Business Development Manager

About CB Partners

CB Partners is a relationship-driven executive search and professional recruiting firm helping organizations hire exceptional talent. We partner closely with clients to understand their business needs and deliver high-quality recruiting solutions. We are seeking a proactive, commercially minded Business Development Manager to expand our client relationships and create new search opportunities.

Position Overview

This is a dedicated business development and sales role—not a candidate recruiting or sourcing position. The Business Development Manager will identify and win new client relationships, grow existing accounts, and work closely with our recruiting team to deliver on client hiring needs. Success requires consistent prospecting, consultative selling, strong client relationships, and ownership of the sales pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

• Prospect for new clients through phone, email, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, and in-person outreach.
• Build relationships with business owners, executives, hiring leaders, and HR decision-makers.
• Conduct discovery meetings to understand hiring needs, urgency, budgets, and decision processes.
• Present CB Partners’ recruiting capabilities and negotiate client agreements within company guidelines.
• Generate qualified job orders and coordinate clear handoffs to the recruiting team.
• Grow existing accounts through ongoing relationship management, referrals, and additional hiring opportunities.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline stages, client communications, and sales forecasts.
• Collaborate with recruiters to obtain client feedback, resolve issues, and support successful search delivery.
• Meet or exceed sales activity, new business, qualified job order, and revenue objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B sales, business development, account management, or professional services sales.
• Demonstrated ability to prospect, build relationships, and close new business.
• Strong communication, consultative selling, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Comfortable speaking with executives and managing multiple opportunities at once.
• Experience using a CRM and modern prospecting tools.
• Ability to work onsite in the Denver area 3–4 days per week and attend local client meetings.
• Preferred: staffing, recruiting, executive search, or other professional services sales experience and familiarity with the Denver business community.

What Success Looks Like

Consistent development of new client relationships, a healthy qualified sales pipeline, repeat business from established accounts, a steady flow of fillable job orders for the recruiting team, and achievement of agreed revenue goals.

Compensation, Benefits & Work Arrangement

Base salary: $60,000–$75,000 per year, depending on qualifications and experience. Additional compensation: performance-based commission. Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; unlimited PTO, administered in accordance with company policy and applicable Colorado paid-leave requirements. Full-time hybrid position in the Denver area, requiring 3–4 days onsite each week, with remaining days remote as business needs allow. Local client meetings and networking may be required.

How to Apply

Submit a resume through the application method identified with this posting. Applicants may redact age-identifying information, such as date of birth and graduation or school attendance dates, from submitted materials.

Equal Employment Opportunity

CB Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants and employees as required by applicable law.

This description summarizes the general nature of the role and is not an employment contract. Responsibilities may evolve based on business needs