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Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.
Private Wealth Management (PWM)
Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (PWM) specializes in creating comprehensive wealth management plans for ultra high net worth individuals and families, as well as select institutions, including foundations and endowments. PWM Teams work one-on-one with clients to advise and deliver customized strategies drawn from our deep investment experience, diverse wealth management capabilities and global reach. Our Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) deliver an unparalleled investment platform inclusive of the full product and service offerings of Goldman Sachs and beyond, which may include tax and estate planning, philanthropic planning and private banking and lending services. As client needs evolve, this close relationship allows the team to offer complementary services and new opportunities by leveraging the resources of Goldman Sachs and beyond.
Business Development Professionals (BDPs) will work alongside Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) across both existing client relationships and new business generation. In this role, BDPs will gain the investment expertise to build and monitor client portfolios as well as exposure to various methods for sourcing new client relationships. High performing BDPs are expected to transition into the PWA role and begin building their own book of business.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- Work closely with PWAs to both support existing client relationships and drive new business generation
- Conduct client-facing analyses for client portfolios, spanning strategic and tactical asset allocation as well as portfolio risk / return
- Monitor macroeconomic trends and internal research publications, considering their potential impact on client portfolios
- Act as the growth engine for the PWM team across both wallet share and new business
- Develop a system for sustained outreach to prospective clients, spanning general marketing presentations, investment specific materials, strategic research publications, and client events
- Act as the PWM team’s central point of contact for client relationship management in Salesforce
- Participate in the PWM team’s prospective client meetings and coordinate follow-up, as needed
- Manage internal new business strategy meetings, developing agendas and driving associated action items
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor's degree
- Related financial services experience of 3+ years
- Interest in pursuing a career as a Private Wealth Advisor
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and think clearly under pressure
- Strong interest in the financial markets and good investment sense/commercial instinct
- Ability to multi-task and work with a variety of partners across the firm
- Entrepreneurial spirit coupled with a desire to work in a team-oriented environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and foster a strong network of relationships
- Creative approach to problem solving
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- SIE, Series 3, 7 and 63 (must be obtained within three months of employment)
- Obtaining CFA Charter and/or CFP highly encouraged and will be sponsored in accordance with firm policy
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
The expected base salary for this Seattle, Washington, United States-based position is $75,000-$160,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.
We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
Holiday & Vacation Policies
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
Seattle
DIVISION
Asset & Wealth Management
Wealth Management
Across Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs helps empower clients and customers around the world to reach their financial goals. Our advisor-led wealth management businesses provide financial planning, investment management, banking and comprehensive advice to a wide range of clients, including ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals, as well as family offices, foundations and endowments, and corporations and their employees. Our consumer business provides digital solutions for customers to better spend, borrow, invest, and save. Across Wealth Management, our growth is driven by a relentless focus on our people, our clients and customers, and leading-edge technology, data and design.
Private Wealth Management (PWM)
Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (PWM) specializes in creating comprehensive wealth management plans for ultra high net worth individuals and families, as well as select institutions, including foundations and endowments. PWM Teams work one-on-one with clients to advise and deliver customized strategies drawn from our deep investment experience, diverse wealth management capabilities and global reach. Our Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) deliver an unparalleled investment platform inclusive of the full product and service offerings of Goldman Sachs and beyond, which may include tax and estate planning, philanthropic planning and private banking and lending services. As client needs evolve, this close relationship allows the team to offer complementary services and new opportunities by leveraging the resources of Goldman Sachs and beyond.
