AeroVironment

Business Development Director

AeroVironment$167K — $246K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI with full scope polygraph security clearance
  • Minimum of 10 years' direct experience with the MPO and USCYBERCOMMAND customers
  • Understanding of cyber operations, SIGINT, and software tool development capabilities
  • Proven record of pursuing and winning large, complex business opportunities
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills for engaging with executive levels of Government and industry
  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from an accredited college or university

Responsibilities

  • Articulate customer needs into service and product offerings for the Intel Portfolio
  • Conduct pipeline and gate reviews, and due diligence to evaluate business opportunities
  • Lead growth activities with MPO and USCYBERCOMMAND
  • Coordinate with P&L stakeholders to align technology and growth strategies
  • Cultivate strong relationships with clients and industry partners
  • Bridge operations and growth by maintaining internal connections
  • Support strategic proposals and drive technical innovation in competitive pursuits

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401K with company matching
  • 9/80 work schedule
  • Paid holiday shutdown
Full Job Description
Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary

An experienced Director of Business Development focused on Intelligence Community customers in Maryland is sought by AV. The successful candidate will manage the relationship between mainly the Maryland Procurement Office (MPO), the USCYBERCOMMAND, as well as other US Intel customers and the company. The candidate will help drive new business within the Intelligence Operations and Solutions Business Unit. This involves collaborating with people inside and outside of your organization and working closely with AV's Senior Leadership Team to drive new business growth for the business.

Position Responsibilities
  • Understand and articulate customer needs into service and/or product offerings to build, maintain and drive a new business pipeline for the Intel Portfolio, Intelligence Operations and Solutions Business Unit
  • Evaluate business opportunities by regularly conducting pipeline reviews, gate reviews, and due diligence activities with customers and industry partners while actively contributing to and executing on overall growth strategies
  • Primarily lead MPO and USCYBERCOMMAND growth activities by facilitating business opportunities through the business acquisition process
  • Coordinate closely with profit and loss (P&L) stakeholders to ensure alignment of technology and strategic growth strategies, resources, and new business priorities and customers missions
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and industry partners
  • Develop strong relationships with internal technical and operational leads to act as a bridge between Operations and Growth
  • Contribute to IC Growth Strategy by supporting strategic captures, meaningfully contributing to proposals efforts, white papers, and investment planning to drive technical innovation and differentiation in competitive pursuits and customer engagement
  • Lead, participate and travel to trade shows, conferences, and customer engagements


Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)
  • Active TS/SCI with full scope polygraph security clearance
  • Minimum of 10 years' direct experience with the MPO and USCYBERCOMMAND customers
  • Understanding of cyber operations, SIGINT, and software tool development capabilities.
  • Proven record of pursuing and winning new business opportunities of significant size, and complexity of scope
  • Demonstrated ability to earn trust and respect of key customers including successfully managing difficult/delicate customer conversations. Strong interpersonal communication skills to interact at executive levels of Government and industry
  • Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from an accredited college or university


Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills & Experience)
  • Strong communications skills and emotional intelligence. Adept at aligning teams towards goals
  • Bias for results; orientation towards solving rather than simply identifying problem areas
  • Applies a strong client perspective as a driving force behind business decisions
  • Critical and innovative thinker who gathers and analyzes information from a variety of sources, develops and tests solutions to complex problems
  • Effectively plans and manages towards both short and long-term goals
  • Drives change in anticipation of market and client dynamics
  • Sound business and interpersonal judgment, keen conceptual skills, intellectual discipline
  • Professional reputation for consistent excellence in client delivery, and the highest level of personal integrity
  • Leads by influence. A positive, proactive, "can do" attitude; self-confident without being overbearing; treats others with respect


Physical Demands
  • Ability to work in an office environment (Hybrid)
  • Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)


Clearance Level

Top Secret with Poly

The salary range for this role is:
$167,500 - $246,225

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment's business requirements. A "U.S. person" according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR a7 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

About AeroVironment

Size
1,214 employees
Market Cap
$2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$29.8 million
Founded
1971
5 Year Trend
+13.8%
Revenue
$394.1 million
NASDAQ

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