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Business Development & Sales Lead - UK

London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-26 → 2026-09-27

Core

Drive growth for V-BAT ISR UAS and Hivemind Mission Autonomy capabilities in the UK defence and government sector, focusing on time-sensitive and non-standard acquisition environments.

Role type

Senior Business Development & Sales Lead (Defence)

Builds

V-BAT ISR UAS systems and Hivemind mission autonomy software for UK special operations and defence customers

Domain

Defence, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

UK defence acquisition processes, urgent operational requirement (UOR) identification, capability development, complex sales lifecycle management, stakeholder relationship building, competitive analysis, proposal development, CRM hygiene, technical aptitude for autonomous systems

Preferred skills

UAS/ISR/autonomous systems sales experience, established relationships in special operations community, mission autonomy concepts knowledge, Large Systems Integrators (LSI) engagement, UK airspace integration landscape knowledge

Technologies

V-BAT, Hivemind, UAS, ISR, AI-enabled mission systems

Responsibilities

Own full sales lifecycle for V-BAT ISR opportunities, identify and prosecute UOR opportunities, develop territory and capture strategies, build trusted relationships with decision-makers, identify and shape requirements at source, surface Hivemind opportunities, lead proposal development, conduct competitive analysis, partner with Product/Engineering teams, manage deal progression, represent company at industry events

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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