Business Development Professionals (BDPs) will work alongside Private Wealth Advisors (PWAs) across both existing client relationships and new business generation. In this role, BDPs will gain the investment expertise to build and monitor client portfolios as well as exposure to various methods for sourcing new client relationships. High performing BDPs are expected to transition into the PWA role and begin building their own book of business.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
- Work closely with PWAs to both support existing client relationships and drive new business generation
- Conduct client-facing analyses for client portfolios, spanning strategic and tactical asset allocation as well as portfolio risk / return
- Monitor macroeconomic trends and internal research publications, considering their potential impact on client portfolios
- Act as the growth engine for the PWM team across both wallet share and new business
- Develop a system for sustained outreach to prospective clients, spanning general marketing presentations, investment specific materials, strategic research publications, and client events
- Act as the PWM team’s central point of contact for client relationship management in Salesforce
- Participate in the PWM team’s prospective client meetings and coordinate follow-up, as needed
- Manage internal new business strategy meetings, developing agendas and driving associated action items
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor's degree
- Related financial services experience of 3+ years
- Interest in pursuing a career as a Private Wealth Advisor
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and think clearly under pressure
- Strong interest in the financial markets and good investment sense/commercial instinct
- Ability to multi-task and work with a variety of partners across the firm
- Entrepreneurial spirit coupled with a desire to work in a team-oriented environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and foster a strong network of relationships
- Creative approach to problem solving
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- SIE, Series 3, 7 and 63 (must be obtained within three months of employment)
- Obtaining CFA Charter and/or CFP highly encouraged and will be sponsored in accordance with firm policy
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.
We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.
Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
The expected base salary for this Seattle, Washington, United States-based position is $75,000-$160,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.
Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.
We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits
Healthcare & Medical Insurance
We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.
Holiday & Vacation Policies
We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.
Financial Wellness & Retirement
We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.
Health Services
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.
Fitness
To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).
Child Care & Family Care
We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.
Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
Seattle
DIVISION
Asset & Wealth Management
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Business Development Professional
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
Business development titles vary widely. Check the O*NET profile for your specific SOC code to confirm the role requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field, not just any degree. Generic sales roles often fail this test.
Research LCA filing history before applying
Use Migrate Mate to filter business development roles by employers with verified LCA filing history, so you're targeting companies that have already cleared DOL prevailing-wage certification for this occupation, not ones encountering it for the first time.
Identify cap-exempt employers strategically
Nonprofits affiliated with universities, government research organizations, and certain research institutions are exempt from the H-1B cap. Business development roles at these organizations skip the lottery entirely, making them worth targeting even if the compensation differs.
Align your degree field to the job description
USCIS scrutinizes business development petitions because the title covers broad functions. If your degree is in finance or economics, target roles where the job description explicitly ties those disciplines to the core duties, not general relationship management.
Request premium processing before your cap-gap ends
If you're transitioning from OPT, your cap-gap authorization expires October 1. Ask your employer to file I-129 with premium processing so USCIS adjudicates within 15 business days, reducing the risk of a gap between your OPT end date and H-1B approval.
Document business development as a distinct discipline
Employers must demonstrate to USCIS that the role requires specialized knowledge, not general business acumen. Ask your hiring manager to specify in the support letter how strategic analysis, market segmentation, or financial modeling tie to your degree field.
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Find Business Development Professional JobsBusiness Development Professional H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a business development professional role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
It depends on how the role is defined. USCIS requires the position to be a specialty occupation, meaning it normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field like business administration, marketing, finance, or economics. Roles focused primarily on general sales or account management without degree-specific requirements are harder to qualify. The employer's job description must establish that degree-level knowledge in a related discipline is essential to performing the core duties.
How do I find business development employers who sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified LCA filing history for business development roles, so you can see which companies have already gone through DOL certification for this occupation. This is more reliable than assuming sponsorship willingness from company size or industry alone, since many firms sponsor in some divisions but not others.
What happens to my H-1B status if my business development role changes significantly?
Material changes to your job duties, location, or employer entity may require an amended H-1B petition. If your role shifts from strategy-focused business development to primarily operational account management, USCIS could view the new duties as outside the scope of the approved petition. Your employer should file an amended I-129 before the change takes effect to avoid unauthorized employment exposure.
Can I work for multiple clients or in different offices on an H-1B as a business development professional?
You can work at multiple client sites, but each worksite location must be covered by a certified LCA for that geographic area. If your business development role involves regular travel to client offices in different metro areas, your employer needs to post LCA notices and certify wages at the prevailing rate for each location using the OFLC Wage Search tool before you begin work there.
Is a business development professional role eligible for an H-1B cap exemption?
Cap exemptions apply to the employer, not the role. If you're hired by a university, a nonprofit affiliated with a university, or a qualifying research organization, your business development position is cap-exempt regardless of its title. These employers can file H-1B petitions at any time of year without entering the lottery, which significantly improves your odds of obtaining status.
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