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Manager of Business Development
full-timeBuffalo$65k - $80k

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Location

Buffalo

Salary

$65k - $80k

Type

full-time

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Salary

Pay: $65,000 - $80,000 / year

Overview

Manager of Business Development

Drive Growth. Build Relationships. Shape the Future of Care.

 

Elderwood Village at St. Gregory Court & Elderwood Village at Bassett Park

 

Elderwood is seeking a Manager of Business Development to lead strategic sales and marketing efforts across assigned facilities, supporting both Elderwood Village at St. Gregory Court and Elderwood Village at Bassett Park. This role owns market development, referral growth, and brand presence - working closely with facility leadership to strengthen existing relationships and expand into new markets.

 

This role is ideal for a strategic, relationship-driven professional who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment and understands how market insight, partnerships, and execution directly impact census, payer mix, and long-term success.

 

You will assume ownership of the sales and marketing function for assigned facilities, serving as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on leader in market development.

What You’ll Do:

  • Own and execute site-specific business development strategies to strengthen existing markets and penetrate new ones

  • Partner closely with facility Administrators to set monthly objectives, growth targets, and development goals

  • Conduct ongoing market and demographic analysis to identify trends, competitive positioning, and payer mix opportunities

  • Translate market insights into actionable business plans that drive referrals, awareness, and census growth

  • Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with referral sources, community partners, and key stakeholders

  • Lead and support facility-based marketing and business development events aligned with strategic goals

  • Track, analyze, and report on performance metrics including referrals, contacts, market activity, and plan effectiveness

  • Serve as a visible ambassador of the Elderwood brand, ensuring consistency, professionalism, and trust in every interaction

  • Depending on assignment, this role may also provide oversight and coordination of Admissions, Liaison, and Marketing personnel to support overall census management.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do:

  • Own and execute site-specific business development strategies to strengthen existing markets and penetrate new ones

  • Partner closely with facility Administrators to set monthly objectives, growth targets, and development goals

  • Conduct ongoing market and demographic analysis to identify trends, competitive positioning, and payer mix opportunities

  • Translate market insights into actionable business plans that drive referrals, awareness, and census growth

  • Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with referral sources, community partners, and key stakeholders

  • Lead and support facility-based marketing and business development events aligned with strategic goals

  • Track, analyze, and report on performance metrics including referrals, contacts, market activity, and plan effectiveness

  • Serve as a visible ambassador of the Elderwood brand, ensuring consistency, professionalism, and trust in every interaction

  • Depending on assignment, this role may also provide oversight and coordination of Admissions, Liaison, and Marketing personnel to support overall census management.

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Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

  • Associate degree required (Bachelor’s preferred) in marketing, management, or a related field

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in business development, sales, lead generation, or a related role

  • Proven ability to develop and execute sales-based business plans that drive growth and awareness

  • Strong analytical skills with experience assessing market trends, payer mix, and census drivers

  • Healthcare, skilled nursing, or post-acute experience strongly preferred

  • Confident communicator with comfort in public speaking, presentations, and relationship-based selling

  • Self-starter who works well autonomously and adapts quickly to changing priorities

  • Valid driver’s license and ability to travel regularly within the assigned region

  • This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Other facts

Tech stack
Business Development,Sales,Market Analysis,Relationship Building,Strategic Planning,Public Speaking,Analytical Skills,Healthcare Experience,Lead Generation,Marketing,Census Management,Referral Growth,Community Partnerships,Performance Metrics,Brand Presence,Team Collaboration

About Elderwood

Elderwood is a leading provider of care for seniors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. Offering a wide range of services across a continuum of high-quality facilities, Elderwood is consistently recognized for quality and value.

Service lines include independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing, with specialty services such as subacute rehab, memory care, orthopedic and cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac telemetry, wound therapy, ventilator care and oncology care. Elderwood’s affiliates provide additional services including home care, pharmacy and prescription delivery, medical transportation, and managed long-term care services.

At Elderwood, we’re not just a location providing a service—we’re people caring for people. That’s why in everything we do, we put the wellbeing of our residents and their families first. Through our comprehensive services, professional staff, and person-centered approach, we’re committed to providing the highest level of care in order to maintain our residents’ health and wellness.

Team size: 1,001-5,000 employees
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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Founding Year: 1978

What you'll do

  • The Manager of Business Development will own and execute business development strategies to strengthen existing markets and penetrate new ones. This includes building relationships with referral sources and conducting market analysis to drive growth.

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Elderwood offers a competitive compensation package for the Manager of Business Development role. The salary range is USD 65k - 80k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.

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As a Manager of Business Development at Elderwood, you will: the Manager of Business Development will own and execute business development strategies to strengthen existing markets and penetrate new ones. This includes building relationships with referral sources and conducting market analysis to drive growth..

Why join Elderwood as a Manager of Business Development?

Elderwood is a leading Hospitals and Health Care company. The Manager of Business Development role offers competitive compensation.

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