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Director of Business Development

Business Development RepBusiness Development RepFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 51-200Since 2020H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Illinois + 4 moreAll locations: Illinois | Kansas | Oklahoma | Missouri | Texas

Posted

5 days ago

Salary

$175K - $215K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Director of Business Development

Gridware

• Own and manage a defined territory of investor-owned utilities across the Central U.S. • Build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified opportunities. • Develop multi-threaded relationships across utility organizations. • Drive complex, technical, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from initial outreach through contract execution. • Lead discovery, technical presentations, pilot structuring, and commercial negotiations. • Develop account strategies and territory plans. • Partner with sales engineering and regulatory teams to define pilots. • Represent Gridware at utility industry events and conferences. • Gather and synthesize market intelligence to inform product roadmap and GTM strategy. • Work closely with marketing and product to develop region-specific messaging and materials.

Job Requirements

  • 7+ years of technical sales or consulting experience directly with electric utilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to convey and respond to technical engineering questions without additional internal support.
  • Deep familiarity with the investor-owned utility landscape — procurement processes, regulatory environments, and key stakeholders.
  • Strong executive presence and ability to build trust with both senior leaders (VP/C-suite) as well as frontline individual contributors.
  • Experience managing long-cycle, technically complex sales processes involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Self-directed and resourceful; comfortable creating structure in an early-stage, fast-moving environment.
  • Willingness to travel 40-50% within the Central Region.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Alternating day off (every other Monday)
  • “Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
  • Commuter allowance
  • Company-paid training

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