Business Development Manager - Defence Technology Join an Australian Sovereign Technology Success Story Are you a commercially driven business development professional looking to make your mark in the Defence and advanced technology sector?

Cleared Recruitment are proud to be partnering with an Australian sovereign technology company that is innovating solutions for Defence, Government, and critical infrastructure customers globally. Working alongside technical experts, you'll help bring cutting-edge technologies to market through collaboration with Defence Primes, OEMs, government agencies, and strategic partners.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a high-performing team and contribute directly to the growth of technologies supporting some of the world's most strategically important programs.

The Opportunity As the Business Development Manager, you will play a critical role in identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities across Defence, Government, Critical Infrastructure, and advanced technology sectors.

Working closely with customers, industry partners, and internal stakeholders, you will drive strategic growth initiatives, lead capture activities, build trusted relationships, and help position the company's market-leading capabilities within major Defence and technology programs.

This is a highly visible position that offers significant exposure to Defence Primes, government agencies, systems integrators, and international partners.





Key Responsibilities Identify, qualify, and progress recent business opportunities that contribute to growth and pipeline objectives

Lead capture activities, including tenders, proposals, quotations, grant submissions, and customer presentations

Develop and execute account growth and business development strategies

Build and maintain trusted customer and partner relationships to drive long-term success

Lead opportunity qualification, pipeline management, and gate review processes

Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify emerging opportunities

Collaborate with engineering, program management, product, operations, and leadership teams to align customer requirements with business capabilities

Represent the company at customer meetings, demonstrations, industry events, conferences, and trade shows

Support strategic partnerships and collaborative growth initiatives

Travel domestically and internationally as required

Essential Requirements Australian Citizenship

Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance

3-5 years' experience in business development, sales, account management, or a related commercial role

Experience supporting customer engagements, proposals, tenders, and capture activities

Exposure to Defence, Aerospace, Government, Security, Critical Infrastructure, or related sectors

Experience managing long sales cycles and multiple stakeholder groups

📌 Business Development Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Client 1
📍 Sydney