Remote Pension Team Leader

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. This role will be focused on maintaining, developing, and expanding strategic relationships with clients and stakeholders across the global offshore energy sector, with a particular emphasis on work-class ROV operations, subsea intervention, offshore wind, oil and gas, decommissioning, and emerging offshore energy markets. Analyse and assess market trends, competitor activity, customer demand, and technology developments within the global work-class ROV and subsea robotics market. Develop and execute customer capture plans and growth strategies in collaboration with regional Customer Sales Responsible teams and key internal stakeholders. Identify and influence key decision makers throughout operator, EPC, vessel owner, offshore contractor, and ROV service provider organisations. Maintain detailed customer account plans, stakeholder maps, and opportunity pipelines within the CRM system. Develop and grow the Seaeye sales pipeline through proactive engagement with existing and prospective customers. Provide market intelligence and commercial insight regarding pricing, fleet expansion plans, upcoming projects, asset replacement cycles, and competitor positioning. Build and maintain long-term strategic relationships with offshore operators, ROV contractors, leasing companies, EPC contractors, system integrators, and industry partners. Support bid, tender, and proposal activities for major capital equipment programmes, fleet renewals, and long-term framework agreements. Engage with customers throughout the full sales lifecycle, from opportunity identification through technical qualification, proposal development, negotiation, contract award, and post-delivery support. Develop business opportunities using the Winning Business (WB) process, ensuring effective qualification, risk management, opportunity progression, and governance. Support the identification of emerging opportunities within offshore wind, carbon capture and storage (CCS), subsea mining, energy transition projects, and other developing offshore markets. Demonstrable experience in Business Development, Sales, or Account Management within technical or engineering-led industries. Strong commercial acumen with the ability to understand customer operational challenges and translate technical solutions into business value. Experience managing long sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and decision makers. Proficient in CRM systems and structured sales management processes. Confident presenter with excellent communication skills, capable of engaging customers from operational through to executive level. Ability to understand subsea technologies, offshore operations, and work-class ROV applications. Experience developing account strategies, opportunity pipelines, and long-term growth plans. Commercial and contractual awareness, including experience supporting major tenders and framework agreements. Experience within the offshore energy, subsea, work-class ROV, marine robotics, offshore wind, oil and gas, or defence sectors. Established network across offshore operators, ROV contractors, EPC contractors, vessel operators, and subsea service providers. Knowledge of offshore field development, inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR), decommissioning, and renewable energy project activities. Understanding of industry procurement processes and project delivery models within the offshore energy sector. Experience operating in international markets and managing global customer accounts. Familiarity with autonomous and remotely operated subsea technologies, digitalisation, and the evolving energy transition market.