Territory Manager (Mid Canterbury - North)

Halter; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Halter is seeking a Territory Manager to drive growth and customer success in the Northern Mid Canterbury region. You will execute sales strategies, build strong relationships, and travel regularly to engage with farmers and partners.

As the on-the-ground Halter ambassador, you’ll collaborate with Product, Support, and regional sales teams to ensure our technology delivers real value and supports Halter’s mission to make farming more productive and sustainable.

Qualifications

• Value-based sales experience with a track record of creating opportunities and closing deals.
• Beef industry experience or strong willingness to learn farm operations quickly.
• Front-of-jersey attitude; thrives under pressure and drives results.
• Able to manage a large territory with balanced sales and customer success focus.
• Resourceful, quick-thinking, and collaborates with cross‑functional teams.
• Willing to travel frequently within the territory.

Responsibilities

• Prospecting & Expansion: source new leads and manage the full sales pipeline from lead to close.
• Hitting Sales Targets: qualify, demonstrate, negotiate contracts and hit aggressive targets.
• Customer Account Management: maintain relations post-sale and ensure onboarding success.
• Territory Ownership: own relationships across the beef industry within your region.
• Customer Onboarding: manage end-to-end onboarding and deployment support.
• Field Learnings & Feedback: collect customer insights and share with Support, Product, R&D.
• Collaborating with Support Teams: partner to resolve issues quickly and ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Sales & Customer Success

Beef Industry Experience

Attitude / Motivation

Territory Management

Problem Solving & Collaboration

Willingness to Travel

Job description

About Halter

At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.

We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram.

About the role.

As a Territory Manager at Halter, you will play a critical role in driving business growth and ensuring customer success within your designated territory. You will be responsible for executing sales strategies, building strong customer relationships, and meeting ambitious growth targets, all while acting as Halter’s on-the-ground representative. This role requires a proactive and hands‑on approach, with a focus on both expansion and long‑term customer satisfaction.

In this role, you will prioritise daily efforts that optimise growth performance and drive value for your customers. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including Product, Support, and other regional sales teams, you’ll share field insights to ensure Halter’s technology continues to meet the needs of farmers. Your contributions will directly support Halter’s mission to support 50% of the world’s habitable landmass to be more productive and sustainable.

This role is based in the Northern Mid Canterbury region and will require regular travel.

Who are we looking for.

• Sales & Customer Success Expertise: Value-based sales experience, with a strong history of creating opportunities, closing deals, and building lasting customer relationships. You understand post-sales value building and have experience upselling to grow partnerships.

• Beef Industry Experience: You know the ropes of beef operations, understanding the unique challenges of the industry. If you don’t, you will be deeply passionate about it, and willing to dive deep into the operations of a farm to learn rapidly.

• Attitude: You naturally play for the front of the jersey. Make those around you better. Thrive under pressure and own your results. You bring authentic energy and passion to every interaction.

• Territory Management: Able to use critical thinking to manage a large territory with a balanced focus on sales and customer success, making the appropriate trade-offs.

• Problem Solving & Collaboration: Resourceful and quick-thinking, you work well with cross-functional teams to address challenges and drive solutions.

• Willingness to Travel: Frequent travel within your territory to engage with customers and prospects.

What your day could look like.

• Prospecting & Expansion: Sourcing new leads and opportunities through proactive outreach, referrals, industry events, and other channels, as well as responding to inbound queries. You’ll manage the full sales pipeline from lead generation through to close.

• Hitting Sales Targets: Manage your pipeline and meet high‑growth sales targets by screening, qualifying, demonstrating the product, and successfully negotiating contracts with customers.

• Customer Account Management: After the sale, maintain close relationships with customers to ensure their ongoing satisfaction, provide support, and address any challenges they face with Halter’s products. You’ll also ensure a smooth handoff from sales to customer onboarding and deployment of Halter, helping customers get the most value from Halter’s solutions.

• Territory Ownership: A high level of ownership in your territory working with regional agricultural groups to foster deep relationships across the beef industry.

• Customer Onboarding: Assist in owning the end‑to‑end customer experience during onboarding and deployment of Halter’s product, ensuring a smooth transition from sales to implementation.

• Field Learnings & Feedback: Serve as the primary point of contact for gathering customer feedback in your territory. Work closely with Support, Product, and R&D teams to share insights from the field that can drive product improvements and innovations.

• Collaborating with Support Teams: Partner with the Support Team to resolve any issues your customers encounter quickly. You’ll elevate problems as needed and ensure that customers in your territory feel fully supported.

Join our team

Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives.

Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.

Why our team loves working at Halter:

• Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.

• Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll be thrown into the deep end, tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.

• You’ll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills, and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.

• This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"