Business Development Lead salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for business development lead roles at senior level across the United States: 38 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $135,550 and $190,000, with a median of $165,000.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 2 ranges in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings and is marked hint: treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Business Development Lead pay by specialization
Business Development 110Channel & Partnerships 4
Live business development lead roles by sales function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $135,550 – $190,000 | $165,000 | 38 |
| New York | Senior | $171,250 – $229,800 | $190,000 | 7hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Pay by market
1 pageOpen business development lead roles · 34 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $119,500–$257,000scale $70,000–$360,000
Business Development Lead Valerie Health · San Francisco New $90,000–$130,000 2d ago 
Business Development Lead, Life Sciences OpenAI · San Francisco $400,000–$445,000 5d ago 
Business Development Lead, Neuromorphic Computing Intel · US, California, Santa Clara $221,810–$313,140 10d ago 
Strategic Business Development Lead, Continental Europe Second Front Systems · Remote · US €150,000–€180,000 11d ago Business Development Lead, FE & Public Sector Generation UK & Ireland · Manchester £46,000 13d ago Strategic Partnerships & Business Development Lead Equinox · New York $145,000–$160,000 2w ago Nuclear Business Development Lead – U.S. Earth & Environment Emit · New York $228,300–$321,800 2w ago Business Development Lead Universal Business Team · Kimbolton £40,000–£45,000 2w ago Business Development Lead – Growcer (Ottawa) growcer · Ottawa CA$120,000 2w ago 
Principal Business Development Lead (Unmanned Systems) L3Harris Technologies · Wellington €68,000–€115,000 2w ago Microsoft Business Development Regional Lead, AMS Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Tlaquepaque $119,500–$275,000 2w ago 
Strategic Business Development Lead Anthropic · San Francisco $300,000–$365,000 3w ago 
Business Development Lead HUD · San Francisco $100,000–$230,000 4w ago 
Business Development Lead Nationwide IT Services · Fairfax $120,000–$180,000 4w ago Quantum Business Development Lead Bah · United States $112,800–$257,000 4w ago Strategic Partnerships & Business Development Lead Rockstar · New York $170,000–$210,000 5w ago 
Founding Business Development Lead, Private Equity Broccoli AI · San Francisco $220,000–$270,000 8w ago 
Telecom Partnerships & Business Development Lead Skydio · San Mateo $230,000–$285,000 2mo ago 
Strategic Partnerships & Business Development Lead Granted · New York $170,000–$210,000 2mo ago 
Technical Business Development Lead, Korea Market (US-based) Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale $150,000–$230,000 2mo ago AI Business Development Lead Bah · Arlington $112,800–$257,000 2mo ago 
California Business Development Lead, Public Safety Peregrine Technologies · California $150,000–$180,000 2mo ago 
Strategic Business Development (Sales) Lead, Americas SimCorp · New York $108,560–$162,840 2mo ago 
Commercial Sales & Business Development Lead TrustPoint · Dulles $121,000–$150,000 2mo ago U.S. Government Business Development Lead TrustPoint · Dulles $163,000–$212,000 2mo ago AI Business Development Lead Bah · United States $112,800–$257,000 2mo ago 
Business Development Lead tulip · Somerville $100,000–$125,000 3mo ago 
Startup Business Development Lead - Snowflake for Startups Snowflake · Menlo Park $126,000–$181,700 3mo ago Business Development Lead - Snowflake for Startups Snowflake · New York $172,000–$247,200 3mo ago 
Business Development Lead Digital Foundry · Tiburon $70,000–$100,000 4mo ago Business Development Lead, Supply and Trading Global Partners · Houston Office $136,200–$204,200 5mo ago 🎖️ Public Sector Business Development Lead 🎖️ Mat3ra · Walnut Creek $120,000–$180,000 8mo ago 💲 Business Development Lead 💲 Mat3ra · Walnut Creek $120,000–$180,000 8mo ago 
Business Development Lead - Performance Materials, Americas TE Connectivity · Troy $129,000–$193,000 
Global Business Development Lead Hdga · Newcastle Upon Tyne New £45,250–£64,452e 2d ago 
Business Development Lead Tencent · Singapore-CapitaSky New Pay not stated 2d ago 
Regional Business Development Lead, Enabling Technologies & Robotics Medtronic · Remote · Norway New In listing 3d ago 
Regional Business Development Lead, Enabling Technologies & Robotics Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · Remote · Norway New In listing 3d ago 
EMEA Strategic AI Ecosystem & NVIDIA Business Development Lead DDN · London £45,250–£64,452e 4d ago 
Senior Business Development Lead, Germany - Hivemind Shield AI · Remote · Germany Pay not stated 4d ago Business Development Lead Fa Emmq Saasfaprod1 · Egypt Pay not stated 5d ago 
Business Development Lead, AI Monad Foundation · San Francisco $168,750–$216,988e 5d ago 
Business Development Lead - Autodesk Synnex · Ho Chi Minh City Pay not stated 5d ago 
Strategic Business Development Lead Danaher · New South Wales Pay not stated 6d ago Business Development Lead Sandvik (Sandvik Jobs) · Remote · UK £45,250–£64,452e 6d ago Business Development Lead Seco Tools · Remote · UK £45,250–£64,452e 6d ago 
Biological Business Development Lead Syngenta Group · Jongno-gu Pay not stated 9d ago 
Strategic Business Development Lead - AI Ecosystem Cisco · Paris Pay not stated 10d ago 
Business Development Lead - India (Multiple Locations) Dexcom · Remote · India Pay not stated 11d ago 
Business Development Lead, Enterprise, USA Partly · Austin $148,000–$166,500e 11d ago 
Strategy & Business Development Lead Alleima (Alleima Jobs) · Storgatan 2 Pay not stated 12d ago 
Business Development Lead Bjak · Remote · Indonesia Pay not stated 12d ago Business Development Lead Bjak · Remote · Indonesia Pay not stated 12d ago 
Australia Business Development Lead glas · Sydney Pay not stated 13d ago 
Business Development Lead 2070Health · Gurugram Pay not stated 2w ago Solva Business Development Lead Sandvik (Sandvik Internal For Nonwd Employees) · USA, MI, Detroit $127,500–$192,000e 2w ago Solva Business Development Lead Sandvik (Sandvik Jobs) · USA, MI, Detroit $127,500–$192,000e 2w ago Solva Business Development Lead Seco Tools · USA, MI, Detroit $127,500–$192,000e 2w ago Business Development Lead - Power Consulting (UK & Europe) Hitachi · Birmingham £45,250–£64,452e 2w ago 
Business Development Lead Sessions · London In listing 2w ago 60 of 114 open roles. All business development lead jobs