Business Development Manager: Government and Workforce
Win public-sector partnerships with economic development organizations, workforce boards, and government agencies at every level, building on programs like AI Ready Ohio, run with JobsOhio.
Location: Cincinnati, OH, or remote/hybrid
Full role description
The role
A new-business, individual-contributor position with no direct reports. You build a self-sourced pipeline of public-sector partnerships, with some qualified leads supplied by ETA.
What you'll do
- Prospect and self-source partnerships across economic development, workforce, and government.
- Use your network to shorten sales cycles.
- Own public-sector revenue and partnership targets with a forecasted pipeline.
- Build relationships with agency leaders, economic development executives, workforce board directors, and procurement officials.
- Position ETA programs as solutions to regional workforce and economic priorities.
- Navigate grants, budgets, RFPs, and procurement, and lead proposal development.
- Manage multi-stakeholder partnerships and expand state and regional relationships.
- Track federal, state, and regional AI and workforce policy and funding.
- Represent ETA at government and workforce events.
- Maintain CRM records and report to leadership.
What you'll bring
- A proven record of self-sourcing pipeline and closing public-sector or related deals.
- An active network across economic development, workforce, and government.
- Experience selling to or partnering with these organizations.
- Working knowledge of public-sector procurement and comfort with long sales cycles.
- Strong consultative selling, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Preferred: familiarity with workforce, economic development, education, or AI programs.
- Strong written and proposal skills, CRM proficiency, and willingness to travel.
Compensation and benefits
Competitive base salary plus uncapped, performance-based commission tied to recognized revenue, along with a comprehensive benefits package.
Reports to
ETA leadership, working closely with the marketing and events teams.
