Automotive Business Development Manager (Premium & Luxury)

Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is a global customer experience company focused on data-driven retail performance, customer experience transformation, and operational execution across more than 200 luxury brands worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead the commercial development of hirify.global’s Automotive Industry practice, owning new client acquisition, market expansion, pipeline growth, conversion, and revenue development.
• Develop and promote the Automotive value proposition for premium and luxury brands, importers, distributors, and showroom management.
• Build and execute the commercial strategy, annual business plan, priority-account approach, pipeline targets, and market-development initiatives.
• Own opportunities from market mapping and networking through proposal development, negotiation, and conversion, coordinating internal contributors and operational capacity.
• Support automotive account growth by joining key client meetings, advising on hirify.global’s Measurement, Academy, Customer Insights, and Consulting capabilities, and helping resolve client challenges.
• Act as the automotive subject-matter expert, coach CSMs, develop thought leadership, and report commercial performance to management and the Executive Committee.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Luxury Management, Business Administration, or a related field from a business school or similar institution.
• At least 10 years of experience in the automotive sector, including significant exposure to consulting, marketing, sales, or business development in the premium or luxury segment.
• Fluent English is mandatory.
• Extensive and active network of senior decision-makers across the premium and luxury automotive sector, with the credibility and relationship-building skills to create qualified opportunities and open doors.
• Strong, demonstrable business development record, including originating opportunities, managing complex sales cycles, winning new clients, or expanding strategic accounts.
• Demonstrable experience developing strategic and business plans, plus deep knowledge of the premium and luxury automotive market, its commercial ecosystem, client priorities, and industry trends.
• Good understanding of corporate finance and performance measures.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including polished proposal writing.
• Strong consulting approach and ability to coach client-facing teams, translate industry expertise into commercial opportunities, and influence senior stakeholders; positive and outgoing personality.

Nice to have

• German language skills are a plus.
• French language skills are nice to have.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work based from the Paris office.
• Work with leading premium and luxury automotive and consumer brands.
• Collaborate across hirify.global’s global customer experience, research, technology, and consulting capabilities.