General Manager

Are you a tech-savvy General Manager with executive-level sales and business development capability?

• General Manager/Senior Business Development opportunity
• Established high growth technology and hardware business
• Equity or structured risk-share options

About the Company

Our client is an established Christchurch based technology business, designing and manufacturing specialised electronic hardware and integrated solutions used in mission-critical applications across a wide range of industries in New Zealand and internationally.

Profitable, respected in its niche, and now positioning for its next phase of growth, the business is investing in new technology platforms and expects to capitalise on strong emerging demand from a growing target sector.

We are seeking a growth focused General Manager to lead the business through this next phase and build toward a significant medium-term outcome.

The Role

This is a senior leadership role, reporting to the board and working closely with the Executive Director. Key responsibilities include:

• Owning the P&L and driving revenue, margin and reporting discipline across an established international customer base and a growing domestic pipeline
• Providing executive-level sales and business development leadership into both domestic and international markets, including distributor and channel management
• Setting product direction across the growth agenda and bringing strong commercial focus to complement a well-established engineering culture
• Owning the go-to-market for a new technology platform now in development
• Leading, growing and evolving a small, long-tenured team as the business scales
• Regular domestic and international travel visiting existing and potential distributors and attending trade shows.

About You

You are a tech-savvy general manager who understands P&L, margin and how to lead a team. You bring commercial rigour and modern go-to-market thinking, and you have real depth in executive-level sales and business development, preferably across both domestic and international markets.

You are comfortable engaging credibly with engineers and customers on electronics, hardware and or industrial applications, without needing to be the deepest technologist in the room. You have a working understanding of modern technology direction, including the practical use of AI, and you know how to translate product credibility into commercial traction.

You are motivated by the big picture and sharing in equity rather than just a corporate pay packet, and are open to either skin in the game, gifted equity or a structured risk-share arrangement.

How to Apply

This is an active, confidential search. For a confidential discussion, contact Sean Brunner at Takon Leadership Search on +64 21 712 891 or email Sign in to view email. Alternatively, to apply please submit your CV and a covering letter via SEEK or LinkedIn