Industry principal Pharma/Life science in London

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Location: London, UK / Frankfurt, Germany / Paris, France / Madrid, Spain / Malmö, Sweden (Hybrid, 50% working time at the office)

Employment Type: Full Time

The job: As an Industry Principal, your primary focus will be to create demand for the products and services of AVEVA in your assigned industry group thanks to your industry domain expertise, supporting sales with industry value proposition, and thought leadership. Your main objective will be to act as a pathfinder for our customers and enable the AVEVA salesforce to deliver high customer satisfaction with global consistency.

Key responsibilities:

• Increase AVEVA’s penetration and market share within the industry value chain.
• Build a strong ecosystem with executive level relationships throughout the customer base and partnerships.
• Support specific and numerous sales opportunities with industry specific information and expertise.
• Understand the business drivers, strategic trends and competitive threats, and influence in this industry to deliver our response as required to increase the value proposition.
• Create value proposition, emerging use cases and collateral for our products, and solution.

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred. STEM degree highly desired.
• Minimum of 10+ years of direct experience working in industry in charge, with specific experience supporting operations and/or engineering at some level in two or more of these industries/areas.
• High level of business acumen; professional written and oral communication skills; proven ability to deliver executive‑level value statements; excellent presentation skills.
• Visionary, you are a change agent in your organization and a technology early adopter in your industry.

Desired skills:

• Background in software sales highly desired.
• Proven track record of Business Development in an industry vertical.
• High energy and curiosity is highly desired.

UK Benefits include:

• Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

Hybrid working:

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office‑based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third‑party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case‑by‑case basis.