Business development Manager
At a glance
Manager-level Business Development role at Loft Orbital Solutions. Abu Dhabi · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build and qualify a pipeline, then keep customer opportunities moving from first contact through proposals and commercial discussions
- Meet prospective customers and partners to learn their needs and how they make buying decisions
- Bring engineering, finance, and operations inputs together for customer proposals, presentations, and executive summaries
- Work with leadership on pricing, contract conversations, and commercial negotiations
- Track next steps, watch competitor and market changes, and look for customer expansions or partner opportunities
What you bring
- Three to six years in business development, sales, account management, or another commercial role
- Experience advancing opportunities across the sales process and preparing proposals, bids, or tenders
- Strong written, spoken, and presentation communication, with sound commercial judgement and prioritisation
- Experience working with engineering, finance, operations, and leadership teams, plus international or cross-cultural business exposure
Who this fits
This hands-on manager role suits someone who can carry opportunities from initial qualification through commercial outcomes while coordinating across internal teams. The role is onsite in Abu Dhabi.
From the employer
Role Overview
The Business Development Manager will play a key role in driving Orbitworks' commercial growth by identifying new business opportunities, developing customer relationships, and converting market interest into revenue. Working closely with engineering, finance, operations, and leadership, you'll coordinate proposals, support commercial negotiations, and ensure customer requirements are translated into commercially viable solutions. This is a hands-on role with ownership of opportunities from initial engagement through to successful commercial outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Build and manage a healthy pipeline of qualified business opportunities.
- Engage prospective customers and strategic partners through meetings, calls, and follow-ups.
- Own and progress sales opportunities from qualification through proposal and commercial discussions.
- Coordinate with engineering, finance, and operations to develop competitive customer proposals.
- Prepare customer-facing presentations, proposals, and executive summaries.
- Track opportunities, actions, and next steps to maintain momentum across the pipeline.
- Support contract discussions and commercial negotiations alongside leadership.
- Identify follow-on business, expansion opportunities, and strategic partnerships.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer needs to inform business development strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Pipeline Development: Build, qualify, and manage business opportunities across priority customers and markets.
- Customer Engagement: Develop trusted relationships and understand customer requirements and decision-making processes.
- Proposal Management: Lead proposal development by coordinating inputs from cross-functional teams.
- Commercial Support: Assist with pricing, contract discussions, and commercial negotiations.
- Relationship Management: Maintain long-term customer and partner relationships while identifying growth opportunities.
- Market Intelligence: Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and industry developments to support commercial strategy.
Must-Have Skills
- 3–6 years of business development, sales, account management, or commercial experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing opportunities through the sales lifecycle.
- Proposal, bid, or tender preparation experience.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Strong commercial judgement and prioritisation skills.
- Experience collaborating with engineering, finance, operations, and leadership teams.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity.
- International or cross-cultural business experience.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience in the aerospace, space, or advanced technology industries.
- Experience working with government, defence, or enterprise customers.
- Familiarity with CRM and opportunity management tools.
- Experience within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
- Understanding of technical products or engineering-led solutions.
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