Hadrian

Sales Director, Commercial Growth

Hadrian

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Spearhead strategic sales initiatives and expand Hadrian’s presence in mid-market and enterprise aerospace/defense sectors
  • Co-develop and execute customer-based and business patch-based growth plans to drive revenue growth, margin and customer value and advocacy
  • Lead, coach, and scale a sales team to exceed revenue targets through consultative and solution-based selling
  • Build and nurture long-term relationships with C-level executives, procurement teams, and decision-makers at target customers
  • Collaborate with Hadrian’s engineering and product teams to align sales strategies with customer needs and technological advancements
  • Analyze market trends, competitor offerings, and customer pain points to position Hadrian’s automation solutions effectively
  • Deliver accurate sales forecasts, track KPIs, and provide data-driven insights to senior leadership
  • Leverage CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) to optimize sales processes, pipeline management, and reporting
  • Represent Hadrian at industry trade shows, automation conferences, and client engagements
  • Drive adoption of Hadrian’s automation solutions, emphasizing ROI and operational efficiency for clients

Requirements

  • Experience in identifying, developing, and closing Million-dollar figure contracts with Aerospace / Defense companies and suppliers
  • Strong technical acumen and existing experience selling into Aerospace / Defense industry leaders
  • Working model of cross-functional customer growth planning and process based strategic selling
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively at all levels and areas with customers, from executive leaders to entry level buyers and quality control and design engineers
  • Understanding of or interest in learning supply chain and manufacturing
  • Hardware, software, services and/or infrastructure sales background
  • High EQ and IQ with ability to grasp real pain points and opportunities with customers and construct a plan to solution and execute against
  • Ability to drive multi-year engagements with customers (eg: start with one division, then 3, then entire company)
  • Enjoys a fast-paced, high expectation and high appreciation-based environment
  • True team player that is driven by creating customer and company impact
  • Strong industry relationships that will support your success at Hadrian (Good to have)
  • Founder mentality (Good to have)
  • Ability to connect with blue collar factory worker and F100 CEO equally (Good to have)
  • ITAR requirement: must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
  • Willingness/ability to obtain necessary government authorizations by date of work start (application question)
  • Will you require sponsorship from Hadrian for employment now or in the future? (application question)