Business Development Manager

About Exponent:

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.

We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

1,100+ Team members

950+ Consultants

640+ Ph.D.s

90+ Disciplines

30+ Offices globally

Our Opportunity:

Exponent is looking for a talented Business Development Manager, Client Services (“BD Manager”) to join our growing Business Development team in Menlo Park, CA, or other US office locations.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the BD Manager will leverage their existing network, develop new business opportunities and maintain key business relationships to support the growth of Exponent’s consulting services and represent the Exponent brand in the marketplace, with particular emphasis on the legal market.

The BD manager will be client-facing without regional constraints. Their primary objective will be to create business outcomes, increasing market share by connecting their existing network to the Exponent consultancy, targeting new client prospects and developing relationships, effectively leveraging sponsorships or strategic organizational partnerships, supporting client pursuits and developing a new portfolio of client relationships with in-house and outside counsel to drive revenue growth.

You will be responsible for:

Learning what the Exponent consultancy does quickly and how to pitch their 90+ scientific and engineering disciplines.

Leveraging your network and connecting leads to the Exponent consultancy.

Expanding Exponent’s legal client base through targeting, prospect identification, and lead development.

Developing, expanding and maintaining your portfolio of personal client relationships with top law firms and in-house counsel to drive substantial revenue growth for the firm.

Supporting the execution of business development strategy for key corporate growth initiatives.

Maintaining and updating client relationship management (CRM) system database and support analysis of marketing and sales activity reports as needed.

Innovating account-based sales strategy and tactics, leveraging CRM data.

Supporting client requests or inquiries and work to identify and connect qualified consultants to respond to these opportunities.

Securing, coordinating and managing presentation of continuing education seminars for law firms, insurance carriers or other professional associations.

Leading, organizing, and attending client-related professional and social functions

Leading consultant activities regarding conventions and events as needed to promote the company and our services in all regions.

Managing other members of the business development team.

You will have the following skills and qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree. MBA, MS or JD is preferred.

Experience with engineering or scientific consulting, law, or management consulting is preferred.

B2B professional services sales experience, particularly to the legal industry.

Track record of responsibility and success; minimum 8 years professional level experience in business development, one-on-one meetings, client relationship management, sales and/or account management.

Excellent communication (verbal and written), follow up, presentation and interpersonal skills.

Ability to travel up to 30-60% of time, nationally and on some occasions internationally.

Ability and interest in connecting with people, self-starter with ability to work independently.

Ability to learn relevant platforms used by the department, in particular our CRM, Vantagepoint (Deltek). Fluent in AI transformation and implementing basic LLMs for efficiency.

Direct experience with marketing to attorneys.

Experience with sales within the legal market.

Life @ Exponent:

To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, please visit the following links:

We value and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across all facets of our firm. Having a team built of people with different backgrounds, skills and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits, as well as compensation and recognition programs, empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.

Work Environment:

At Exponent, we have found that in-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi-disciplinary work environment.

Compensation:

The pay rate for this position is dependent on experience and capabilities which will be assessed during the interview process.

Salary Range: USD $125,000.00 - USD $165,000.00 /Yr. Benefits you will enjoy:

Access benefits information on our Life @ Exponent page:

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-Accommodations@exponent.com.

Job Locations: US-CA-Menlo Park US-IL-Chicago US-TX-Houston US-CA-Los Angeles US-CA-Irvine US-WA-Seattle US-CO-Denver US-CA-Oakland