Account Manager

Keysight Technologies; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies in the United Kingdom is seeking a strategic sales professional to manage key accounts within the Aerospace, Defence & Space sector. You will drive growth across the full sales cycle, building strong customer relationships and delivering technically informed solutions across the Keysight portfolio.

The role requires a solid engineering background, a passion for technology, and the ability to translate complex engineering concepts into customer value.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical qualification
• Strong interest in technology, technical sales, and customer engagement
• Ability to quickly learn and explain complex technical products and solutions
• Excellent communication, organisation, and relationship-building skills
• Previous experience in sales, customer-facing roles, or technical support; Key Account management experience

Responsibilities

• Key Account Management: grow key accounts through strategic planning and stakeholder alignment
• Drive Sales Growth: identify new opportunities via outbound/inbound activities and lead follow-ups
• Manage the Full Sales Cycle: support pre-sales discussions, quoting, demos, closing, and post-sales support
• Build and Maintain Customer Relationships: understand needs and provide tailored recommendations
• Product & Technical Engagement: explain and demonstrate technical functions of Keysight solutions

Job description

Our culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

This is your opportunity to be a pivotal part of the UK Aerospace, Defence, & Space team during a massive industry growth period. With Keysights investment in Aerospace and defence solutions, there is no better time to work intimately with key accounts in the UK and be a strategic partner in their testing objectives. From Electronic Warfare solutions, to synthetic environments, to best in class core instrumentation, and our professional consultancy services, you will have all the solutions, tools, and support to drive huge business impact to your accounts.

Responsibilities

1. Key Account Management

   Grow key accounts through strategic planning and stakeholder alignment

   Drive high on-site activity levels across all groups, identifying opportunities with all of Keysight's portfolio.

   Understand the customer's customer, and know their projects and business intimately.

   Forecast over a 3-5 year window by strategically aligning with the accounts.

2. Drive Sales Growth

   Identify new sales opportunities through proactive outbound and inbound activities such as calls, emails, and lead follow-ups.

   Grow business from both new and existing customers through up-selling and cross-selling.

   identify emerging companies through monitoring industry trends and understanding projects being awarded from MoD spend.

3. Manage the Full Sales Cycle

   Support and coordinate the entire sales cycle, from pre-sales discussions, complex quoting, demo organisation, clsoing business, and organising post sales support.

   Assist in preparing commercial offers, tender responses, quotes, and order bookings.

   Maintain accurate customer and sales data within CRM/customer databases.

4. Build and Maintain Customer Relationships

   Interpret customer needs and develop long-lasting partnerships by providing strong product knowledge and tailored recommendations.

   Answer customer queries, provide product/service information, and resolve concerns via phone and email communication.

5. Product & Technical Engagement

   Explain, demonstrate, and discuss technical functions and features of Keysight's solutions, often involving complex and scientific instrumentation (e.g. Oscilloscopes, Spectrum analysers, Network Analysers, RF Generators).

   Stay up-to-date with product information, competitive offerings, and industry developments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (e.g. Electrical, Electronic, Communications, Physics or similar).
• Equivalent technical qualification/experience
• Strong interest in technology, technical sales, and customer engagement
• Ability to quickly learn and explain complex technical products and solutions
• Excellent communication, organisation, and relationship-building skills
• Previous experience in sales, customer-facing roles, or technical support
• Key Account management experience

is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more