Business Development Manager – APAC, IT Outsourcing, AI Solutions

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Business Development Manager selling AI-powered software and IT outsourcing solutions across APAC. Building enterprise AI sales pipelines and closing complex solution deals for SmartDev.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify and target high-potential enterprise accounts across Media, Fintech, and Logistics
  • Build a 12-month pipeline in AI solution opportunities
  • Lead consultative discovery and map client pain points to AI solution blueprints
  • Structure and negotiate complex contracts, including POCs, pilot-to-production, and managed services
  • Develop strategic partnerships with SI partners, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and tech vendors
  • Collaborate with Solution Architects to scope technical feasibility and effort estimates
  • Translate technical differentiators, such as fine-tuned versus RAG-based LLMs, into competitive business advantages
  • Educate prospects on AI risks and mitigation strategies
  • Act as the voice of the customer to influence product roadmaps
  • Work with Marketing to create AI-specific sales collateral
  • Provide feedback on pricing models
  • Drive pipeline generation, won deals, pilot-to-production conversion, and average deal cycle KPIs

Requirements:

  • 5+ years in B2B solution sales or business development
  • At least 2 years selling AI, ML, or data science services
  • Proven track record closing five-figure to six-figure solution deals (not just SaaS licenses)
  • Ability to articulate AI concepts (supervised vs. unsupervised learning, token pricing, fine-tuning)
  • Experience selling to a mix of technical (CTO, CDO) and business (COO, GM) personas
  • Comfortable with cold outreach, relationship mapping, and negotiation
  • Experience with cloud AI services (Azure AI, SageMaker, Vertex AI) preferred
  • Familiarity with data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) in AI context preferred
  • Existing networks in Media, Fintech, and Logistics preferred
  • Able to work autonomously and as part of a collaborative team

Benefits:

  • Employees can work remotely