Specialised Sales Manager - HPC, AI & Quantum Computing

Specialised Sales Manager - HPC, AI & Quantum Computing

About the Role

Leveraging nearly a century of innovation, Bull is a global leader in High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum technologies, with circa €720 million in revenue and 3,000 professionals operating in 32 countries. Following its acquisition by the French State in March 2026, Bull is now an independent company with a long-term strategic shareholder, ensuring stability and continuity in support of European technological sovereignty. Bull designs, manufactures and operates supercomputers — including the BullSequana exascale range — at the only supercomputer manufacturing plant in Europe, and delivers hardware, software and strategic services that unlock enterprise value, accelerate scientific research and advance society.

We are seeking a specialised sales professional to lead growth of Bull's HPC, AI and Quantum business in the UK, with particular focus on large-scale public and private procurements.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and close new business opportunities within the HPC, AI and Quantum computing market in the UK.

• Lead major procurement campaigns end-to-end, including framework and public tender processes (e.g. UKRI, national research facilities, government and Enterprise).

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and partners across the UK HPC and AI community.

• Position Bull's Enterprise AI portfolio (AI super clusters, GPU servers, sovereign AI platforms and AI use cases) alongside HPC and Quantum offerings.

• Create and present compelling technical solutions and proposals.

• Meet and exceed annual sales targets.

• Collaborate with technical teams to design custom HPC and AI solutions.

• Stay current with industry trends, including exascale computing, AI infrastructure and quantum-classical hybrid computing.

• Represent the company at industry events and trade shows.

• Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical sales in HPC or AI infrastructure.

• Proven track record of winning procurements above £10M, including competitive public tenders.

• Strong understanding of HPC technologies, architectures and applications.

• Knowledge of the Enterprise AI business line: AI platforms, GPU-accelerated infrastructure, and enterprise AI use cases and deployment.

• Experience selling to research institutions, universities, government bodies and commercial enterprises.

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a scientific field (or equivalent experience).

• Desired Skills

• Knowledge of parallel computing, storage solutions and high-performance networking.

• Understanding of scientific and engineering applications.

• Understanding of AI methods, machine learning and large language model training/inference infrastructure.

• Existing relationships within the UK HPC and AI community.

• Familiarity with UK public procurement and framework agreements.

• Negotiation experience and a record of closing complex, multi-year deals.

• Awareness of quantum computing and emulation (e.g. Qaptiva, myQLM).

• Business qualification or MBA.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and variable compensation

• Company car allowance

• Private healthcare

• Pension scheme

• Professional technical development opportunities

• Flexible working arrangements

• The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, results-driven and passionate about technology, with the ability to understand and communicate complex technical solutions to diverse stakeholders — and to navigate large, complex procurement processes to a winning conclusion. They will have a well developed network of contacts in the HPC and AI community and will be able to contribute to the team quickly.

• Bull is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals.