US Army Business Development Director

Company: Leidos
Location: Arlington
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionJob Description:Leidos is hiring for a US Army Business Development Director in our C4ISR Operation. C4ISR is an Industry-recognized leading solutions innovator providing transformational end-to-end business models that lower costs, improve efficiencies, and contribute to our customers' success. Focus areas include: Command & Control, Mission IT and networking, cloud computing & migration, Intel analysis, SECDEVOPS and modeling and simulation. This critical role, will include responsibility for all aspects of business development to include pipeline development and account strategy for the for the C4ISR operation to the US Army. To these ends, the selected individual will have opportunities to lead efforts for identification, qualification and capture of specific opportunities as well as the generation of qualified pipeline growth to support the Division's and Operation's forecast and plan. In addition, this individual will recommend and implement BD and marketing strategies to achieve maximum customer and market penetration and to drive tactical and strategic growth. This individual will lead a team of professional business development managers and help the BD VP drive growth and manage the pipeline for the US Army and a division. Ensuring we have short, mid and long term opportunities spread across the divisions and resources and will help drive growth goals for the business.Primary Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated success in growing US Army C4ISR Business
• Grow and qualify the opportunity pipeline, to include existing as well as adjacent markets/customers, through diligent and timely identification/qualification of new business opportunities by leveraging current technologies, customer intimacies, and inter and intra-company collaboration
• Support development of growth plans to ensure alignment with strategic goals
• Lead and participate in the identification, qualification and pursuit of strategic business opportunities
• Develop internal cross-organizational relationships and drive new growth through collaboration with the other Operations
• Obtain market intelligence and competitive data pertaining to potential targeted pursuits, and develop marketing strategies that maximize the value of that intelligence
• Participate as a thought leader in bid decisions, gate reviews and the development of cost strategies
• Conduct customer visits and perform research to understand current and emerging customer needs and requirements
• Establish, build, and maintain customer relationships and assess competitor capabilities aligned to specific customers across a diverse business portfolio
• Establish Trade Show and Sympoium planBasic Qualifications:
  • A Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • A minimum of 10 years of leadership experience working in aerospace & defense, government services and/or other professional services executing all aspects of business development, program capture, planning, and execution
  • Demonstrated success in leading and growing DoD services business
  • Can provide at least one example of leading opportunity captures > $100 million including: developing overall win strategy, shaping deals with customers, developing team strategies, understanding pricing and assisting in developing winning price
  • Ability to identify, establish and use important customer relationships with senior level officials and program stakeholders with DOD Customer
  • Proven ability to collaborate within and across organizational boundaries
  • Ability to identify key growth areas and develop new business aligned with the company's growth strategy
  • Knowledge of Government contracting and current acquisition trends and customer buying behaviors
  • Knowledge of competitors and ability to model competitor behaviors in the market
  • Experience in budget management of New Business Funds
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills; experience presenting to senior executives, peers, and customers
  • Proven experience working with geographically diverse teams; strong coaching and mentoring skills. Ability to achieve results through others. Possess the skills and ability to empower and engage people and instill drive and passion into the organization
  • Ability to obtain a security clearance
  • Management of Pipeline in excess of $4B in opportunitiesPreferred Qualifications:
    • Top Secret clearance
    • Completed professional training in Business Development ManagementPay Range:

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