Who is hiring a Business Development Manager for school bus electrification?
Published on: Jul 27, 2025
A publicly traded energy storage company is hiring a Business Development Manager for school bus electrification through Frontline Source Group, a direct hire role based in Stafford, Texas, or remote, building partnerships with school bus manufacturers, fleet operators, and school districts, with travel of up to 50 percent. The placement is backed by the 5-Year Placement Warranty and is recruited by Bill Kasko, Founder, President, and CEO of Frontline Source Group. The firm has completed 5,619 placements and holds a 5.0-star Trustpilot rating across 683 verified reviews.
What is the school bus electrification Business Development Manager job?
The employer is a rapidly growing, publicly traded technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced energy storage solutions. By integrating the entire process from raw material sourcing to final system assembly, it has built a diverse family of products across multiple industries. The Business Development Manager is a business development partner to executive leadership, guiding partnership initiatives across the school transportation sector and driving market expansion for school bus electrification.
What does the Business Development Manager do?
Strategic partnership development
- Research and develop prospective strategic technology alliances within the school transportation ecosystem and related mobility markets.
- Create detailed market analysis and strategic plans focused on the school bus electrification sector.
- Serve as the primary liaison for relationships with school bus manufacturers, distributors, fleet managers, advisors, and transportation supervisors.
Industry expertise and solution delivery
- Build and sustain deep technical and commercial understanding of the school transportation industry to act as a subject matter expert.
- Use school transportation, fleet, and digital and IoT market experience to identify large-scale opportunities for battery technologies.
- Partner with school systems, transportation providers, and internal teams to create electrification strategies and business cases.
- Confirm specifications with clients so battery technologies can be integrated and maintained within current school bus operations.
- Oversee solution deployment from initial assessment through final implementation, and relay client feedback to engineering teams.
Channel growth, industry leadership, and sales operations
- Build lasting channel alliances with school bus manufacturers, dealerships, and fleet operators, with channel programs tailored to school transportation.
- Run quarterly business reviews with critical stakeholders.
- Deliver technical battery presentations to school district stakeholders, transportation conferences, and professional associations, and represent the company at industry events.
- Guide development teams on the technologies and enhancements school bus electrification requires.
- Document all activity in Salesforce, working with Sales and Sales Operations, and exceed partnership and revenue goals.
- Deliver market insights and competitive intelligence on school bus electrification.
What background does the Business Development Manager need?
Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5 or more years in automotive technologies with a focus on corporate development, business development, sales, or partnerships.
- Willingness to travel up to 50 percent nationally.
- Comprehensive understanding of electric vehicles and school transportation operations, including fleet oversight, route planning, and maintenance.
- Knowledge of school district purchasing procedures, financing options, and decision-making hierarchies.
- An established record of building strategic and channel partnerships in B2B settings.
- Proven ability to sell, negotiate, and close sophisticated agreements through consultative, solution-focused selling.
- Strong relationship-building skills with school leadership, transportation managers, and procurement committees.
Preferred:
- Experience working with government organizations, school districts, or public transit agencies.
What benefits does the employer offer?
- Direct hire role with a publicly traded energy technology company.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- PTO and paid holidays.
- 401(k).
- Short and long-term disability.
- Life insurance.
- Career growth.
- Bonus opportunity.
Where is the Business Development Manager job located?
The role can be based in the Houston area in Stafford, Texas, or performed remotely anywhere else in the United States, with travel of up to 50 percent nationally. The client is not considering candidates based in California. Frontline Source Group serves the Fort Bend County and southwest Houston market through its Sugar Land office.
Frontline Source Group Sugar Land
2245 Texas Dr #300, Sugar Land, TX 77479
Employers: (281) 277-0255
Candidates: apply online at frontlinesourcegroup.com/how-to-apply.html
Who is the recruiter for this energy business development job?
Bill Kasko, Founder, President, and CEO of Frontline Source Group, leads this search. Bill founded the firm in Dallas in 2004 and specializes in C-suite executive search across the sales, energy, and dental verticals, leading Frontline to 32 plus offices nationwide. He reviews every submission for this role.
