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Thales

Border Control Sales

Thales

Solution Sales professional responsible for sales development and customer engagement in Border Control at Thales. Engaging with C-Executive stakeholders and leading consultative solution design efforts.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeMadrid • 🇪🇸 SpainMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Sales Development & Promotion
  • Taking ownership of solution promotion, opportunity pipeline creation, and achievement of sales targets.
  • Acting as the subject-matter expert and reference point for sales teams.
  • Conducting cold customer introductions when required.
  • Presenting the Thales solution portfolio to customers and government stakeholders at C-Executive level.
  • Sales Support & Customer Engagement
  • Supporting sales representatives throughout the sales cycle, from business development through bid submission.
  • Qualifying leads and sales opportunities.
  • Advocating Thales’ technical vision and presenting solutions to customers.
  • Detailing Thales references, technical and implementation choices, business models, ecosystem strategy, and user adoption approaches.
  • Designing and proposing business models aligned with customer needs.
  • Consultative Solution Design
  • Leading a consultative selling approach to define and refine solution options with customers.
  • Key success factors for project delivery
  • Bid & Capture Management
  • Taking accountability for sales bidding processes and coordinating the full capture team.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
  • Full professional fluency in English
  • Proven track record in business development and/or solution sales within innovative and complex environments
  • Minimum 5 years of experience selling software solutions to government customers
  • Demonstrated experience engaging with C-Executive stakeholders within government and large organizations
  • Strong interpersonal and listening skills, with a proactive, agile, and solution-oriented mindset
  • Ability to operate effectively in transversal, multicultural organizations
  • Strong written communication skills, both persuasive and descriptive
  • Willingness to travel more than 25% of working time
  • Previous experience in Border Control and/or airport biometric solutions (Desirable)
  • Proven ability to build, manage, and sustain a robust sales pipeline (Desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible working hours
  • Intensive working schedules on Fridays and during the summer period
  • Remote-friendly working model (up to 2 days per week working from home)
  • Restaurant allowance and comprehensive social benefits, including health insurance and kindergarten support

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Hard Skills & Tools
business developmentsolution salessales pipeline managementconsultative sellingbid managementsoftware solutionstechnical vision presentationcustomer engagementlead qualificationbusiness model design
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillslistening skillsproactive mindsetagile mindsetsolution-oriented mindsetwritten communication skillspersuasive communicationdescriptive communicationcross-cultural communicationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Master’s degree in BusinessMaster’s degree in EngineeringMaster’s degree in PhysicsMaster’s degree in Mathematics