionals, and the company also has a track record with E-3 visas for Australian citizens in this function. For candidates pursuing permanent residency, Schneider has supported Green Card sponsorship through EB-2 and EB-3 PERM filings, particularly for employees in specialized or senior-level sales roles tied to its manufacturing and energy divisions.
What qualifications does Schneider Electric expect for Sales Business Development roles?
Schneider Electric typically expects a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, business administration, or a related technical field, combined with direct B2B sales or account management experience. For roles tied to industrial automation or energy management, familiarity with building management systems, SCADA, or power distribution products is a meaningful differentiator. Senior-level positions often require demonstrated experience managing distributor or channel partner relationships in a manufacturing environment.
How do I apply for Sales Business Development jobs at Schneider Electric?
Start by browsing open positions on Schneider Electric's careers portal and on Migrate Mate, which filters for roles open to visa-sponsored candidates. When applying, tailor your application to highlight industry-specific sales experience in energy, manufacturing, or industrial sectors. After a successful first-round interview, proactively confirm visa sponsorship eligibility with the recruiter so the offer and H-1B or E-3 filing process can move forward without delays.
How do I plan around H-1B cap timing when targeting a Sales Business Development role at Schneider Electric?
The H-1B cap registration window opens in March each year, with employment typically starting October 1 if selected. If you're aiming for a role at Schneider, securing an offer by February gives your employer enough time to participate in the USCIS lottery. If you miss the cap cycle or aren't selected, ask whether the role qualifies for a cap-exempt filing or whether an E-3 pathway applies if you hold Australian citizenship.