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One with a century of European innovation and a working environment where experts design powerful, sustainable, and sovereign digital solutions, enabling states and industries to retain full control over their data and their AI.\nBull is also thousands of engineers, researchers and passionate tech people shaping the future of high-performance computing, AI, and quantum technologies.\nEvery day, our teams push the boundaries of what is technologically possible - from next-generation HPC architectures to exascale supercomputers - supported by world-class R&D, more than 1,600 patents, and unique end-to-end capabilities spanning hardware design, software engineering, data science and quantum research.\nWe are a people-centric, innovation-driven company, where collaboration spans Europe, the Americas and India. We share a common vision of a responsible and sustainable innovation that delivers concrete impact for our customers.\nLocation: United Kingdom\nType: Full-time\nAbout the Role\nLeveraging 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.\nWe 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.\nKey Responsibilities\nIdentify, develop and close new business opportunities within the HPC, AI and Quantum computing market in the UK.\nLead major procurement campaigns end-to-end, including framework and public tender processes (e.g. UKRI, national research facilities, government and Enterprise).\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with key clients and partners across the UK HPC and AI community.\nPosition Bull's Enterprise AI portfolio (AI super clusters, GPU servers, sovereign AI platforms and AI use cases) alongside HPC and Quantum offerings.\nCreate and present compelling technical solutions and proposals.\nMeet and exceed annual sales targets.\nCollaborate with technical teams to design custom HPC and AI solutions.\nStay current with industry trends, including exascale computing, AI infrastructure and quantum-classical hybrid computing.\nRepresent the company at industry events and trade shows.\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years of experience in technical sales in HPC or AI infrastructure.\nProven track record of winning procurements above £10M, including competitive public tenders.\nStrong understanding of HPC technologies, architectures and applications.\nKnowledge of the Enterprise AI business line: AI platforms, GPU-accelerated infrastructure, and enterprise AI use cases and deployment.\nExperience selling to research institutions, universities, government bodies and commercial enterprises.\nExcellent presentation and communication skills.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a scientific field (or equivalent experience).\nDesired Skills\nKnowledge of parallel computing, storage solutions and high-performance networking.\nUnderstanding of scientific and engineering applications.\nUnderstanding of AI methods, machine learning and large language model training/inference infrastructure.\nExisting relationships within the UK HPC and AI community.\nFamiliarity with UK public procurement and framework agreements.\nNegotiation experience and a record of closing complex, multi-year deals.\nAwareness of quantum computing and emulation (e.g. Qaptiva, myQLM).\nBusiness qualification or MBA.\nBenefits\nCompetitive base salary and variable compensation\nCompany car allowance\nPrivate healthcare\nPension scheme\nProfessional technical development opportunities\nFlexible working arrangements\nThe 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.\nTo apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience in HPC sales and major procurement wins.\nBull is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals.\nHere, your ideas, your curiosity and your technical excellence directly shape the next era of advanced computing - unlocking enterprise value, accelerating scientific progress and driving positive impact for society.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5098,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","Quantum Science & Computing","Managed Security","High-Performance Computing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T03:13:59Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":79,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.873,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":8,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/atos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/atos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T21:29:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3632,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3006},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3006"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fatos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fatos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fatos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/atos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fatos-specialised-sales-manager-hpc-ai-quantum-computing"}]}