Business Development Manager

Siemens Energy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Flexible benefits portal

Career development and learning

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Business Development Manager for Controls & Digitalisation across the UK & Ireland. You will drive strategic growth by identifying, shaping and securing new opportunities that align with our Controls & Digitalisation strategy.

You will engage customers early, influence requirements before tender activity and position Siemens Energy as a trusted partner delivering measurable value through integrated controls, digitalisation and service solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong sales and business development experience within energy, controls or digital solutions.
• Proven ability to influence senior customers and internal stakeholders.
• Experience leading account teams and driving growth in a matrix organisation.
• Understanding of UK & Ireland energy market models and value-based selling.
• Experience building opportunity pipelines and winning bids.

Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue new markets, customers and opportunities aligned with Controls & Digitalisation strategy.
• Develop new revenue streams and routes to market, including strategic partnerships.
• Engage customers early to understand needs, influence specifications and position value propositions.
• Build senior customer relationships and represent Siemens Energy in strategic discussions.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product, Account and Delivery teams to align priorities and ensure deliverability.

Skills

Sales

Business development

Account leadership

Stakeholder management

Energy market knowledge

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. "We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Manchester

Manchester

Company

Siemens Energy Limited

Organization

Gas Services

Business Unit

Service Europe & Africa

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Business Development Manager for Controls & Digitalisation across the UK & Ireland, you will drive strategic growth by identifying, shaping and securing new business opportunities in line with the prevailing Controls & Digitalisation strategy.

You will focus on market expansion, new revenue streams, senior customer engagement and strategic positioning beyond existing accounts. Working across a matrix organisation, you will connect customer needs with Siemens Energy capabilities and ensure business development activity is aligned with Sales, Engineering, Product, Account and Delivery teams.

Your role will involve engaging customers early, influencing requirements before formal tender activity and helping position Siemens Energy as a trusted partner delivering measurable operational, reliability, efficiency and lifecycle value through integrated controls, digitalisation and service solutions.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Identify and pursue new markets, customers and opportunities aligned with Controls & Digitalisation strategic priorities, building a high-quality opportunity pipeline with clear win strategies, milestones and ownership.

Develop new revenue streams and routes to market, including strategic partnerships where these support growth ambitions across the UK & Ireland.

Engage customers early to understand their needs, influence specifications and position differentiated Siemens Energy value propositions ahead of formal tender activity.

Build senior customer relationships and represent Siemens Energy in strategic customer discussions, industry forums and external engagements.

Work closely with Sales, Engineering, Product, Account and Delivery teams to align priorities, support bid/no-bid decisions and ensure opportunities are commercially robust and deliverable.

Provide insight on market trends, competitors, investment drivers, regulation and emerging technologies, contributing to business strategy, partnerships and new offering development.

What You Bring

Strong experience in sales, business development or account leadership within energy, controls, digital solutions or a closely related industrial market.

Commercial acumen with a proactive, strategic and growth-oriented approach to identifying and developing new opportunities.

Proven ability to influence senior customers and internal stakeholders across a complex matrix organisation.

Strong collaboration skills, with experience aligning technical, commercial and delivery teams around common goals.

Good understanding of the UK & Ireland energy market, service business models, risk management and value-based selling.

Experience developing opportunity pipelines, win strategies, customer engagement plans and supporting commercially robust bid activity.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. We bring together gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and digital service solutions under one roof. Through modernization, digitalization and innovative service offerings, we support customers worldwide in improving reliability, efficiency and sustainability.

You will work within the Controls & Digitalisation business across the UK & Ireland, collaborating closely with Sales, Engineering, Product, Account and Delivery teams to develop new opportunities, strengthen customer relationships and support sustainable growth.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served.

Access to a flexible benefits portal, including private medical cover and cycle-to-work schemes.

Career development and continuous learning opportunities.

The opportunity to shape growth across Controls & Digitalisation markets in the UK & Ireland.

Exposure to strategic customer engagements, market development and new offering opportunities.