Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Teledyne e2v part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, is a global leader in specialised components and subsystems for innovative solutions in medical, science, aerospace, defence and industrial applications.

Working with us will enable you to develop and gain experience in the ideas that are behind some of the most advanced technologies in the world. You will also work alongside highly experienced scientists, engineers, technicians and business professionals.

With a long and enviable history of technical and scientific innovation, Teledyne e2v is always working at the forefront of technology.

Space Imaging

Our products observe the Earth from space, enable the discovery of distant worlds, provide the improved understanding of life sciences that we enjoy today, and make measurements at the quantum level.

The Space Imaging group is a global leader in specialised imaging devices, components, subsystems, manufacturing and engineering services, and an engineering consultancy for innovative solutions in space, defence, scientific and industrial applications.

Our capabilities and heritage span custom and standard CMOS, infrared, COTS+ and CCD imaging sensors and sub-systems used for Earth observation and the largest space telescopes, through to ground and space based communications systems. With an eye always to the future, we are leading in the commercialisation of quantum timing and sensing technologies for space, defence and industrial applications.

Position Summary

The Head of Business Development and Sales role for the Space Imaging business unit is wide ranging, requiring a mix of skills, experience and personal selling, influencing and relationship management characteristics.

The role requires a balanced mix of traits that can be described as a “challenger”, “hunter”, “closer” and a “farmer”.

Ability to sell existing and new propositions, explain these to the sales team and provide training, whilst also joining meetings and demonstrating your knowledge to differing accounts and market segments is key. The technologies will be wide-ranging and the customer base will include agencies, academia, OEMs, primes and startups plus several in-country sales representatives deploying both distributor and representative channel models.

Whilst agency and major prime account management is a critical activity, increasingly small startup relationships and lead cultivation is also critical across all market segments and you will be expected to drive the team to open up new opportunities. The ability to manage and prioritise near-term big-ticket items and future business growth and sales pipeline regeneration is also a critical skill. You will be expected to manage key opportunities yourself also and certain customers including the European Space Agency.

A key aspect of the role is, feeding the product development process with inputs that allow the company to adapt to changing situations and dynamic customer requirements, and finding solutions by leading the Teledyne team to think of new and appropriate ways to meet customer needs with a profitable outcome.

The head of business development and sales will lead, take responsibility, and provide drive for the complete sales cycle, i.e. from campaign design to lead generation, through to value selling, bid process, order booking, and delivery.

The accountability of the role includes:

• Contribute to the organisations sales plan and own personal order intake and revenue targets

• Grow and nurture opportunities from idea to new product platform and portfolio

• Develop and grow the sales opportunity pipeline, supporting the team’s business development managers and wider Teledyne profit and loss owners

• Develop business development plans which include proposition, sales plan, risks, barriers and budgets

• Maximise strategic account revenue, and develop mature accounts into strategic accounts

• Find and onboard new market application opportunities and new customer accounts

• Ensure the highest standards of customer support at all stages of the sales lifecycle

• Oversee and where needed manage the customer proposal requests to completion

• Represent Teledyne at industry events, and seek and exploit opportunities for increasing capability and brand awareness

• Provide market intelligence and present in a suitable way to all levels of the organisation with the aim of influencing the business to react to opportunities and market conditions

• Act as a conduit for multi-directional network access and opportunity building for the global Teledyne

To succeed in this role you shall be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• Knowledge building and sharing, responsibility, negotiation and adaptability

• Strong presenter, negotiator and influencer with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Organised with attention to detail, driven and motivated by results

• Understand customers business, applications, and value propositions

• Curious and inquisitive

• Value selling

Fluency in English is a requirement while French, Italian, and other European languages is advantageous.

Ability to work on government programmes shall be considered and security clearance checks may be required depending on territories assigned and Teledyne office locations frequented.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years working in a sales/business development and marketing environment

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience

• Experience of imaging technologies or ability to quickly grasp key technical principles through personal research and discussion with technical internal points of contact

• Experience in closing complex sales

• Post-graduate qualifications from recognised institutes (ideally level 6 and above), desirable

• Wide network of applicable contacts and experience of creating new networks rapidly

• Experience in the development of value propositions

• Experience in designing and presenting compelling presentations and proposals

• Experience in strategic marketing and business activities, data collation and dissemination

• Understands and has experience effecting the marketing mix and marketing principles

• Experience in lead capture, account cultivation and account management for a global business

• Experience in the use of CRM and lead management tools

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

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You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.