Commercial Director NewCo

NewCo is a critical infrastructure monitoring service that helps operators minimise outage time and frequency in their assets and infrastructure.

NewCo is in the process of carve-out from DNV and will establish itself as an independent company with the aim to transform its business model and grow significantly. To support this ambition, NewCo is seeking a strategic commercial director to own and drive all commercial workstreams. This role will be hired in DNV initially with the expectation that the successful applicant will transition to NewCo when the carve out process is complete.

Responsibilities will include :

• Commercial Strategy & Go-to-Market : Define and refine the go-to-market strategy for NewCo, including positioning, segmentation, pricing principles, and commercial packaging.
• New Business Development & Pipeline Growth : Build and convert a qualified pipeline (including DSOs and strategic partners), drive customer acquisition activities, and support negotiations of key customer contracts.
• Commercial Operating Rhythm : Establish commercial KPIs, reporting cadence, forecast and pipeline review routines, and dashboards suitable for scale-up execution during carve-out.
• Partnerships : Identify, develop and manage commercial partnerships (., channel, technology, delivery partners) to accelerate growth.
• Commercial Readiness for Transition : Prepare commercial processes, templates, and handover materials to support the transition to the future operating entity / EOR arrangement.

Deliverables & Reporting :

This role is an opportunity to be part of the leadership team of a fast growing and transformational business.DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

The successful candidate is a commercial evangelist operating at the forefront of connected technology, with a proven ability to drive business model innovation and elevate commercial excellence. They have led multiple business transformation initiatives, each resulting in the successful launch of novel and scalable commercial models that deliver measurable business impact.

A passionate and purpose-driven leader, they demonstrate relentless focus on executing strategy, accelerating go-to-market expansion, and bringing differentiated, high-value solutions to market.

The candidate brings expertise across a wide range of disciplines, including commercialization of new technologies, XaaS (Everything-as-a-Service) business models, business model innovation, pricing & commercial automation, and commercial and operational excellence.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.