*The Certified Outsourcing Professional® (COP) certification must be earned prior to earning the COP-BD designation

Certified Outsourcing Professional^®– Business Development (COP-BD)

COP-BD Application is accessed from your COP Application 

An outsourcing professional who has earned the Certified Outsourcing Professional in Business Development (COP-BD) is an individual who, in addition to fulfilling all of the requirements of a Certified Outsourcing Professional, has specialized knowledge of and/or experience in business development, marketing, sales, account management, relationship management and service delivery/execution. "COP-BD Standards and Certification Requirements."

Certification Requirements:

1. Become certified as a COP. This is a prerequisite for the advanced speciality certification.  The online COP-BD application is accessed by logging into the COP application, and applying from the application home page.  There is a non-refundable one time $250 USD application fee. 

2. Document completion of the Service Provider Business Development Workshop.  Applicants must complete either the one day live Service Provider Business Development Workshop or the online Service Provider Business Development Workshop, and then document the class date and instructor in the online certification application.

3. Take and pass, with a 70% or better score, the 50 multiple choice question certification exam.  Upon completion of the exam, you will immediate receive your score and IAOP will update your application.