Thales Cybersecurity & Digital Identity is a global leader in digital security, bringing trust to an increasingly connected world. We design and deliver a wide range of products, software, and services based on two core technologies: digital identification and data protection.
Within Thales CDI, the Border and Travel Business Segment is dedicated to the implementation of nationwide Border Control and Border Management systems, as well as Biometric Passenger Processing solutions that enhance operational efficiency at airports worldwide.
Due to increased business activity, we are seeking an experienced Solution Sales professional, based in Madrid, to support and accelerate the sales activities of the Business Segment. Acting as a key ambassador for the segment across a dedicated region, the successful candidate will be responsible for maximizing sales performance and order intake.
Key Responsibilities
As a member of the specialized Solution Sales Team, you will be accountable for the promotion and successful commercialization of Thales solutions. Your responsibilities will include:
Sales Development & Promotion
- Taking ownership of solution promotion, opportunity pipeline creation, and achievement of sales targets.
- Acting as the subject-matter expert and reference point for sales teams.
- Conducting cold customer introductions when required.
- Presenting the Thales solution portfolio to customers and government stakeholders at C-Executive level.
Sales Support & Customer Engagement
- Supporting sales representatives throughout the sales cycle, from business development through bid submission.
- Qualifying leads and sales opportunities.
- Advocating Thales’ technical vision and presenting solutions to customers.
- Detailing Thales references, technical and implementation choices, business models, ecosystem strategy, and user adoption approaches.
- Designing and proposing business models aligned with customer needs.
Consultative Solution Design
- Leading a consultative selling approach to define and refine solution options with customers, including:
- Appropriate business models
- User adoption and ramp-up strategies
- Partner ecosystems (where relevant)
- Key success factors for project delivery
Bid & Capture Management
- Taking accountability for sales bidding processes and coordinating the full capture team by:
- Defining bid strategies
- Analysing target solutions and key value propositions
- Preparing technical offers in coordination with the Offer Solution Engineering Manager
- Ensuring all bid milestones and deliverables are met on time
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Required
- Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
- Full professional fluency in English
- Proven track record in business development and/or solution sales within innovative and complex environments
- Minimum 5 years of experience selling software solutions to government customers
- Demonstrated experience engaging with C-Executive stakeholders within government and large organizations
- Strong interpersonal and listening skills, with a proactive, agile, and solution-oriented mindset
- Ability to operate effectively in transversal, multicultural organizations
- Strong written communication skills, both persuasive and descriptive
- Willingness to travel more than 25% of working time
Desirable
- Previous experience in Border Control and/or airport biometric solutions
- Proven ability to build, manage, and sustain a robust sales pipeline
What We Offer
- Flexible working hours
- Intensive working schedules on Fridays and during the summer period
- Remote-friendly working model (up to 2 days per week working from home)
- Restaurant allowance and comprehensive social benefits, including health insurance and kindergarten support
Thales is committed to equal opportunities between women and men. We actively promote diversity, inclusion, and awareness of equality both internally and externally.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!Skills Required
- Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
- Full professional fluency in English
- Proven track record in business development and/or solution sales within innovative and complex environments
- Minimum 5 years of experience selling software solutions to government customers
- Experience engaging C-level executive stakeholders within government and large organizations
- Strong interpersonal and listening skills with a proactive, agile, and solution-oriented mindset
- Ability to operate effectively in transversal, multicultural organizations
- Strong persuasive and descriptive written communication skills
- Willingness to travel more than 25% of working time
- Previous experience in border control and/or airport biometric solutions
- Ability to build, manage, and sustain a robust sales pipeline
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
Thales Insights
What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
