Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
What you will do:
In this role, you are part of the Digital Solutions commercial team within Johnson Controls’ Building Technologies & Solutions business. This team sits at the center of JCI’s fast-growing digital smart building strategy, delivering innovative solutions across the building ecosystem. Our value-based sales organization leverages JCI’s OpenBlue suite of digital solutions – linking building operational technology (OT) with IT and business systems on a converged platform – to achieve impactful outcomes for customers. These outcomes include reducing operating costs, improving building performance, and advancing sustainability and occupant experience goals.
You will be covering the Pacific region and large deal pursuit, you will focus on driving the growth and expansion of JCI’s digital solutions footprint across key markets. You will engage directly with enterprise customers and channel partners, while collaborating with local JCI branch teams, to identify, propose, sell and deliver smart building projects. Your mission is to translate Johnson Controls’ global OpenBlue strategy into local market success – helping clients modernize their buildings with next-generation capabilities in new construction, retrofit, and technology upgrade projects.
As a Large Deal Pursuit Leader you would drive the strategy, pursuit, and closure of high‑value, multi‑year enterprise deals. This leader operates at the intersection of executive relationship‑building, commercial innovation, and cross‑functional orchestration. By applying consultative, outcome-based selling, you will help customers achieve their digital transformation goals (e.g. energy efficiency, decarbonization, asset performance, occupant comfort) through Johnson Controls’ cutting-edge solutions.
How you will do it:
You will stay current on the latest features and capabilities of Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue digital solutions to conduct effective value-based selling. Under general direction, you will strategically qualify high-potential opportunities and drive them to closure. This role is accountable for building a robust digital pipeline and delivering on defined sales targets by efficiently progressing opportunities through the sales cycle directly or with partners.
On a daily basis, you will work closely with internal solution architects, engineering, and delivery teams to craft proposals that meet customer requirements, reviewing pricing and ensuring proposed scopes align with customers’ desired outcomes. You will maintain accurate opportunity information in the CRM and participate in regular sales cadence reviews to provide forecast visibility.
Leveraging cross-functional support, you will deliver compelling presentations and demos tailored to each client, showcasing the value of JCI’s OpenBlue offerings and latest innovations. By orchestrating resources and following a disciplined sales process, you will progress deals from initial discovery and solution development to negotiation and closing, ensuring a smooth handover to delivery teams for execution.
Success requires creativity, entrepreneurial drive, and a start-up mindset—developing innovative solutions for the market while operating within a multinational environment.
Candidates should possess strong knowledge of IoT, AI, and IT as core competencies, with familiarity in BMS and/or HVAC as a secondary advantage.
Key Responsibilities
Achieve Digital Solutions sales targets (monthly, quarterly, annual) for the assigned territory.
Build and deepen executive‑level relationships across customer organizations, including C‑suite and board‑level stakeholders.
Deeply understand customer pain points and target personas; effectively influence multiple stakeholders within a customer’s organization to build consensus.
Drive competitive positioning through insights, storytelling, and strategic influence.
Provide business and technical expertise to qualify digital solution opportunities and maintain a consistent, high-quality pipeline with sufficient coverage and high forecast accuracy.
Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. local branch sales, solution architects, product experts) to identify and pursue high-potential opportunities, increasing OpenBlue solution adoption and share-of-wallet in strategic accounts.
Execute business development activities, including high-level sales presentations, attendance at industry events, and networking, to generate demand and expand market opportunities for digital solutions.
Identify opportunities, customer pain points and target perona(s) and align high value impact scenarios aligned to product / solution capability. Develop and align value propositions with customer requirements.
Effectively manage the sales pipeline from lead generation through deal close, with proper qualification, stakeholder mapping, and risk mitigation at each stage.
Own lifecycle customer relationship including guidance and support to existing customers to drive customer satisfaction, retention, and loyalty through value realization of deployed solutions
Own commercial processes including bid management and deals desk. Manage pricing strategies and approvals that maintain margin targets.
Champion governance processes to ensure compliance, quality, and deal viability. Lead, drive and support legal activities.
Negotiate and close deals, structuring agreements that meet customer needs while adhering to Johnson Controls’ policies and profitability targets.
Work with marketing teams to execute digital marketing campaigns and follow up on leads, ensuring effective lead-to-opportunity conversion.
Maintain working knowledge of industry and technology trends such as IoT, AI, and Software as a Service business models, and sustainability.
Provide customer signal and feedback to inform Digital Solution development and roadmap prioritization.
Actively participate in industry professional groups and speaking engagements.
What we look for:
Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred.
10+ years of experience in enterprise solution sales (preferably in digital solutions, IoT/OT, or software/SaaS) with a strong track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets
Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior decision‑makers.
Sales & Account Skills: Demonstrated success in value-based solution selling and account management, including opportunity qualification, account planning, stakeholder engagement, and partner/channel management. Able to connect innovative solutions to customers’ business priorities and pain points, and to develop C-level relationships.
Collaboration: Experienced in orchestrating and leading cross-functional teams to develop and close deals through influence (matrix selling environment).
Technical Acumen: Solid understanding of IoT architectures, smart building systems, and cloud/edge computing technologies. Ability to quickly learn new digital solution features and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Knowledge of controls (BMS) and/or HVAC is a plus.
Business Acumen: Strong business case development and consultative selling skills; excellent communication and presentation abilities. Innovative and analytical mindset, with the ability to articulate ROI and value propositions clearly.
Advanced deal orchestration skills across multi‑disciplinary teams.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity in high‑stakes environments.
Organizational Experience: Experience working in a large, matrixed organization is preferred, demonstrating an ability to navigate complex internal structures. Entrepreneurial mindset with start-up mentality, even within a multinational corporation.
Familiarity with complex contracting models such as managed services, consumption‑based pricing, or outcome‑based agreements.
Personal Attributes: Adaptive, agile, and curious with a continuous learning mindset. Self-motivated and able to work independently, while also being a team player.
Experience with partner ecosystems and co‑selling motions.
Mobility: Willingness to travel across the region as required to meet clients and support projects (approximately 30-50% of the time).
What we offer:
Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
On the job/cross training opportunities
Encouraging and collaborative team environment
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree
- 10+ years of enterprise solution sales experience, preferably in digital solutions, IoT/OT, or software/SaaS
- Strong track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets
- Value-based solution selling and account management experience
- Executive presence and ability to influence senior decision-makers
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
- Understanding of IoT architectures, smart-building systems, and cloud/edge computing
- Business-case development, consultative selling, communication, and presentation skills
- Advanced deal orchestration and complex enterprise deal-closing skills
- Experience with complex contracting models such as managed services, consumption-based pricing, or outcome-based agreements
- Experience with partner ecosystems and co-selling motions
- Willingness to travel approximately 30–50% across the region
- Knowledge of building management systems (BMS) and/or HVAC
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
