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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 OPT Sponsorship in Business Development Professional
Target companies with H-1B filing history
Companies that have sponsored H-1B visas before are far more likely to do it again. Search OFLC disclosure data to verify a company's sponsorship track record before investing time in their application process.
Lead with revenue impact in your resume
Business development hiring managers care about pipeline numbers, deal sizes, and conversion rates. Quantify your contributions clearly. Employers are more willing to sponsor candidates who demonstrate measurable commercial value from day one.
Address OPT timing proactively in interviews
Don't wait for employers to ask. Briefly explain your authorization timeline, confirm you can start immediately, and clarify that sponsorship is needed before expiration. Confidence here reduces employer hesitation significantly.
Focus on mid-size and growth-stage companies
Startups and enterprise firms each have trade-offs. Mid-size companies growing revenue actively often need BD professionals urgently enough that sponsorship becomes worth the effort and cost to them.
Build a target list before applying broadly
Identify 30 to 50 companies in your target industry that have sponsored before and are hiring BD roles. A focused outreach strategy consistently outperforms mass applications when sponsorship is a requirement of the search.
Align your degree to the specialty occupation standard
Business development roles qualify as specialty occupations when a specific degree, such as business, marketing, or international relations, is required. Be prepared to explain clearly how your academic background supports the role.
Business Development Professional OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Business Development Professional jobs typically qualify for OPT work authorization?
Yes. Business development roles generally qualify as specialty occupations because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as business, marketing, economics, or international relations. Your OPT work authorization covers full-time employment in roles that directly relate to your degree field, so the match between your degree and the position matters.
Does a Business Development Professional role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Not unless your degree is in a qualifying STEM field and the role involves substantial technical or analytical work. Most business development positions fall under business or social science degree categories, which are not on the STEM Designated Degree Program list. This means you have 12 months of OPT authorization, and H-1B sponsorship before that deadline is the primary path to staying authorized.
What should I say when an employer asks about my visa status?
Be direct and factual. State that you're currently authorized to work on OPT, specify your authorization end date, and note that you'll need H-1B sponsorship before that date to continue working. Avoid vague language. Employers respond better to candidates who understand their own timeline and communicate it clearly than to those who avoid the topic.
Where can I find Business Development Professional jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this. The platform filters for employers willing to sponsor F-1 OPT and visa holders, so you're not applying to roles where sponsorship is a non-starter. Browsing on Migrate Mate saves significant time compared to sorting through general job listings where OPT eligibility is rarely disclosed upfront.
How far in advance should I start applying for BD roles given my OPT expiration?
Start at least four to five months before your OPT expires. H-1B cap-subject petitions can only be filed once per year, in April, for an October 1 start date. If your OPT expires before October 1 and you miss that filing window, you lose an entire year. Beginning your search early gives you the best chance of landing an offer and completing sponsorship on time.