Sales Director (SaaS)

Were hiring a Sales Director to help grow our SaaS business at GE Aerospace. This is a great opportunity for someone who combines strong commercial instinct with a thoughtful relationship-led approach to sales.

In this role youll focus on winning new business growing key accounts and helping shape commercial priorities as we bring digital solutions to the aerospace industry. Were looking for someone with solid leadership experience strong business and commercial judgment and a track record of success in enterprise software sales preferably in aviation aerospace or other highly regulated sector.

If youre someone who builds trust quickly thinks strategically and knows how to turn customer needs into lasting partnerships wed love to hear from you.

This is a remote/home based role that can be based in either the UK France Germany Italy Poland or the Netherlands with approx 60% multi-national business travel.

For information about GEs SaaS business please see here - Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute sales strategies to drive revenue growth for GE Aerospaces SaaS solutions.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with airlines MROs OEMs and other aviation industry players.
• Lead the end-to-end sales cycle from prospecting to closing high-value enterprise deals.
• Build and maintain C-level relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Collaborate with product marketing and engineering teams to align customer needs with GEs software offerings
• Drive customer success and retention ensuring long-term partnerships and expansion opportunities.
• Stay ahead of industry trends competitive landscape and emerging technologies in aviation software.
• Manage sales forecasting pipeline development and revenue targets.
• Represent GE Aerospace at industry conferences events and customer meetings.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems within projects product lines markets sales processes campaigns or customers.
• Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
• Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
• Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise software sales preferably in aviation aerospace or industrial SaaS.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets in a high-growth environment.
• Strong understanding of aviation operations data analytics and digital transformation.
• Experience in complex multi-million-dollar enterprise sales cycles.
• Ability to engage with senior executives and technical stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation presentation and communication skills.
• Experience working with CRM tools (Salesforce etc.).

If youre ready to make a big impact and drive our success forward we cant wait to hear from you!

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements where possible and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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