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Job Description
Responsibilities
The Opportunity
This is Employee #1 in South East Asia for a publicly listed European defence technology specialist — a company growing its Defence & Security division at 20% per annum with a live APAC pipeline of €40M and six active opportunities ready to hand over on day one.
Singapore-based and reporting directly to the VP Global Sales at HQ, with no regional hierarchy above you, your mandate will be to:
• Lead technical and customer engagement with Ministries of Defence, armed forces, defence primes and integration partners across South East Asia.
• Own and progress active regional opportunities, deployments and customer programmes.
• Deliver demonstrations, PoCs, field trials, technical support and solution optimisation.
• Work across tactical radios, SDR, MANET, secure communications and related technologies.
• Act as the bridge between customers in APAC and engineering teams in Europe.
• Help create the foundations for the company's long-term regional growth strategy.
Why This Role Could Be Right for You
• A founding mandate with real commercial weight. You inherit a live pipeline — not a blank sheet. Six major opportunities currently managed remotely transfer to you on day one, giving you early wins to build momentum and credibility from.
• A clear path to regional leadership. The company's stated ambition is to double APAC revenues annually and build a full team around this first hire. Whether your trajectory is technical management or sales leadership, this role is explicitly designed to grow into something bigger.
• A product you can genuinely win with. NATO-approved, field-proven, purpose-built for defence — not commercial technology repackaged. Military customers demand operational proof; this company's co-development heritage with national defence forces is a real, defensible differentiator.
• A market at the base of the hockey stick. The APAC tactical communications market is projected to grow from US$6bn to US$12.5bn by 2031 (11.4% CAGR). Those who join now help shape the regional business, not inherit one.
• Genuine autonomy. Around 90% of day-to-day decisions sit at direct manager level. You back your own judgement, own your accounts, and are recognised for results — not managed by committee.
What We're Looking For
• 5+ years in defence communications, military electronics, or a major defence prime / systems integrator (ST Engineering, Thales, L3 Harris, Rohde & Schwarz, Elbit, BAE or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience with tactical communications: SDR, HF/VHF/UHF radios, MANET, SATCOM, or C4ISR systems
• Military background (Signal Corps, Communications Engineering) highly valued
• Cultural fluency across ASEAN defence procurement environments
• Singapore-based or willing to relocate; Singapore National or PR status a significant advantage
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