Business Development Manager – Consultants

Overview

In this role you drive demand for HID PACS by engaging consultants, architects and engineers across the UK and Ireland. You’ll shape early project decisions, build strategic relationships, and convert influence into qualified pipeline and revenue. You work cross-functionally to plan consultant campaigns and coordinate solution workshops, blending business development with market insight. This is an opportunity to accelerate secure infrastructure modernization with a global leader in access control.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Competitive benefits and annual leave
• Vibrant, inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities
• Global organization with development opportunities
• Supportive cross-functional environment

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a UKI consultant and specification sales plan aligned with PACS growth
• Build strategic relationships with security consultants, architects, engineers and specifiers
• Identify early-stage projects and convert them into qualified opportunities
• Shape outcomes and specifications before tender through consultative selling
• Own qualification and progression of consultant-influenced opportunities with cross-functional teams
• Maintain active consultant-influenced pipeline and accurate CRM records
• Prioritise consultant organisations connected to large opportunities using market intelligence
• Coordinate discovery meetings and follow-ups with cross-functional teams
• Plan targeted consultant campaigns, CPD activities and solution workshops
• Identify and coordinate consultant-facing sales tools and technical content
• Represent HID at meetings, platforms, events and standards forums
• Understand external drivers shaping requirements (cybersecurity, resilience, interoperability)
• Develop opportunities in secure infrastructure modernization, mobile/digital access and cloud services
• Provide updates on activity, pipeline, forecasts and revenue

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum five years in sales or business development in physical security, access control or related field
• Experience generating new business and managing multi-stakeholder opportunities
• Proven ability to engage consultants, architects, engineers and specifiers and convert engagement into opportunities
• Ability to build senior relationships, interpret specifications, and translate requirements into commercial propositions
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Experience using Salesforce or comparable CRM

• strong communication
• negotiation and presentation skills
• relationship building with senior stakeholders
• Salesforce or comparable CRM
• knowledge of physical security, access control, smart buildings, building technology
• ability to interpret technical documents and translate into proposals

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