About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Nuclear Sales Director – Installed Base based in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Sales Managers to identify customer needs, address business challenges through consultative selling, and execute strategic sales and business plans.
- Deliver regional and sub-regional commitments for orders, revenue, contribution margin, market penetration, and profitable growth.
- Develop and maintain influential relationships with customers at all organizational levels, creating strategies to secure long-term, profitable business.
- Identify opportunities to expand market share, grow sales volume, increase backlog, and develop integrated portfolio solutions across the installed nuclear fleet.
- Drive customer satisfaction by evaluating feedback, establishing action plans, and ensuring timely follow-through.
- Coach, mentor, and develop sales professionals to strengthen performance, support retention, and build a sustainable talent pipeline.
- Ensure alignment with the nuclear market strategy, commercial priorities, and daily management objectives.
- Maintain accurate forecasts for orders, commitments, and convertible orders at the sub-regional level.
- Represent the voice of the customer internally, promoting a customer-centric approach to commercial decisions and service delivery.
- Provide demand forecasting and sales pacing insights to Sales Operations and Finance to support planning and business performance.
- Monitor market economics, industry trends, customer strategies, plant profiles, operational requirements, refueling outage schedules, and competitor activity to identify emerging opportunities.
- Lead and participate in deal strategy development and reviews in collaboration with Sales, Commercial Operations, Customer Service Directors, and other relevant functional teams.
- Continuously assess and develop the regional opportunity pipeline, ensuring opportunities are properly qualified and advanced.
- Lead or participate in Lean initiatives to improve commercial processes, simplify decision-making, and increase operational efficiency.
- Demonstrate effective leadership through transparency, humility, accountability, focused execution, and collaboration across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or another technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
- At least 10 years of experience in the power generation industry.
- At least 5 years of experience with steam turbine and generator products and services, nuclear reactor operations, maintenance, and nuclear refueling processes.
- At least 5 years of experience in marketing, sales, project management, or customer service within the power generation industry.
- Previous direct experience managing employees, including team leadership, performance development, and coaching.
- Strong understanding of nuclear power generation technologies, service offerings, installed-base opportunities, and complex project execution.
- Demonstrated commercial acumen, including strategic sales planning, negotiation, deal development, and profitable growth management.
- Proven ability to build trusted customer relationships and translate customer requirements into effective business strategies.
- Experience developing sales forecasts, managing opportunity pipelines, and delivering order and margin targets.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to assess market dynamics and make informed commercial decisions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities effectively in a complex, fast-moving environment.
- Demonstrated inclusive leadership and the ability to succeed within a matrixed organization.
- Preferred: Postgraduate degree in business, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Preferred: Extensive energy industry experience and direct customer-facing commercial experience.
- Work authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Work arrangement: Remote position. Relocation assistance is not provided.
Conditions
- Annual base salary: $151,400–$252,200, depending on experience, education, skills, and other relevant factors.
- Geographic salary differentials of 110%, 120%, or 130% may apply in certain locations.
- Eligibility for sales incentive bonuses.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Access to a health coaching service and a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
- Employee Assistance Program offering confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services around the clock.
- Retirement savings plan with tax-advantaged 401(k) contributions, company matching, and additional company retirement contributions.
- Access to financial planning resources and ret