Director of Business Development

Our Client is seeking a Business Development Director for a Direct Hire/FTE position.

Responsibilities:

• Handle leads generated by Marketing from introduction to closing sales. Input data to CRM.
• Define, value and author proposals on the scope of work of individual projects through prospect interaction and in collaboration with staff, most of whom work remotely or from home offices.
• Build relationships with prospects and clients that result in continued business.
• Contribute to the growth of Client through sales outreach, attendance of business gatherings and marketing activities.

Required Skills:

• 5-10 yrs. of experience in:

� A design services firm in the technology or product development market or similar design/engineering/project/service firm.

� An electronic component company sales organization or similar.

� Program management or engineering at a technology hardware company with ownership of technical, financial and schedule deliverables.

• Deep familiarity with a new product development task sequence.
• Experience communicating with executives in engineering and corporations responsible for financial decisions of projects ranging from $100K-$500K+, for companies ranging from start-ups to medium-sized corporations to large enterprises.
• Engineering, Design, Project Management, in areas of electronics, medical device, multiple industries, including sensor development, wearables, emerging technologies, etc...
• A people-person with a service mentality to help, advise and refer inquiries rapidly to the outcome that best suits the goals of the client or company staff.
• An analytical mind that can comprehend, deconstruct, and remember highly technical product requirements, electronic functionality, and implementation steps.
• Organized and reliable to multi-task between discussions, document authoring, presentations and negotiating terms of sale through virtual meetings, site visits, and phone calls.