Business Team Manager

Altentechnologyusa; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship opportunities

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA in Mobile, Alabama is seeking a Business Team Manager to oversee engineering services and foster relationships with clients. The role involves generating leads, recruiting, and coaching engineering consultants.

The ideal candidate should have a degree in engineering or business, along with extensive experience in sales and recruitment. You will be pivotal in supporting team members and driving business success within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5 – 6 years of Business Development, Account Management and/or Sales experience.
• Minimum of 1 year in Sales Leadership.
• Experience coaching team members required.

Responsibilities

• Generate new leads by customer prospecting and sales activities.
• Establish and maintain excellent customer relations.
• Recruit consultants and manage their professional development.

Skills

Business Development

Account Management

Sales Leadership

Recruitment

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

MSc or BSc degree in engineering or business

Job description

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

As Business Team Manager – Engineering Services for ALTEN you will be responsible for sales and consulting services, recruitment, and management of engineering consultants in a professional and international environment. In short, your job will be to strive for happy Alten consultants and satisfied customers. By coaching your consultants and by creating continuous opportunities for them you create a dynamic and committed environment which helps stimulate business and support our customers.

ALTEN offers a well‑defined career path which enables you as a manager to stay and grow professionally within the company. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities

• Generate new leads by customer prospecting and sales activities.
• Establish and maintain excellent customer relations.
• Represent ALTEN at career fairs, job fairs and other relevant events.
• Work closely with customers in order to understand and define their need in detail.
• Continuously interview and match candidates in order to have already qualified talent ready to meet customer’s current and anticipated needs.
• Complete background checks and coach candidates before interviews with customers.
• Support the candidates in getting started on new assignments.
• As you recruit consultants into your open positions, you will also assume management responsibilities for those consultants, eventually building your own group of ALTEN employees.
• Help your consultants with their professional development and needs with the target to maintain employee satisfaction and increase retention.
• Coach your team members through all the aspects described above. Follow up and report KPI’s weekly, take responsibility for the teams actions and performance.
• Be able to coach Account Managers to meet their goals, take action and act on performance issues within the team by close coaching and guidance.
• Be part of Business Unit strategic planning meetings, define targets and bonuses, represent company at operational reviews, participate in regional ALTEN US meetings and potentially be appointed as Director of Sales.
• ALTEN’s business model and corporate functions will support you with the structure and processes needed to maintain your consultants through their career with ALTEN.

Minimum Qualifications Skills

• MSc or BSc degree in engineering or business is required.
• 5 – 6 years of Business Development, Account Management and/or Sales, with minimum of 1 year in Sales Leadership experience required.
• Previous documented full life‑cycle recruiting and/or sales experience with an emphasis in engineering and product development is preferred.
• Experience coaching team members required.
• Excellent communications skills with all levels of candidates, clients and employees.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.