Also called: Alliances Manager, Partnerships Lead
Builds deals between companies, like a streaming service partnering with a phone company.
You spend months negotiating a deal for your app to come pre-installed on a carmaker's dashboard, then make sure both sides deliver.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in business; experience in sales or BD.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business, Economics, Marketing.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps research partners and draft terms; months-long negotiations between companies stay relationship work.
Classes: Business elective, Speech and debate, English Language Arts.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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