Sales Director

nquiringminds ltd; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package with performance‑l

Incentives based on performance

Job summary

NquiringMinds is seeking a Sales Director to lead the commercial engine across sales, business development and partnerships. You will own pipeline, revenue growth and major bids, working with the executive team to translate a trusted data and AI portfolio into repeatable wins.

Based in Southampton, you will build a high-performance team, shape go-to-market propositions with product and engineering leadership, and represent the company at industry events while growing key government and

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading B2B tech/data AI sales.
• Experience building and scaling sales pipelines.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow the sales pipeline across our product and services portfolio.
• Lead business development into government, defence and enterprise markets.
• Build and manage strategic partnerships — technology partners, primes, integrators and channel.
• Shape bids, framework responses and direct procurement opportunities.
• Develop go-to-market propositions with product and engineering leadership.
• Represent the company with customers, partners and at industry events.
• Build and mentor the commercial team as the business scales.

Skills

Sales leadership

Business development

Partnerships

Go-to-market

Revenue growth

Job description

Lead commercial growth at NquiringMinds, owning sales, business development and partnerships across our trusted data and AI product portfolio. You'll build the pipeline, relationships and channels that scale proven products into new customers and markets.

Southampton, UK

Full-time

About the Role

NquiringMinds builds trusted data and AI products used across cyber security, defence, healthcare, agritech and local government. As Sales Director you will own our commercial engine end to end: sales, business development, partnerships and revenue growth. You’ll work directly with the executive team to convert a strong product portfolio and customer track record into repeatable commercial wins and recurring revenue.

What You’ll Do

• Own and grow the sales pipeline across our product and services portfolio
• Lead business development into government, defence and enterprise markets
• Build and manage strategic partnerships — technology partners, primes, integrators and channel
• Shape bids, framework responses and direct procurement opportunities
• Develop go-to-market propositions with product and engineering leadership
• Represent the company with customers, partners and at industry events
• Build and mentor the commercial team as the business scales

Why NquiringMinds?

• Genuine deep-tech product portfolio: trusted AI, secure data sharing and cyber security with proven customer deployments
• Direct influence on company strategy as part of the senior leadership team
• Southampton base with a collaborative, engineering-led culture
• Competitive package with performance-linked incentives