VP of Sales, Automotive

About this role

The Opportunity This is the first senior automotive hire in the group, and the scope reflects that. This is a UK-focused role: the VP of Sales, Automotive will own Hypervolt's UK automotive route to market end to end — vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), franchised dealer groups, leasing and fleet management companies, salary sacrifice providers, mobility schemes, and rental operators. Every new electric vehicle handed over in the UK is a home charging decision made at the point of vehicle sale — this role exists to make Hypervolt the default answer to that decision.

This is a build-it role, and a deal-owning one. There is no team to manage and no pipeline to inherit: the VP of Sales, Automotive will personally source, structure, negotiate, and close every partnership in the channel, from first meeting to signed agreement to live volume. The right person will arrive with the relationships to open doors at senior executive level from day one, and will design the channel strategy, the commercial models, and the partner playbook as they go.

It carries the breadth and strategic weight of a Chief Commercial Officer position within its domain — and its scope will grow as the channel proves out. The role demands someone who is equally comfortable negotiating a multi-year preferred supplier agreement in an OEM's head office as they are on a dealership forecourt working out why a handover process loses charger attachment. Candidates from EV charging, automotive technology, telematics, in-car software, and connected mobility businesses are all in scope — what matters is a personal track record of selling both hardware and software into automotive companies, and a live network to sell into.

Key Responsibilities 1. Channel Strategy & Revenue Ownership The VP of Sales, Automotive will define and own the automotive channel plan — target segments, partner prioritisation, commercial models, and revenue targets — with full personal accountability for channel revenue and gross margin. They will build the business case for each partnership model (hardware resale, referral, bundled-with-vehicle, subscription, and funded-installation structures), select the right model per partner, and own forecasting and pipeline discipline in the company's CRM.