Business Development Manager

$  Full time on site
Business Development Manager
Job Description

"Solutions that save time, money and lives" - for real customers, in 40+ countries.

We're not after a sales manager. We're after a hunter - someone who's genuinely excellent at sales, proactive, autonomous, sharp and self-organised, who creates and leads their own opportunities rather than managing other people to do the work. This role has no direct reports: it's built for someone who'd rather be closing deals than running a team.

Catapult Software is a New Zealand-based, globally export software company that's helped electricity, water, oil \& gas and manufacturing businesses run critical infrastructure since 1991. We're the local partner for Velotic - the newly independent global industrial software leader (previously GE) - and we build our own software too. It's serious, meaningful work: what you sell keeps essential services running for communities here and overseas.

What you'll do

  • Own and grow our revenue and market share in New Zealand and key export markets
  • Lead our highest-value sales opportunities end-to-end, from first call to signed deal
  • Build your own pipeline - prospecting, cold outreach, new channel partners
  • Mentor our sales and solutions team, without managing them
  • Own CRM and forecasting discipline, and refresh our sales playbook

To apply, you must:

  • Be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • 8+ years' full-cycle sales experience
  • Proven sales track record, owning and growing a $1M+ revenue target
  • Experience growing a global product or brand across multiple sectors
  • Willing to travel to meet customers in New Zealand and overseas

You'll also bring:

  • Genuine hunter energy: autonomous, proactive, organised, and allergic to a quiet pipeline
  • Software sales or industrial automation sales experience
  • The patience and organizational skills required to effectively manage long sales cycles
  • NZ and export market sales experience - North America or APAC
  • The confidence to present and negotiate at every level, including C-suite
  • A track record of building distributor partnerships remotely (phone/video)
  • The ability to read technical documents and bridge technical and sales teams
  • Experience entering new markets, or launching new products and B2B channels
  • An open, persuasive communicator with a real interest in business, AI and tech

What's in it for you

  • Genuine autonomy over how you win - built around your judgement, not a script
  • A small, tight-knit and diverse team - with cake!
  • Flexible working and a smart-casual dress code
  • An office by the beach, with parking
  • Real reward for real results - strong base plus uncapped commission

Tell us your story - Join us in this exciting new chapter.

If you think you have what it takes, send us your CV and a Cover Letter (or a short video) showing us how you've grown a product and brand's market share in New Zealand or internationally. Catapult is an equal opportunity employer.

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