At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive business growth in Defence and advanced technology sectors through strategic partnerships.
- Company: Join an innovative Australian tech company making waves in Defence solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development, and opportunities for international travel.
- Other info: Exciting role with significant exposure to key industry players.
- Why this job: Be part of a high-performing team impacting critical global programs.
- Qualifications: 3-5 years in business development or related fields, with a focus on Defence.
The predicted salary is between 108000 - 132000 $ per year.
Join an Australian Sovereign Technology Success Story. Are you a commercially driven business development professional looking to make your mark in the Defence and advanced technology sector? Cleared Recruitment are proud to be partnering with an Australian sovereign technology company that is innovating solutions for Defence, Government, and critical infrastructure customers globally.
Working alongside technical experts, you'll help bring cutting-edge technologies to market through collaboration with Defence Primes, OEMs, government agencies, and strategic partners. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a high-performing team and contribute directly to the growth of technologies supporting some of the world's most strategically important programs.
The Opportunity
As the Business Development Manager, you will play a critical role in identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities across Defence, Government, Critical Infrastructure, and advanced technology sectors. Working closely with customers, industry partners, and internal stakeholders, you will drive strategic growth initiatives, lead capture activities, build trusted relationships, and help position the company's market-leading capabilities within major Defence and technology programs. This is a highly visible position that offers significant exposure to Defence Primes, government agencies, systems integrators, and international partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, qualify, and progress new business opportunities that contribute to growth and pipeline objectives
- Lead capture activities, including tenders, proposals, quotations, grant submissions, and customer presentations
- Develop and execute account growth and business development strategies
- Build and maintain trusted customer and partner relationships to drive long-term success
- Lead opportunity qualification, pipeline management, and gate review processes
- Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify emerging opportunities
- Collaborate with engineering, program management, product, operations, and leadership teams to align customer requirements with business capabilities
- Represent the company at customer meetings, demonstrations, industry events, conferences, and trade shows
- Support strategic partnerships and collaborative growth initiatives
- Travel domestically and internationally as required
Essential Requirements
- Australian Citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance
- 3-5 years' experience in business development, sales, account management, or a related commercial role
- Experience supporting customer engagements, proposals, tenders, and capture activities
- Exposure to Defence, Aerospace, Government, Security, Critical Infrastructure, or related sectors
- Experience managing long sales cycles and multiple stakeholder groups
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