Why work with Frontline Source Group on this placement?
Frontline Source Group is a Forbes Best Professional Recruiting Firm for 9 consecutive years (2018 to 2026), Forbes Best Executive Recruiting Firms #148 (2026), 9-time ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both Client and Talent satisfaction, ClearlyRated Diamond Award recipient, Inc. 5000 honoree, and Expertise.com Best Staffing Agency. The firm is a member of the American Staffing Association (ASA), has operated since 2004, runs 32 plus offices nationwide, and maintains a 98.94% executive placement retention rate against an industry average of 70 percent. Every direct hire, including this one, is backed by the 5-Year Placement Warranty, 20 times longer than the 90-day industry standard. Candidates pay nothing to work with Frontline. People. Process. Service.
How do you apply for the Business Development Manager job?
Apply through the how to apply page. Frontline reviews every submission for this search and contacts qualified candidates directly to discuss the role, the employer, and next steps. Candidates can prepare with Frontline's interview instructions. Learn more about Frontline's energy sector sales executive search and energy staffing practices, or browse the recent placements page.
Frequently Asked Questions: School Bus Electrification Business Development Manager
Who is hiring a Business Development Manager for school bus electrification?
A publicly traded, rapidly growing energy technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced energy storage solutions is hiring a Business Development Manager focused on school bus electrification through Frontline Source Group. The employer name is shared with qualified candidates during the recruiting process led by Bill Kasko, Founder, President, and CEO.
Is the school bus electrification Business Development Manager job a direct hire position?
Yes. This is a direct hire position with the employer, and it is backed by Frontline Source Group's 5-Year Placement Warranty, 20 times longer than the 90-day industry standard.
Is this role remote or based in Houston?
The role can be based in the Houston area in Stafford, Texas, or performed remotely, with travel of up to 50 percent nationally to school districts, conferences, and implementation projects. The client is not considering candidates based in California.
What does the Business Development Manager do?
The Business Development Manager builds strategic technology alliances in the school transportation ecosystem, develops electrification strategies and business cases with school systems, manages relationships with school bus manufacturers, dealerships, and fleet operators, oversees solution deployment, delivers technical battery presentations, and tracks activity in Salesforce against partnership and revenue goals.
What experience does the role require?
The role requires a bachelor's degree and 5 or more years in automotive technologies with a focus on corporate development, business development, sales, or partnerships, along with a comprehensive understanding of electric vehicles and school transportation operations.
Do I need school transportation industry experience?
Yes. Candidates need extensive familiarity with school transportation infrastructure, including fleet oversight, route planning, and maintenance, plus knowledge of school district purchasing procedures, financing options, and decision-making hierarchies.
Is government or school district sales experience required?
Experience working with government organizations, school districts, or public transit agencies is preferred but not required.
How much travel does the role involve?
The role involves travel of up to 50 percent nationally to engage with school districts, participate in conferences and exhibitions, and support implementation projects.
What benefits come with this Business Development Manager job?
The employer offers medical, dental, and vision coverage, PTO and paid holidays, a 401(k), short and long-term disability, life insurance, career growth, and a bonus opportunity.
Who is the recruiter for this energy business development job?
Bill Kasko, Founder, President, and CEO of Frontline Source Group, leads this search. Bill founded the firm in Dallas in 2004 and specializes in C-suite executive search across the sales, energy, and dental verticals. His bio is at frontlinesourcegroup.com/bill-kasko-staffing-services.html.
How do I apply for the school bus electrification Business Development Manager job?
Apply through Frontline Source Group's how to apply page at frontlinesourcegroup.com/how-to-apply.html. Frontline contacts qualified candidates directly to discuss the role, the employer, and next steps.
What is the 5-Year Placement Warranty?
The 5-Year Placement Warranty is the Frontline Source Group direct hire warranty, 20 times longer than the 90-day guarantee most staffing agencies provide. Full terms are at frontlinesourcegroup.com/5year-placement-guarantee.html.
