About the Role
Our Client is Sustainability Consulting Firm seeking a commercially driven and consultative Business Development Manager to help accelerate the firm’s growth across its sustainability advisory, assurance, training, and thought leadership services. This role is suited for a high-performing B2B business development professional who is confident engaging senior decision-makers, building trusted client relationships, identifying commercial opportunities, and converting them into revenue. The successful candidate will play a key role in expanding client base, growing strategic accounts, and positioning the firm’s specialist sustainability services in Singapore and international markets. This is a hands-on role for someone who combines a strong commercial instinct with a polished, professional approach and the ability to work closely with internal subject matter experts to shape client-focused solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Development and Revenue Growth
- Identify, develop, and convert new business opportunities across target sectors and markets
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities to achieve and exceed revenue targets
- Drive the full business development cycle, from prospecting and lead qualification through to proposal submission, negotiation, and closure
- Develop and implement account growth strategies for both new and existing clients
- Proactively identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities across service lines
Client Engagement and Relationship Management
- Build trusted relationships with senior executives and key decision-makers, including sustainability, procurement, compliance, finance, human resources, and business leaders
- Lead client discussions to understand needs, priorities, and pain points, and translate these into commercially viable opportunities
- Represent professionally in client meetings, networking engagements, webinars, and other business development interactions
- Maintain strong follow-through with prospects and clients to build long-term relationships and support repeat business
Solutioning and Proposal Development
- Work closely with internal technical teams to shape tailored, high-quality client solutions
- Lead or support the development of proposals, scopes of work, presentations, and commercial submissions
- Ensure proposals are strategically positioned, commercially sound, and aligned with client needs
- Support contract discussions and commercial negotiations in coordination with internal stakeholders
Service Line Promotion and Market Positioning
- Position and promote services across areas including sustainability advisory, sustainability reporting, climate and carbon services, sustainability ratings, human rights, assurance and verification, and training
- Stay informed on market trends, client needs, sustainability developments, and relevant reporting or rating frameworks to support business development conversations
- Contribute market intelligence and client feedback to help refine service positioning and growth priorities
Internal Collaboration and Sales Discipline
- Work closely with leadership, subject matter experts, and marketing colleagues to support coordinated business development efforts
- Maintain accurate opportunity records, pipeline updates, and sales activity tracking
- Provide regular reporting and forecasting on pipeline status, business development activity, and revenue progress
- Contribute to a disciplined, professional, and commercially focused business development culture
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Sustainability, Communications, or a related field
- 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in business development, sales, or client acquisition in a B2B environment
- Strong track record of generating revenue and closing new business
- Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including C-suite executives and business leaders
- Demonstrated experience in proposal development, commercial discussions, and client-facing presentations
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to understand client needs, shape solutions, and work effectively with internal experts
- Self-motivated, commercially minded, and able to work independently with strong ownership
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and growth-oriented environment
Preferred / Advantageous
- Experience in a consulting, advisory, professional services, training, assurance, or certification-related business
- Familiarity with consultative selling and solution-led business development
- Exposure to sustainability-related services, including areas such as sustainability reporting, climate, ratings, supply chain sustainability, human rights, assurance, or training
- Experience working across regional or international markets
- Existing networks or relationships within relevant corporate sectors would be an advantage
Key Competencies
- Strong commercial drive with a results-oriented mindset
- Consultative selling capability and business acumen
- Confidence and credibility in engaging senior decision-makers
- Strong interpersonal skills and relationship-building ability
- Strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- High level of professionalism, responsiveness, and ownership
- Ability to balance persistence with sound judgement and client sensitivity
What We Are Looking For
- A strong business development professional with a proven ability to win new business and grow client accounts
- Someone who is commercially sharp, polished, and confident in front of senior stakeholders
- A person who can sell value in a professional services environment, rather than rely on transactional selling
- An individual who is motivated by growth, relationships, and meaningful work
- Someone who is interested in supporting organisations on their sustainability journey through credible, high-quality solutions
Pay: $5,000.00 - $8,000.00 per month
Experience:
- Business development: 5 years (Required)
- Business consulting: 5 years (Required)
- B2B: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Authorisation to work in Singapore (Required)
Location:
- Singapore 238843 (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Singapore 238843