Vice President, Offshore Energy Business Development - UK and Ireland (Autonomous Vehicle)

Role Description: The Vice President Business Development will develop Ocean Aero’s offshore energy business in the UK and Ireland. The role will build customer relationships, manage assigned accounts and convert opportunities for Triton solutions into purchase orders across offshore wind, electricity interconnectors, shallow-water oil and gas, and environmental monitoring. This is a customer-facing commercial role focused on developing and executing UK and Ireland opportunities. This role will report to the President of Offshore Energy for Ocean Aero.

Role Responsibilities: The primary responsibility of this role is to secure purchase orders and grow customer relationships in the UK and Ireland.

Sales Cycle and Account Management: Manage UK and Ireland opportunities from qualification and customer engagement through proposals, negotiation and purchase order closure, working within approved commercial terms. Develop and manage assigned accounts, with specific account allocations to be agreed with the global energy business development leader. Maintain a qualified pipeline and accurate forecasts; coordinate technical scoping, pricing and delivery commitments with internal teams. UK and Ireland Market Development Develop offshore wind and electricity interconnector opportunities, including UK–Ireland and UK–Europe cable monitoring, cable protection and scour assessment. Pursue shallow-water oil and gas opportunities involving pipeline clusters, decommissioning surveys, LNG terminal approaches, and offshore construction and repair areas. Develop environmental assurance programs covering water quality, hydrocarbon detection and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), including decommissioning monitoring.

Role Requirements: A minimum of 10 years of relevant offshore energy business development or sales experience is required, with a record of progressing complex opportunities, closing sales and managing customer relationships. The successful candidate will bring strong UK and Ireland market knowledge, sound commercial judgment and the ability to work independently while coordinating with internal technical and commercial teams.