Business Development Director - Local Government

Job Description
We are looking for ambitious, collaborative and commercially minded individuals with an understanding of digital, data and technology transformation within Local Government. We're looking for someone with a passion and understanding of how technology and transformation has a role to play in Local Government, Health and Blue light sector to help this ambitious team make its mark in this growing market.
What does this role involve?
Developing and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders within Local Government, Blue-light, Health and Housing organisations.
Helping to support your customers and their organisations to digitally transform services, including moving to the cloud, developing target operating models, digital by design, design by data.
Helping support customers to realise the benefits of transforming services, and guide them through complex technology decision making process.
Seeking out and developing new business leads and opportunities or growing new leads within an existing customer.
Be responsible for accounts, articulating a clear vision and achievable goals and supporting Hitachi’s teams to develop and iterate products, strategies and roadmaps.
Leading engagements with customers and stakeholders and representing Hitachi Solutions in a range of public arenas.
Keeping up with the changing digital and technology landscape and the opportunities they provide to improve the delivery of public services in the UK.
A desire to collaborate with delivery team and service delivery managers and to learn and improve both personally and for the benefit of our organization.
Strong communication skills that enable you to engage with people through a range of channels and explain what you are doing and how you are doing it in clear and compelling ways.
Qualifications
What do you need to succeed in this role?
Relevant industry experience across business development, public sector digital transformation and the technology sector.
Experience of operating within pre-sales and sales and working closely with delivery and consulting teams.
Demonstrable experience developing and managing public sector tenders and framework bids.
Demonstrated experience of building and maintaining relationships with senior executives within both Hitachi and client organisations.
High-level understanding of modern technologies used in delivery of cloud-based software products - and able to explain the purpose and constraints of these technologies to non-technical people.
Commercially aware.
If you are interested and want to know more about this opportunity, apply directly and have a chat with us.
Additional Information
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