Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Director of Business Development

Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Business Development Director
Location:
Farnborough, with travel as required to customer and industry partner premises
Working pattern:
Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office, as required

* Candidates applying must either hold Security Clearance or be eligible for it*

Parico is an established technology company with a proven track record of delivering innovative and secure solutions to Public Sector customers across the United Kingdom. Our team are motivated individuals that help each other to do remarkable things every day. We face challenges together and we win together. At Parico, we deliver world-class solutions that transform the way that our customers use technology.

Parico is seeking an accomplished and strategic Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Business Development Director to drive the further growth and success of Parico. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of our business, focusing on the development of robust customer relationships, identifying new opportunities, and delivering against ambitious order intake targets. As a key figure in the Senior Leadership Team, you will play an integral role in advancing our position as a trusted technology partner to Public Sector clients across the United Kingdom.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end business development lifecycle, from identifying and qualifying opportunities to shaping innovative solutions and securing contracts. You will act as a trusted advisor to our customers, using your deep understanding and relationships across the Central Government Public Sector landscape to offer creative and effective solutions. Working closely with cross-functional teams within Parico, you will ensure our offerings align with customer needs while enhancing Parico's competitive edge.

• Establishing and maintaining a credible pipeline to achieve in-year order commitments, while building a foundation for future growth and delivering on strategic long-term projects and programmes.
• Utilising an established network of law enforcement, emergency services, customer, stakeholder and industry relationships, whilst developing new strategic connections, to identify opportunities, secure sales targets and contribute to growth objectives outlined in the business plan.
• Taking ownership to lead and shape opportunities during the early stages of qualification, guiding them through the business development process within Parico through to contract award as needed.
• Ensuring opportunities and our solutions are developed to maximise our customer’s outcomes while optimising our competitive and market positions, and that our Intellectual Property is suitably protected and/or utilised
• Accurately forecasting and managing opportunities using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools, ensuring visibility of future prospects.
• Proven ability to generate new and follow-on business through an established network of customer and industry relationships, consistently building a reliable pipeline with strong conversion rates.
• Relevant experience of winning business across UK law enforcement, policing, emergency services, public safety or national security organisations, supported by a well-established network of customer, partner and industry relationships.
• A creative and broad-minded approach to the industry, identifying longer-term opportunities that align with Parico's strategic growth opportunities and offer wider benefit to our key Products and Research and Development capabilities.
• Demonstrable ability to establish, maintain and leverage trusted relationships across senior stakeholders within law enforcement, emergency services, public safety organisations, industry partners and internal teams to create and convert business opportunities.
• Operates with a customer-focused mindset, with the ability to listen, understand needs, and challenge customer thinking constructively, offering innovative and differentiated solutions that deliver added value.
• Effective at managing and leveraging relationships and priorities, with strong communication and interpersonal skill
• Strategic…