Business Development Manager Renewable Energy

Company: Yokogawa
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Location: Runcorn
Job Description:

Overview

As the Business Development Manager for Renewable Digital Solutions, you drive BaxEnergy offerings in the UK renewables market. You own the end-to-end sales cycle, collaborating with presales, product, and delivery teams to translate energy-transition momentum into qualified opportunities and trusted customer relationships. You will shape differentiated value propositions across solar, wind, BESS and grid. This role combines commercial leadership with technical credibility in a fast-growing, cross-technology space.

Pay / Benefits

  • Competitive salary package
  • Flexible/hybrid working
  • International and multicultural environment
  • Access to European and global expert teams
  • Opportunity for career growth
  • Long-term stability with a Japanese industrial leader

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a UK sales strategy to grow BaxEnergy solutions in the renewables market
  • Identify and qualify new opportunities across IPPs, utilities, EPCs, developers and asset owners
  • Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to contract signature
  • Promote BaxEnergy solutions (APM, PPC, SCADA-related platforms, cybersecurity) to critical assets
  • Build executive and technical stakeholder relationships across the renewable value chain
  • Coordinate proposals with presales, product, R&D and delivery to offer coherent, differentiated options
  • Represent Yokogawa and BaxEnergy at trade fairs and customer events
  • Maintain CRM discipline and clear forecast visibility
  • Structure and manage a reliable commercial pipeline with prioritised growth drivers

Key requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of sales or business development experience
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in renewable energy (solar, wind, BESS, grid) or digital solutions
  • Strong knowledge of digital solutions central to modern renewables (SaaS, SCADA, PPC, EMS, cybersecurity)
  • Technical fluency to earn engineers’ trust and convert credibility into business
  • Fluent in English; additional European language is a plus
  • Willingness to travel within the UK and Europe
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strong communication and negotiation
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • SaaS
  • SCADA
  • PPC

Posted: September 14th, 2026