Technical Business Developer

We are looking for a Technical Business Developer who will be responsible to land and expand our solution at new clients. You will develop and execute a business plan that is in line with Villari's product-market fit proposition, connect with new customers, and facilitate the growth of our business worldwide. You will focus on strategic partnering with engineering and inspection companies that incorporate our revolutionary technology into their service offering. Your role is to enable our partners to sell our solution to their strategic accounts. In your role as a Technical Business Developer, it’s important that you combine your Technical Engineering knowledge with your ability to convince and convert interested partners into large buyers. In your day to day, you will generate new leads and build out relationships internationally.

The ideal candidate has an MSc degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related field, has a proven track record in a commercial or business development-related position, and is now looking for a role where he or she can combine these disciplines. Someone who can answer complex product and industry-related questions from smart and sometimes determined engineers, to sell our product and to help Villari achieve its ambitious growth targets. In this role, you have the unique chance to hit the ground running, grow a large partner portfolio, and be part of the rapid growth and valuation of the company. In this position you will report directly to our VP of Business Development.

Furthermore, you incorporate the customer’s perspective and wishes, and you will collaborate closely with our internal stakeholders in the operations and tech department to ensure further product development and successful delivery of sensor systems to our partners and their customers.

About Us

At Villari, we are dedicated to extending the lifetime of steel structures in ports, infrastructure, and the steel industry through our certified crack detection technology. Our permanently installed wireless sensors detect even the smallest fatigue cracks in critical locations of bridges and cranes by analyzing variations in the magnetic field over time. Compared to traditional methods, we offer continuous and accurate inspection, carefree installation, competitive pricing, and certified technology. Our unique and patented solution has earned the trust of esteemed customers such as Tata Steel, Rijkswaterstaat, ProRail, ArcelorMittal, and many more. We take pride in our extensive coverage of 1500 sensors deployed across 8 countries, ensuring the safety and longevity of critical steel structures worldwide. 

Villari’s core values are the following:

1. Integrity - We are honest about what we know and what we don't know for certain. We treat our data with the greatest care and understand that it this of utmost importance in this critical industrial environment in which we operate. Doubts and uncertainties are always welcome to be addressed openly, ensuring that nothing is overlooked or ignored.

2. Expertise - Our company is delivering seriously high-tech service: we’re not building a new app to order pizza. The combination of fatigue crack growth, ferromagnetic flux leakage, and seamless wireless communication is our unique domain in which we work with a proud team of highly skilled and intellectual people. Customers rely on us because we know what we’re doing.

3. Accountability - We take responsibility for our actions. There’s no “not my problem” or “I don’t care” attitude at Villari. Learning from each other and carrying a both collective and individual feeling of ownership is extremely important in order to be an effective and well-balanced team.

4. Exploration - Villari was founded on the idea that we were bold enough to take complex physics and turn it into a meaningful product for our customers. As such we’ve pushed quite some boundaries along the way and we’re not afraid to turn left where others go right. On all levels people should be encouraged to try out new things and to test “wild ideas”. We understand and accept that new ideas sometimes turn out to be unsuccessful, as this is an integral part of exploring.

5. Approachability - As a company, and as individuals, we want to always be open for discussion, feedback, doubts, or just a casual chat about a topic unrelated to work. This goes towards clients, suppliers, colleagues, and towards superiors and people under your supervision. We help each other out and listen when others have something to say, regardless of seniority.

These values are at the core of our business and identity and it's very important that all our employees identify with these values.

What will you bring?

• 4+ years of experience in a commercial role.
• Proven track record of closing new deals with new and existing clients and ability to reach targets on a year-to-year basis.
• Technical MSc degree in Engineering, Physics, or a similar field of study is a must.
• Strong analytical skills and a natural ability to persuade & build relations.
• Excellent communication in English (Dutch, German, Spanish, or French is a plus).
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with different stakeholders.
• Ideally, you have experience in selling through strategic partnerships.
• You live in The Netherlands and don't need a permit to work in The Netherlands.

What do we offer?

• Contribute to the growth of an exciting startup that is ready to conquer the world.
• Energetic and professional company culture, based on ownership and responsibility.
• A competitive salary, in line with your experience.
• An uncapped commission scheme.
• 25 vacation days per year.
• Hybrid and onsite working opportunities.
• Travel expenses covered.
• Every day we will provide a lunch at our office.
• Participate in the most fun company events and drinks.