Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a business developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a business developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Business developers strive to improve the market share of companies in the market. They perform strategic analyses of the core advantages that a company's products or services have to offer, they cooperate in the development of marketing campaigns for lead generation and support on sales efforts.

Also known as business development strategist, business development executive, business continuity analyst.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical application specialist, 22%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chemical application speciali… 22% covered banking products manager 19% covered client relations manager 18% covered chief marketing officer 18% covered sales manager 16% covered business developer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from business developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a business developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A business developer needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • expand store regional presence management skills
  • services marketing business, administration and law
  • apply business acumen management skills
  • collaborate in the development of marketing strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • corporate sustainability business, administration and law
  • brand marketing techniques business, administration and law
  • carry out sales analysis information skills
  • business analysis business, administration and law
  • market analysis business, administration and law
  • strategic planning business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a business developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Business developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a business developer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.