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Remote Business Development Leader jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed teams in sectors like technology, SaaS, fintech, and professional services. Employers hiring remote business development leaders right now include HDR, Schneider Electric, and CHA Consulting. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Travel: Must be sufficiently mobile and flexible; ability to travel up to 50%.
Key Responsibilities:
Market Development & Opportunity Identification
- Identify and target brownfield modernization opportunities in key industries (e.g., power generation, oil & gas, chemicals, pulp & paper manufacturing).
- Identify, target, and prioritize brownfield plants operating competitor legacy control systems (Emerson, Honeywell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, Rockwell).
- Develop and execute account strategies to position Schneider Electric - EcoStruxure as the preferred modernization solution and displace the competition.
- Build and nurture relationships with customers’ decision-makers and influencers.
- Lead discovery sessions to understand pain points, drivers, and business objectives.
- Prospect for new users/sites, focusing on high potential for Schneider Electric adoption.
Solution Positioning & Sales Execution
- Articulate the unique value proposition of Schneider Electric - EcoStruxure for brownfield modernization, including technical, operational, and business benefits.
- Lead customer engagements, presentations, and workshops to demonstrate Schneider Electric’s capabilities and migration strategies.
- Collaborate with Offer Management and R&D to tailor solutions, address technical challenges, and incorporate customer feedback into product development.
- Drive the sales cycle from opportunity identification through proposal, bid, and closure, ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
Competitive Intelligence & Strategy
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of competitor legacy systems and migration challenges.
- Provide actionable feedback to Offer Management and R&D on competitive trends, customer needs, and solution gaps.
- Work closely with strategy and product management teams to influence roadmap and innovation priorities based on market intelligence.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Work cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and service teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Mentor and support regional sales teams in developing modernization strategies.
- Interface with regional sales and business leads to implement and develop account-specific strategies.
- Engage with EPC or end-user leaders and executives to develop relationships, understand their business, and formulate business solutions to create value.
Reporting & Performance Management
- Track pipeline, forecast sales, and report on key metrics to management.
- Ensure customer satisfaction and long-term relationship development.
- Support development of the business case for strategic initiatives and drive implementation of selected strategies.
(External) English Qualifications:
What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
Experience:
- 10+ years in industrial automation, business development, or technical sales.
- 5+ years’ experience in engineering, project management, or operations within Heavy Industries segments.
- Direct experience with competitor automation systems (Emerson, Honeywell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, Rockwell).
- Familiarity with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure and related automation solutions.
Technical Skills:
- Deep understanding of Control System architectures, migration methodologies, and modernization best practices.
- Ability to compare and contrast Schneider Electric with competitor solutions.
- Experience with brownfield modernization project scoping, execution, and risk management.
- Proven ability to collaborate with Offer Management and R&D to drive solution innovation.
Soft Skills:
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization and with clients, including C-level executives.
- Analytical thinking, strong project management, and sound judgment.
Other Requirements:
- Exposure to Strategy & Business Development in the North American market space.
- Ability to convert strategies into implemented business solutions driving sales and revenue.
- Ability to develop sustainable opportunity pipeline based on business plans.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading brownfield modernization projects.
- Schneider Electric certifications or training in Foxboro DCS.
- Knowledge of key verticals (power generation, oil & gas, chemicals, pulp & paper, manufacturing).
- Experience in owner/operator environment in process automation, process engineering, operations, and maintenance.
Join us and lead the way in delivering solutions that matter — apply today!
Local Benefits (English):
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.
(External) English Company Boiler Plate:
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.
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.
Travel: Must be sufficiently mobile and flexible; ability to travel up to 50%.
Key Responsibilities:
Market Development & Opportunity Identification
- Identify and target brownfield modernization opportunities in key industries (e.g., power generation, oil & gas, chemicals, pulp & paper manufacturing).
- Identify, target, and prioritize brownfield plants operating competitor legacy control systems (Emerson, Honeywell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, Rockwell).
- Develop and execute account strategies to position Schneider Electric - EcoStruxure as the preferred modernization solution and displace the competition.
- Build and nurture relationships with customers’ decision-makers and influencers.
- Lead discovery sessions to understand pain points, drivers, and business objectives.
- Prospect for new users/sites, focusing on high potential for Schneider Electric adoption.
Solution Positioning & Sales Execution
- Articulate the unique value proposition of Schneider Electric - EcoStruxure for brownfield modernization, including technical, operational, and business benefits.
- Lead customer engagements, presentations, and workshops to demonstrate Schneider Electric’s capabilities and migration strategies.
- Collaborate with Offer Management and R&D to tailor solutions, address technical challenges, and incorporate customer feedback into product development.
- Drive the sales cycle from opportunity identification through proposal, bid, and closure, ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
Competitive Intelligence & Strategy
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of competitor legacy systems and migration challenges.
