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Which skills do these employers actually ask for?

Revenue attribution is the primary filter. BD professionals who describe their work in terms of partnerships signed and relationships built rather than revenue generated, pipeline sourced, or market access created are screened as relationship managers rather than commercial leaders. Companies hiring VP of BD and Head of Partnerships expect candidates who can quantify the business impact of their partnership programs: revenue attributable to partner-sourced or partner-influenced deals, market expansion achieved through channel partnerships, product integration partnerships that drove user acquisition or retention, and the commercial terms of the agreements that made those outcomes possible. A second filter is the deal structure signal: senior BD leaders are expected to have negotiated complex partnership agreements, including revenue share structures, integration commitments, co-marketing obligations, and exclusivity provisions. Professionals who have managed relationships without negotiating the underlying commercial architecture are screened for more junior BD roles. Third, ecosystem and platform thinking matters at the senior BD level in technology: companies building platform businesses specifically screen for BD leaders who understand how to design incentive structures for partners, govern partner program tiers, and measure partner ecosystem health as a business metric.