Strategic Deployment Leader, Battery Intelligence

Fortescue Metals Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (Aviva)

Life assurance

Income protection

Electric car scheme

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Private medical insurance

26 days annual leave + 5 days optional

On-site gym access

Job summary

Fortescue Zero, Fortescue’s green technology arm, is seeking a Principal Deployment Strategist to lead deployments for Elysia’s battery intelligence products across Europe from its UK‑based role.

You will partner with sales, deployments, product and engineering to align with customer priorities, manage multi‑phase deployments, and drive adoption, value realization and growth.

The role is hybrid in Kidlington with 40 hours per week, permanent contract, travel across Europe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, science or related field.
• Experience in consultancy, customer success or enterprise tech.
• Experience with CRM and project management tools.
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead large programmes.
• Experience in automotive, energy or heavy industry beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with customer leaders and align solutions with priorities.
• Lead complex deployments across Elysia products with cross‑functional teams.
• Partner with Sales on strategy, renewals and expansion opportunities.
• Create strategic account plans with milestones and adoption goals.
• Guide onboarding, adoption and value reviews for long‑term success.
• Influence product and engineering roadmaps with customer needs.
• Improve deployment playbooks and share best practices.
• Manage risks early to protect outcomes and relationships.
• Contribute to the Deployment Strategy function as the business grows.

Skills

Consultancy

Customer success

Technical account mgmt

Strategic deployment

Technical sales

Cross-functional leadership

Commercial growth

Battery technology

Data analytics

Executive stakeholder management

CRM (Salesforce)

Project tools (Asana/Jira)

German language (helpful)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, science

Advanced degree (beneficial)

Tools

Salesforce

Asana

Jira

Analytics platforms

Job description

Fortescue Zero, Fortescue’s green technology arm, is seeking a Principal Deployment Strategist to lead deployments for Elysia’s battery intelligence products across Europe from its UK‑based role.

You will partner with sales, deployments, product and engineering to align with customer priorities, manage multi‑phase deployments, and drive adoption, value realization and growth.

The role is hybrid in Kidlington with 40 hours per week, permanent contract, travel across Europe.