Business Development Manager – Electrical Design Software

About This Role

Lead the technical sales process for DTM electrical design software in North America, developing sales plans and pursuing new business opportunities. Collaborate with internal teams and customers to provide comprehensive solutions and drive deals from discovery to contract. Act as a trusted advisor to ensure customer success and retention.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical sales process of our DTM electrical design software by developing and executing sales plans in North America
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, implementation, and support teams to help accelerate growth
• Identify and pursue new business in target sectors (e.g., panel shops, machine builders, system integrators, manufacturing)
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with OEMs, partners, and existing customers
• Qualify leads, manage pipelines, forecast sales, and report progress using CRM tools
• Lead product demos, workshops, pilot programs, industry events, and trade shows to generate leads and raise brand awareness
• Train and educate the company's sales teams to increase opportunities by improving their understanding of the DTM platform portfolio
• Elicit, identify, and document customer requirements, pain points, and constraints; map them to the DTM solution stack
• Support the hand-off to delivery/implementation teams, ensuring all technical information is clear and correct
• Drive deals from discovery through contract, including proposal preparation, negotiation, and compliance
• Collaborate with R&D and product teams to help align the product roadmap to customer requirements
• Prepare and present proposals, statements of work (SOWs), and end-to-end solution pricing
• Transform into a trusted advisor to customers by supporting customers' onboarding, training, and adoption to drive customer success and reduce churn

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Automation, or a related technical field or equivalent software sales experience
• 3+ years of outside software sales, business development, solutions engineering, or pre-sales role
• Experience in electrical design software in the industrial automation/manufacturing domain
• Ability to learn and understand Panel Shop Automation machines portfolio and collaborate in machine sales
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts and business value to both engineering and executive audiences
• Experience producing return on investment, TCO, or business case analyses
• Willingness to work fully remote and travel (25–50 % on average) within North America
• Experience in panel-building sectors, familiarity with CAD/electrical design software, workflow automation, and machine integration

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Automation, or a related technical field (or equivalent software sales experience)
• 3+ years of outside software sales, business development, solutions engineering, or pre-sales role—ideally in electrical design software in the industrial automation/manufacturing domain

Nice to Have

• Electrical CAD design experience (e.g., AUTOCAD Electrical, Zuken E3 series, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, EPLAN, SEE Electrical)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits