Senior Business Development Manager - Industrial Reliability & Condition Monitoring

SKF Group; Center Square (PA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with employer match

PTO and holidays

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

SKF Group is seeking a senior commercial leader to grow SKF Insight Bearing Solutions in North America with expansion into South America. The role blends hands-on business development with engineering insight to sell complex, sensor-based reliability solutions.

You will coordinate with industry leaders, local sales teams and engineering specialists to close opportunities and scale the offering across markets.

Qualifications

• Experience selling technical solutions into heavy industries.
• Track record in consultative sales of sensor-based tech.
• Ability to translate reliability data into a customer business case.
• Engineering degree or equivalent field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute the commercial plan with industry leaders and local SKF teams.
• Identify high-value applications and build a strong opportunity pipeline.
• Develop market for growing solution and shape value proposition.
• Engage stakeholders to define fit-for-purpose technical solutions.
• Translate measurements into business value focused on uptime and quality.
• Lead the full commercial process from qualification to closure.

Job description

Salary Range: 137,000.00 to $ 154,000.00

About SKF:

SKF, reducing friction since 1907, re-imagining rotation for a better tomorrow!

SKF is an industry-leading manufacturer that has been a cornerstone in industrial life. Wherever there are machines or products in motion, SKF bearings are there to reduce friction. SKF drives the industries that support our way of life, powers the machines that put food on the table, and even helps explore the cosmos.

Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. SKF is on pace to decarbonize all its production facilities by 2030.

We’re guided by our SKF values. Collaboration is critical to the success of our colleagues, partners, and customers. Curiosity and Courage provide a foundation for innovation and advancement. And we do this work out of Care for our people, customers, communities, and the planet.

We’re a company committed to a culture of belonging, where all our people are encouraged to be themselves and grow their careers in an equitable environment.

Learn about SKF at www.skf.com .

Summary

You will lead the commercial development and growth of SKF Insight Bearing Solutions across North America, with additional opportunities in South America. This is a hands‑on business-building role requiring a strong combination of heavy‑industry experience, condition‑monitoring and reliability knowledge, and a proven ability to sell complex technical solutions consultatively.

Working in an entrepreneurial, start‑up‑like environment within SKF, you will help shape the market approach, build the opportunity pipeline and convert customer reliability challenges into commercially viable solutions. Success requires comfort with ambiguity, personal ownership and close collaboration with industry leaders, local sales teams, engineering specialists and customers.

SKF Insight Bearing Solutions integrate fiber‑optic sensing directly into the bearings of rotating equipment. Each opportunity requires a machine‑specific solution covering engineering, fiber routing, interrogator integration, installation, commissioning and ongoing data interpretation. You will sell a complete reliability solution combining engineered hardware, services and actionable insights that improve uptime, throughput and quality.

This is not traditional product sales. You will engage multiple customer stakeholders and build credibility with maintenance managers, reliability engineers, engineering teams, operations leaders and process owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute the commercial plan in collaboration with industry leaders, product‑line colleagues and local SKF sales teams.
• Identify high‑value applications where condition‑monitoring or reliability gaps exist and proactively build a strong opportunity pipeline.
• Develop the market for a growing solution, including opening new customer conversations, establishing repeatable ways of working and helping shape the value proposition.
• Engage maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations and commercial stakeholders to understand customer challenges and define fit‑for‑purpose technical solutions.
• Translate technical measurements and reliability needs into clear business value linked to uptime, throughput, quality and risk reduction.
• Lead the full commercial process, including opportunity qualification, solution development, proposals, technical‑commercial discussions, negotiations and contract closure.
• Coordinate closely with engineering, installation, commissioning and data‑service specialists to ensure a credible and complete customer solution.
• Maintain disciplined opportunity and KPI tracking, communicate progress and risks, and provide clear updates to key stakeholders.
• Capture customer and market feedback to support the continued evolution of the product, service offering and commercial approach.

What You Bring

• Strong experience working in, or selling technical solutions into, heavy industries such as mining, cement, metals, pulp and paper, or other asset‑intensive sectors.
• Practical knowledge of condition monitoring and industrial reliability, including technologies such as vibration analysis, acoustic sensing, fiber‑optic sensing, load measurement or similar solutions.
• A proven track record of consultative selling, involving complex, customized and sensor‑based technical solutions. You will bring credibility with maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations and commercial stakeholders, together with the ability to translate technical measurements and reliability challenges into a clear customer business case and customized sensor‑based solution.
• An entrepreneurial, hands‑on approach, with the ability to build a market, develop opportunities and create structure while processes and products continue to evolve. You will be comfortable operating with ambiguity, taking personal ownership and moving between strategic planning and practical execution.
• Confidence working across technical and commercial teams in a global, matrix organization.
• Strong communication, stakeholder‑management, negotiation and commercial judgment.
• An engineering degree or equivalent relevant industrial experience is preferred.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

• Help build a new business within SKF, combining start‑up agility with the backing of a global industrial leader.
• Work on high‑impact international projects with innovative end‑user and OEM customers.
• Join a motivated, lean and agile team that combines cutting‑edge technology with real‑world industrial impact.
• Shape how an advanced reliability solution is positioned, sold and scaled in the market.
• Build your career at the intersection of industrial technology, reliability and commercial growth.

Additional Information

• Frequent domestic travel and some international travel are required.

What You’ll Love About SKF

Rest and Relaxation . Enjoy a generous PTO policy and 13 paid holidays.

Work/Life Integration . SKF supports work/life integration, home, family, community, personal well‑being and health.

Diversity in the Workplace. At SKF, we strive to embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in everything we do. By developing a culture of belonging, our people can flourish; leading to an inclusive, equitable environment that promotes leadership, engagement and innovation.

Best in Class Benefits . SKF cares about the wellbeing of our employees. Comprehensive healthcare options to fit your needs and opt out payment. Added benefits include company paid life insurance, STD, LTD. Supplemental benefits include critical illness coverage, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs, and much more!

Bonus. SKF offers STVS (Short Term Variable Salary) or Sales Incentive based on company performance and at the discretion of management.

Invest in your Future

Participate in our 401K program that boasts a 10% employer contribution: 100% match up to 5% of your elected contribution (100% Vested) plus an additional 5% company contribution.

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.