Director, Global Business Development

Arpatech; Medina; On-site; SAR 702,000 - 879,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global automation solutions company is looking for a Global Business Development Director in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The role involves executing a sales strategy for automation solutions to electric utilities and large industrials. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years in business development, and strong communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary range of $187,400 - $234,300, plus bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Charitable giveback day

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven success in related business development, marketing, and sales.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen and network in the power and utilities industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and leverage knowledge of industry and market trends.
• Collaborate with product management on market requirements.
• Identify growth opportunities globally for a 9-Quarter sales pipeline.

Skills

Business development

Sales strategy

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related technical field

Master’s degree or MBA

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

Digital Grid Management (DGM) is seeking a Global Business Development Director responsible for the development and execution of the sales business development strategy of automation solutions, including SCADA, GMS, EMS, ADMS, OMS, and DERMS, to electric utilities or large industrials across the globe.

Your Impact

• Develop, optimize and leverage knowledge of industry, market trends and potential roadblocks to effectively drive sustainable growth.
• Collaborate with the product management team on changing market requirements for roadmap consideration.
• Identify growth opportunities globally to create a 9-Quarter sales pipeline with added focus on the pipeline more than 12 months out (6Q-9Q).
• Create a DGM Whitespace projecting annual contract value (ACV) potential by several attributes including geographies, solution area, incumbent and age of installed solution. Your team will work to implement processes and tooling to automate projections.
• Engage with and influence customers to grow scope, identify our differentiators, and accelerate deals.
• Maintain key portfolio account leads, including account identification and proposals for strategic utility accounts.
• Drive sales campaigns to accelerate strategic initiatives with support from internal Solution Consultants.
• Conduct effective sales presentations addressing the business needs of the customer and propose value-added solutions.
• Key Performance Indicators for this role may include overall quarterly and annual financial performance of the DGM business, growth of the 9Q Pipeline, Whitespace quantification and granularity by attribute, and Large Pursuits Initiative activation.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business, engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of proven success in related business development, marketing and sales.
• Demonstrated business acumen and network in the power and utilities industry.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Results-orientated with a drive to win and achieve meaningful, tangible results.
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Experience with people management.
• Expertise in power and utility industry, SCADA, and/or Automation solutions.

The salary range for this role is $187,400.00 - $234,300.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.