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Job Description

  • Are you excited by maritime digitalisation, AI-driven optimisation, and measurable performance gains?
  • Do you want your sales work to directly support shipping’s decarbonisation journey?
  • Are you ready to own and build a strategically important Northern Europe market with real autonomy?
We’re working with a fast-growing, globally recognised maritime technology company seeking a Business Development Manager to accelerate growth across Northern Europe. This is a high-impact role focused on new business generation and enterprise sales into some of the shipping industry’s most influential owners and operators.

Operating at the centre of the industry’s digitalisation and decarbonisation transition, the organisation delivers an advanced software-and-hardware platform built on maritime AI, enabling fleets to optimise performance, reduce fuel consumption, and lower emissions at scale. You will own your regional market end-to-end and play a critical role in the company’s next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own the full enterprise sales cycle across Northern Europe, from strategic targeting and outbound prospecting through to negotiation and close.
  • Proactively identify and engage high-value prospects, building a strong and sustainable pipeline.
  • Understand customer challenges across vessel performance, optimisation, and decarbonisation, aligning them with the appropriate solution set.
  • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales processes involving both technical and executive decision-makers.
  • Work closely with Product, Operations, and Customer Success teams to ensure client requirements are clearly understood and delivered.
  • Provide structured feedback from the market to help inform go-to-market strategy and product development.
  • Represent the business at industry events, conferences, and within key account networks across the region.
  • Strengthen brand presence and reinforce the company’s position as a category leader in maritime digitalisation.
Skills & Experience
  • 5–20 years’ experience in maritime technology or adjacent sectors, ideally in enterprise B2B sales roles.
  • Proven hunter profile, with a strong track record in new business acquisition rather than account management.
  • Experience managing full, end-to-end enterprise sales cycles within complex buying environments.
  • Background selling technical solutions such as software, hardware, AI-enabled platforms, or vessel performance technologies.
  • Strong ability to understand and communicate technical concepts with credibility.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.
Desirable, but not essential:
  • Technical background (e.g. Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or seagoing experience).
  • Experience within SaaS, Deep Tech, or AI-driven environments.
  • Exposure to vessel monitoring, weather routing, voyage optimisation, or performance analytics.
What’s on Offer
  • A key role within a fast-scaling maritime technology organisation at a pivotal stage of growth.
  • High levels of autonomy and ownership across a strategically important region.
  • A collaborative, international, and technically strong team environment.
  • Remote working with flexibility on location (UK or Nordics).
  • The opportunity to influence the digital and sustainable transformation of the global shipping industry.