Manager - Business Development

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Department: EDGE Commercial
- Business Development

EDGE Group is seeking a Manager
- Business Development to drive business growth, develop strategic opportunities and build strong customer relationships across its advanced technology and defence portfolio.

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across priority markets.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, partners and industry stakeholders.
• Lead opportunity qualification, capture planning and customer engagement.
• Collaborate with technical and commercial teams to develop competitive solutions and proposals.
• Support negotiations, pipeline management and business development reporting.
• Identify strategic partnerships and market expansion opportunities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, Defence or related field.
• 12+ years of relevant Business Development, Sales or Commercial experience.
• Knowledge or experience in technologies and products in at least a few of the following areas: integrated C5
  
  ISR systems, C5
  
  ISR products, multi-intelligence fusion, sensing and intelligence (EW, Radar, EO/IR, SAR, AIS, acoustics, GEOINT, OSINT, etc), artificial intelligence (AI), platforms, autonomy, missiles, weapons, multi-domain systems and technologies, and tactical systems.
  * Knowledge of one or more EDGE clusters, or experience with similar systems:
  Platforms & Systems, Missiles & Weapons, Secure Intelligence Systems, Advanced Sensing, Homeland Security, and Technology and Industrialization
  * Experience in the defense sector
• Experience with in defence, aerospace, advanced technology, security or related sectors.
• Strong commercial, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.