Strategic Business Development Manager - Photonics

Vision Markets - Your global growth in Machine Vision; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid work options

Training program

Travel opportunities within Europe

Competitive salary with bonus

Zusammenfassung

Vision Markets - Your global growth in Machine Vision seeks a Strategic Business Development Manager – Photonics to drive growth in the industrial imaging field. The role focuses on identifying new revenue channels, building senior relationships, and guiding cross-functional teams from concept scoping through market launch across Europe.

The candidate will combine technical insight with commercial strategy, require fluent English and German, and travel within Europe.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years experience in business development, application engineering, or technical sales in photonics or related high-tech B2B sector.
• Excellent communication and presentation in English and German, able to pitch high-end technical solutions and commercial concepts.

Aufgaben

• Identify and evaluate high-growth market segments, upcoming technology trends, and new revenue channels within the industrial vision landscape
• Establish, nurture, and expand high-level relationships with key accounts and major industry leaders to secure a long-term market position
• Manage sophisticated customer initiatives from initial concept scoping and validation stages to a successful market launch
• Analyze market trends and competitor activities to provide data-backed insights for future business strategy
• Act as a key technical and commercial link between clients and internal departments
• Elevate the brand’s visibility through active engagement in leading industry circles

Kenntnisse

English

German

Ausbildung

Master's/Bachelor's/PhD in Engineering/Physics

Jobbeschreibung

For over three decades, our client has been an internationally renowned player in the high-end photonics industry. Known for its strong brand within the field of industrial imaging technologies, the company serves as a strategic partner to elite industries worldwide. From advanced life science systems and microelectronics infrastructure to intelligent factory automation, its technology is integrated into thousands of next-generation applications.

Strategic Business Development Manager – Photonics (f/m/d)

Tasks

• Identify and evaluate high-growth market segments, upcoming technology trends, and new revenue channels within the industrial vision landscape
• Establish, nurture, and expand high-level relationships with key accounts and major industry leaders to secure a long-term market position
• Manage sophisticated customer initiatives from initial concept scoping and validation stages to a successful market launch
• Analyze market trends and competitor activities to provide data-backed insights for future business strategy
• Act as a key technical and commercial link between clients and internal departments
• Elevate the brand’s visibility through active engagement in leading industry circles.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in business development, application engineering, or technical sales, within the photonics industry or a related specialized high-tech B2B sector
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and German with a proven ability to pitch high-end technical solutions and commercial concepts
• Master’s/Bachelor’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Physics or a related technical focus
• True team player: you excel at connecting Regional Sales teams with internal Engineering and Product Management to ensure successful project execution
• Forward-looking strategist with a sharp commercial instinct: you seamlessly match complex corporate technical capabilities with unsolved customer needs
• Proactive and self-driven personality with the willingness to travel within Europe, located in Central Germany

Benefits

• Deep, cross-functional insights into a comprehensive portfolio of high-end optical solutions and complex multi-component systems
• A highly innovative and well-structured environment at a global market leader in the photonics industry
• Collaboration with world-class experts who value sharing their know-how and markets insights including a comprehensive training program
• An outstanding, quality- and integrity-focussed environment of true teamwork in a medium-sized business unit at a financially strong corporation
• A very attractive salary and bonus package including additional benefits
• High flexibility with an autonomous working culture and hybrid work options

Are you ready for this strategic position in the photonics industry ?