Business Development Manager – Automotive

Segula Technologies

Business Development Manager – Automotive

Troy, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    • Prospecting & Cold Outreach: Identifying key decision-makers at OEMs and Tier 1s
    • Relationship Mapping: Understanding the complex hierarchy of automotive organizations to find the actual budget holders
    • Requirement Gathering: Asking the right questions to uncover a client’s technical "pain points"—whether they need a full turnkey project or just staff augmentation
    • Proposal Development: Working with your internal technical teams to draft Statements of Work (SOWs) that are both competitive and profitable
    • Resilience: The automotive industry is high-pressure and highly competitive. You'll hear "no" or "not right now" frequently before landing a major contract
    • Active Listening: Crucial for translating a vague engineering problem into a billable service solution
    • Presentation Skills: The ability to present complex engineering capabilities clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    • 3 to 5 years in relevant new business development experience
    • Business or Engineering degree
    • Understanding the Vehicle Lifecycle: Familiarity with the Design, Development, and Manufacturing phases
    • Knowledge of Modern Trends: Artificial Intelligence topics, Being able to discuss EV architecture, ADAS, and software-defined vehicles.
    • Service-Based Selling: Unlike selling parts, you are selling "man hours" and & "project outcomes"
    • You must be able to articulate the value of outsourcing engineering tasks to bridge a client's capacity gaps

    Additional Information

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

  • Industry
    Transportation / Trucking / Railroad