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Arondite

Integrates multi-vendor autonomous defense systems

Business Development - Policing & Justice

Account Executive +1Updated on Nov 13
Full-timeLondon, UK

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience winning enterprise software, public-sector technology, or complex public-sector deals in the UK policing and justice environment.
  • A track record of originating and closing multi-year, seven-figure contracts with policing, justice, or government customers.
  • A strong understanding of how UK public-sector procurement, innovation funding, and stakeholder engagement work in practice.
  • Experience building and managing senior relationships across government, policing, justice, industry, or technology organisations.
  • A track record of structuring and advancing partnerships in policing, justice, the public sector, or other highly regulated environments.
  • Strong commercial judgement, including business case development, pricing awareness, communication, and presentation skills.
  • The ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, high-growth company alongside engineers and technical teams.
  • The confidence to engage with technical subject matter and explain complex products to a wide range of audiences.
  • The ability to operate with high ownership and autonomy from day one.
  • A first-hand understanding of the policing and justice environment.
  • Comfort with technical detail and the ability to work closely with engineers, absorb product information, and explain the product to different stakeholders.
  • The ability to understand and contribute to product roadmap development by synthesising customer signals and identifying features for the offering.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct business development and strategic engagement across Homeland Security, policing, and justice.
  • Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the Home Office, police forces, the NPCC, the Police Digital Service, Police and Crime Commissioners, Border Force, the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and adjacent organisations.
  • Develop relationships with UK primes, technology partners, and other organisations that can accelerate access to programmes and users.
  • Own opportunities end to end, from origination and qualification through contract award, deployment, and expansion.
  • Run structured customer discovery to test demand, refine positioning, and surface priority use cases in the domain.
  • Work with Deployment Strategists to put Cobalt in front of users quickly and convert operational success into funded requirements.
  • Identify and validate funding routes, contracting vehicles, and procurement timelines for each opportunity.
  • Translate market signals into product insight, roadmap input, and go-to-market recommendations with internal teams.
  • Lead pricing, proposals, bids, and commercial negotiations in collaboration with the commercial team.
  • Represent Arondite in meetings, exercises, events, and external conversations with senior decision-makers.
  • Share market intelligence and situational awareness across the team, and maintain accurate pipeline and stakeholder records.

Desired Qualifications

  • Understanding the unique considerations involved in deploying AI solutions in policing and justice contexts.
  • Experience selling AI or machine learning solutions in regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with responsible AI, AI ethics, or assurance frameworks.
  • Knowledge of UK content considerations, industrial participation expectations, or related contracting requirements.
  • Awareness of export controls, security requirements, and information-handling constraints relevant to government work.

About the Company

Arondite

Integrates multi-vendor autonomous defense systems

Arondite builds a software platform called Cobalt that connects and manages autonomous systems from different manufacturers through a hardware-agnostic layer, unifying drones, robots, and sensors under one cockpit. It uses machine learning to process data from various assets and deliver real-time analytics to operators, enabling better decision-making and sensor fusion without needing new hardware. Unlike rivals that push specific hardware ecosystems, Arondite focuses on software interoperability to wire diverse systems together for defense, critical infrastructure, and security uses. Its goal is to improve operator decision-making, efficiency, and safety by enabling seamless interoperability across multiple vendors and use cases.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Seed
Total funding
$12.3M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2023

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