Strategic Business Development Leader

1 week ago


Blacksburg, Virginia, United States Ansys Full time

Ansys seeks a Strategic Business Development Leader to drive innovation and growth across the enterprise. This role is responsible for developing and executing a multi-year vision for executive-level partnership and engagement with assigned accounts, ensuring high revenue targets are met and new growth opportunities are generated.

Job Summary

The Strategic Business Development Leader will serve as the team lead for their assigned account(s), responsible for achieving and exceeding sales quota, driving global business relationships, and leading collaboration with internal and external partners to create seamless customer experiences. A successful candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of Ansys' product portfolio and be able to align solutions that generate measurable and impactful business outcomes for customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establishes and maintains a long-term global account plan, with buy-in from senior levels of the organization.
  • Performs sales activities, establishes, develops, and maintains business relationships with executives who can serve as business champions for Ansys.
  • Maintains renewal business and generates new business to meet/exceed sales quota.
  • Leads global collaboration with account teams, product specialists, ACE, remote sites, business partners, and other functions within Ansys to ensure a synergistic company-wide approach to the account.
  • Develops an approach and business case (including required investments) to deliver sustainable growth.
  • Creates a global vision and executes a roadmap to drive significant penetration across all applicable product lines.
  • Understands how business is different in various countries and cultures, prepares messaging and communication to align with cultural awareness.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in technical, engineering, business, or related field with 6+ years of successful technical sales experience OR 8+ years of successful technical sales experience.
  • 4+ years' experience as a key account manager or supporting an enterprise account with a proven track record of success.
  • Cultural awareness and knowledge of how business is different in different cultures.
  • Demonstrated proficiency of sales fundamentals, independently executes 8 pillars.
  • Excellent knowledge of competitors and account ecosystem.
  • Works autonomously, proactive approach with managerial guidance as needed.
  • Ability to coordinate internal and external ecosystems.
  • Ability to navigate complex sales and customer issues with little guidance.
  • Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
  • Experience negotiating multi-year contracts.
  • Strong long-term strategic planning skills.
  • Fluent in English and in the local language of the territory.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Comprehensive knowledge of company's products/services and pricing practices.
  • Demonstrated understanding of engineering analysis and technology.
  • Excellent problem-solving.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.
  • Excellent executive presentation and persuasion skills.
About Ansys

Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for several awards, including Newsweek's Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America's Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, and Great Place to Work Certified in multiple countries.

We commit to audacious goals, work seamlessly as a team, demonstrate mastery, and deliver outstanding results. Inclusion is at our core; we believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes and strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and included.

Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 per year

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