Senior Director, Strategic Sales

TAE Technologies

$215K — $245K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of sales experience in data center or energy infrastructure industries
  • Proven track record of closing complex, high-value deals
  • Established network within the BESS and energy storage ecosystem
  • Strong understanding of hardware and software in energy storage systems
  • Success in negotiating commercial structures and contracts
  • Experience in new technology market introduction from a Tier 1 supplier
  • Exceptional executive presence and skills in high-level negotiation
  • Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in Excel-based financial modeling

Responsibilities

  • Drive revenue growth through customer acquisition and relationship building
  • Expand market reach among hyperscalers, colocation providers, and EPC firms
  • Engage customers in early project phases to influence decisions
  • Serve as a commercial face for the AI data center and BESS market
  • Originate and close new customer opportunities through engagement
  • Develop and execute a data-driven sales plan aligned with growth targets
  • Gather market intelligence to inform business strategies

Benefits

  • High-impact and visibility role with direct access to executive leadership
  • Clear path for advancement into executive-level commercial leadership
  • Opportunity to shape strategic commercial initiatives and product offerings
  • Dynamic work environment in a growing and innovative technology sector
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are seeking a senior, externally focused commercial leader to drive revenue growth through direct customer acquisition and strategic relationship building across the AI data centre power and stationary energy storage ecosystem. This is a pure growth role, focused on opening doors, securing flagship AI data centre and hyperscale customers, and converting industry relationships into long-term, multi-site revenue.

This leader will spend the majority of their time in the market: engaging customers, partners, and ecosystem players, shaping commercial opportunities, and closing high-value deals. This leader will build and lead a team supporting the company's go-to-market goals.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role reporting to the SVP Sales, with regular engagement with the executive leadership team. With strong performance, this role offers a clear path to expanded executive-level commercial leadership

Business Development
  • Develop and expand TPS's reach across hyperscalers, colocation providers, developers, EPC firms, engineering consultants, utilities, and other key stakeholders in the data center, leveraging TAE's exciting and innovative technology in this area.
  • Pursue and engage all business opportunities which specifically support the growth of AI DC as its own vertical.
  • Engage customers early in the project lifecycle to influence electrical architecture, project strategy, and technical specifications before procurement decisions are finalized.

Market & Customer Leadership
  • Serve as a senior commercial face of the company within the AI data centre power and stationary BESS market, representing TPS to customers, partners, and industry stakeholders
  • Proactively originate, qualify, and close new customer opportunities through direct engagement and industry relationships
  • Build and maintain deep, long-standing executive-level relationships with key customers and strategic partners

Revenue & Growth Ownership
  • Secure and grow revenue-bearing customer accounts across TPS's BESS systems, power electronics components, DC fast chargers, and software platform
  • Own the full sales lifecycle: account strategy, opportunity development, technical/commercial qualification, proposal leadership, negotiation, and contract close
  • Develop and execute a clear, data-driven sales plan aligned with company revenue and customer growth targets

Strategic Commercial Input
  • Gather market intelligence, customer feedback, and competitive insights to inform product strategy, roadmap priorities, and business model evolution
  • Partner closely with Marketing, Engineering, and the Stationary Business Unit to shape compelling value propositions and differentiated offerings

Lead the development of complex commercial proposals, complex customer sales engagement, pricing strategies, and partnership models

Qualifications, Functional Experience & Skills

Required
  • 10+ years of sales experience within the data center/AIDC, energy infrastructure, or a similar relevant industry, with a strong understanding of complex development and operations ecosystems.
  • Proven senior-level technical sales leadership with a consistent track record of closing complex, high-value deals
  • Established, active industry network within the BESS and energy storage ecosystem
  • Strong working knowledge of both hardware and software components of stationary energy storage systems
  • Demonstrated success negotiating commercial structures, pricing, and contracts for development programs and component sales
  • Experience bringing new technologies to market from a Tier 1 supplier or OEM environment
  • Exceptional executive presence with the ability to influence, persuade, and negotiate at the highest levels
  • Advanced analytical and financial modelling skills (Excel-based minimum) to evaluate novel commercial and partnership structures

Preferred
  • Experience operating in pre-revenue or early-scale environments, shaping market narratives from concept to commercial adoption
  • Expertise with C&I modelling tools such as Energy Toolbase, REopt, and HOMER
  • Strong cross-functional leadership instincts with a hands-on, results-driven approach

At TAE Power Solutions, we consider a wide range of factors when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill set, experience, job-related knowledge, training, certifications, and broader business needs. The total compensation package for this position may also vary depending on the level at which the role is offered (Non-Sr., Sr., Lead, Manager, Snr Manager, where appropriate). The compensation range for this role is between $215,000- $245,000 + benefits. OTE + to be discussed on live calls.

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