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Business Development Leader, Forensic Services

AccuWeather · Wichita, KS, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

AccuWeather, the world's most trusted source in weather, leverages proven Superior Accuracy and hundreds of years of combined expertise from Certified Consulting Meteorologists within the AccuWeather Forensic Unit to deliver unrivaled credibility in legal proceedings and reports. The Business Development Leader, Forensic Services is responsible for overseeing the business leadership of the AccuWeather Forensic Unit including accelerating revenue and profitability growth, owning all sales activity, and being directly accountable for achieving and exceeding defined sales targets.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and lead all sales activity for the Forensic Services business, with direct accountability for achieving defined revenue targets and growth objectives
  • Develop business strategy for the Forensics business division, continuously implement new ideas to drive increased revenue and profitability
  • Own and drive Forensic net new revenue against defined sales goals
  • Demonstrate the value of AccuWeather's forensic capabilities to prospects, customers, and business partners
  • Conduct lunch and learn meetings with law firms and engineering firms to promote AccuWeather's Forensics offerings
  • Partner with the forensic operations team to improve efficiency of department operations and drive increased profitability
  • Evaluate and prioritize new product development in order to unlock new revenue streams.
  • Forecast, manage, and deliver against monthly and annual sales targets
  • Ensure client satisfaction and develop processes to generate increased business from previous customers
  • Coordinate with Marketing and PR teams to drive awareness of Forensic services leading to increased numbers of qualified leads and ultimately greater revenue
  • Accountable for overall sales performance, pipeline health, and conversion across all Forensic Services offerings
  • Accelerate qualified leads from referral partners
  • Explore new channel partnerships to accelerate revenue growth
  • Catalog customers, opportunities and completed sales within AccuWeather's CRM
  • Coordinate with AFB Business Operations Team and Contracts team to ensure rapid negotiation of contracts involving the forensics group
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in forensics, which may include meteorology, engineering, or science
  • At least 5 years of experience in business development and leadership in forensic services, weather or otherwise
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas and driving measurable revenue growth
  • An extensive network of lawyers and engineering firms that you've served previously
  • Demonstrated ability to work with and supervise co-workers and daily tasks
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong entrepreneurial skills and desire to continuously drive positive business acceleration
  • Demonstrated ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately
  • Experience utilizing AI in daily workflows to demonstrate efficiency gains
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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About AccuWeather

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania; a severe weather center in Wichita, Kansas; and offices in New York City and elsewhere around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their activities and get more out of their day through innovative digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as AccuWeather For Business (AFB), radio, television, newspapers, digital out of home, the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel and AccuWeather NOW streaming service. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites.

AccuWeather's innovation-first promise has led to the development of many award-winning and propriety features that are available free to the public, including AccuWeather MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy ™, the exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature, and AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes, among many other revolutionary products for the greater safety, convenience and comfort of our users. Further, AccuWeather serves more than half of the Fortune 500 and thousands of other businesses in the U.S. and globally.

Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Dr. Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

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