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2015

Best Jobs in America

CNNMoney/PayScale's top 100 careers with big growth, great pay and satisfying work.

48.  Business Dev. Director

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100 best jobs business development director
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  • Median pay: $136,000
  • Top pay: $205,000
  • 10-year job growth: 13%

Business development directors are charged with creating new partnerships for a company. The job is all about targeting new partners and clients, meeting and pitching them new ideas, and negotiating contracts.

Quality of life ratings:
Personal satisfaction: A | Benefit to society: B | Telecommuting: A | Low stress: B

Notes: All pay data from PayScale.com. Median pay is for an experienced worker (at least five or seven years in the field). Top pay represents the 90th percentile. Job growth is estimated for 2012-22, and based on people working in broader 'job family' from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For more details, see How We Picked the Best Jobs.
Sources: PayScale.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CNNMoney research
By Jillian Eugenios, Emily Jane Fox, Steve Hargreaves, and Kathryn Vasel   @CNNMoney - Last updated May 09 2017 01:24 PM ET
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