- Provide actionable feedback to Offer Management and R&D on competitive trends, customer needs, and solution gaps.
- Work closely with strategy and product management teams to influence roadmap and innovation priorities based on market intelligence.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Work cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and service teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Mentor and support regional sales teams in developing modernization strategies.
- Interface with regional sales and business leads to implement and develop account-specific strategies.
- Engage with EPC or end-user leaders and executives to develop relationships, understand their business, and formulate business solutions to create value.
Reporting & Performance Management
- Track pipeline, forecast sales, and report on key metrics to management.
- Ensure customer satisfaction and long-term relationship development.
- Support development of the business case for strategic initiatives and drive implementation of selected strategies.
(External) English Qualifications:
What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
Experience:
- 10+ years in industrial automation, business development, or technical sales.
- 5+ years’ experience in engineering, project management, or operations within Heavy Industries segments.
- Direct experience with competitor automation systems (Emerson, Honeywell, Yokogawa, ABB, Siemens, Rockwell).
- Familiarity with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure and related automation solutions.
Technical Skills:
- Deep understanding of Control System architectures, migration methodologies, and modernization best practices.
- Ability to compare and contrast Schneider Electric with competitor solutions.
- Experience with brownfield modernization project scoping, execution, and risk management.
- Proven ability to collaborate with Offer Management and R&D to drive solution innovation.
Soft Skills:
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization and with clients, including C-level executives.
- Analytical thinking, strong project management, and sound judgment.
Other Requirements:
- Exposure to Strategy & Business Development in the North American market space.
- Ability to convert strategies into implemented business solutions driving sales and revenue.
- Ability to develop sustainable opportunity pipeline based on business plans.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading brownfield modernization projects.
- Schneider Electric certifications or training in Foxboro DCS.
- Knowledge of key verticals (power generation, oil & gas, chemicals, pulp & paper, manufacturing).
- Experience in owner/operator environment in process automation, process engineering, operations, and maintenance.
Join us and lead the way in delivering solutions that matter — apply today!
Local Benefits (English):
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.
(External) English Company Boiler Plate:
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.
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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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Energy
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote business development leader jobs.
- 5 or more years of business development, sales, or strategic partnerships experience
- Proven ability to build and close complex, multi-stakeholder deals
- CRM proficiency, typically Salesforce or HubSpot, for pipeline management
- Experience developing go-to-market strategies and identifying new revenue channels
- Strong executive communication and negotiation skills
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field
Tips for Your Remote Business Development Leader Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote business development leader openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check the listings regularly and apply directly to roles that match your background as soon as they go live, since competitive remote openings fill fast.
Show your async pipeline-building on your resume
Remote business development leaders are hired on results they produced without physical proximity. Quantify partnerships closed, revenue generated, or outreach sequences built through written and digital channels. Employers want proof you can develop business without being in the room.
Build a visible record of remote collaboration
Remote hiring managers look for evidence you work well across time zones and tools. Reference CRM platforms, video conferencing habits, and async documentation practices you use to keep deals moving. Concrete tool fluency signals you won't need hand-holding in a distributed environment.
Tailor your outreach to remote-first companies
Remote-first technology firms and distributed SaaS companies post business development leader roles differently from hybrid employers. Focus your search on companies that have publicly committed to remote work, because their processes, compensation, and management styles are already built for distributed team success.
Remote Business Development Leader Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote business development leader job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed-team organizations that run their sales and growth functions asynchronously. Remote employers screen business development leaders for self-direction, strong written communication, and the ability to build pipeline without in-person touchpoints. Demonstrating a history of closing deals or building partnerships independently, and showing comfort with CRM tools and async collaboration platforms, gives you a clear edge over candidates with only office-based experience.
Which companies hire remote business development leaders?
Employers currently hiring remote business development leaders include HDR, Schneider Electric, and CHA Consulting, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Remote-first technology companies, SaaS platforms, and distributed professional services firms tend to be the most active hirers of business development leaders in fully remote configurations.
Can you get a remote business development leader job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level business development leader roles are harder to land because employers expect you to generate pipeline independently from day one. Early-stage startups and SaaS companies are the most likely to hire junior candidates remotely. Showing a record of outreach you ran yourself, side projects involving partnership or sales development, or strong written communication skills can substitute for formal experience.
Do you need a degree for remote business development leader jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in technology and SaaS routinely hire business development leaders based on demonstrated results rather than academic credentials. What matters most is a verifiable record of building relationships, generating revenue, or developing partnerships. A degree can help in more traditional industries, but it rarely outweighs concrete, documented performance in a business development context.
Which industries hire the most remote business development leaders?
The sectors hiring the most remote business development leaders are Consulting & Professional Services, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Energy, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. These industries concentrate remote business development hiring because their sales cycles, partner relationships, and client conversations translate naturally to distributed team structures.
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