Senior Business Development Manager - Anthropic and OpenAI | AI Cybersecurity & Governance
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- UK
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 7-12 years of experience in IT sales / business development with proven success in hunting and acquiring new business
- Track record of leveraging partner ecosystems for opportunity generation and revenue growth
- Strong understanding of AI/LLM security, including model and data security, adversarial robustness and secure agentic AI architectures
- Strong understanding of AI governance and risk management frameworks, including responsible AI and regulatory compliance
- Experience driving opportunities across AI red-teaming, agentic security operations and AI governance or risk management
- Experience selling complex, multi-service or transformation-led solutions
- Established relationships within the Anthropic and OpenAI partner ecosystems across EMEA
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex sales cycles
- Degree in business, technology or related field
- Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills and consultative selling approach
- Independent, target-driven with a collaborative mindset
- English - Native / Fluent (required)
Nice to have
- Previous experience in partner sales or alliance management roles
- Familiarity with joint go-to-market program execution
- Knowledge of account-based selling frameworks and ecosystem-led strategies
- Familiarity with the AI foundation model landscape and its application to AI cybersecurity and governance
- Exposure to AI red-teaming, adversarial testing or AI governance and responsible AI standards
Full description
We're looking for a Senior Business Development Manager - Anthropic and OpenAI | AI Cybersecurity & Governance to join our team in London, United Kingdom (EMEA region) in a Hybrid working mode.
In this role, you will combine a strong new business development approach with partner-centric growth strategies. While your core responsibility is to drive net-new revenue through new logo acquisition across the EMEA market, you will also cultivate strategic relationships across EPAM's Anthropic and OpenAI partner ecosystem to co-create routes to market and accelerate joint success in AI cybersecurity and governance. This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset, a passion for collaboration and the ability to position EPAM as the partner of choice for large-scale, AI-driven cybersecurity and governance initiatives.
You will bring a strong understanding of AI cybersecurity and governance topics and a proven ability to identify and drive opportunities across AI/LLM security, securing agentic AI systems, AI red-teaming, adversarial robustness and AI governance and risk management for clients across industries.
Responsibilities
- Drive new logo acquisition and net-new revenue growth across the EMEA market
- Build and strengthen strategic relationships with ecosystem partners to unlock joint opportunities
- Co-develop partner go-to-market plans and solutions to address emerging client demands in AI cybersecurity and governance
- Identify and shape opportunities spanning AI/LLM security, securing agentic AI systems, AI red-teaming and AI governance
- Identify and convert whitespace opportunities in existing or underdeveloped accounts
- Engage senior stakeholders (C-suite, VP-level) across both clients and partners to influence decisions
- Navigate and orchestrate multi-party relationships to accelerate deal cycles
- Lead the entire sales lifecycle from prospecting through close, leveraging partner engagement for entry and reach
- Execute proactive outbound activities including joint campaigns with partners to expand pipeline
- Position EPAM's value through partner-aligned, transformation-led AI cybersecurity and governance propositions
- Ensure robust pipeline governance, forecasting and reporting practices
Requirements
- 7-12 years of experience in IT sales / business development with proven success in hunting and acquiring new business
- Track record of leveraging partner ecosystems for opportunity generation and revenue growth
- Strong understanding of AI/LLM security, including model and data security, adversarial robustness and secure agentic AI architectures
- Strong understanding of AI governance and risk management frameworks, including responsible AI and regulatory compliance