Defense - Army Business Development Director - Aberdeen

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$173K — $234K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in business development for government contracts
  • Expertise in customer relationship management in government markets
  • Strong strategic planning abilities for new business development
  • Ability to manage a pipeline with a focus on year-over-year growth
  • US citizenship and Secret clearance required, with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI
  • Demonstrated success in converting business opportunities into significant contract awards
  • Experience in sales, capture, or proposal processes within Department of the Army

Responsibilities

  • Lead account growth and new business development initiatives
  • Meet with customers to analyze and understand account portfolios
  • Develop a pipeline of opportunities for specified market segments
  • Manage the qualification and capture process for new business opportunities
  • Establish win strategies during the early phases of opportunity assessment
  • Conduct calls to gather opportunity intelligence and document findings in Salesforce
  • Build and strengthen relationships with OEM vendors and industry partners

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plan options available
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work schedules and various paid time off plans
  • Short and long-term disability and life insurance benefits
  • Comprehensive accident and critical illness coverage options
  • Employee-focused benefits regularly reviewed and updated for competitiveness
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Business Development

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Customer Relationships, Government Markets, New Business Development, Strategic Planning
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Army Business Development Director

Support mission-critical initiatives and enable the growth of our business as a Business Development Director at GDIT. Here, you'll become an integral part of how GDIT is able to ensure the safety and security of our nation.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Business Development Director, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Department of the Army. You will play a crucial role in identifying opportunities where GDIT can partner with the Army to deliver game-changing capabilities in support of Army transformation, while also growing our business.
  • Lead all aspects of account growth, new business development and customer relationship management across all levels within assigned accounts.
  • Meet with customers to understand the customer territory-relative to portfolio of deals
  • Develop a pipeline of new opportunities for assigned Sector or market segment
  • Lead identification and qualification of new business opportunities that support the account plan, Sector growth goals, and submit targets, throughout the opportunity life cycle.
  • Lead early development of win strategy during the Assessment Phase, prior to assignment of a Capture Manager
  • Lead identification, qualification, and capture on select OTAs with assistance from the Defense CTO/SA.
  • Execute call plans to collect information about opportunities; in collaboration with technical staff, offers and tests potential solutions; qualifies opportunities; document customer meetings in Salesforce.
  • Meet with OEM vendors, other GD business units, and potential industry partners to collect information about opportunities and customers
  • Develop customer relationships, improve customer intimacy, strengthen key customer relationships
  • Identify competitors, assess strategic fit, assess OCI
  • Prepare for and brief opportunities at formal gate reviews.
  • Develop and brief Pursuit Reviews
  • Provide insight from customer point of view throughout opportunity life cycle.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your initiative and drive for innovation and growth to GDIT. The Army Business Development Director must have:
  • Education: BS/BA Degree Required
  • Experience: 10+ years of Sales/BD/Capture/Proposal experience within the DoW/Army environment; preferably in a technical area (i.e. Signals, Cyber, etc.) and/or acquisition background (i.e. ACC, ACC-APG, PEO, CPE, PAE)
  • Demonstrated experience managing a pipeline of business focused on year-over-year Growth or equivalent experience managing a pipeline of acquisitions or major government projects.
  • Demonstrable track record of success converting that pipeline into single award wins upward of $50M and/or equivalent experience managing government projects or acquisition to successful completion/execution.
  • Experience developing Account Strategies or Strategies for Capability Development and Acquisition
  • Experience with forecasting capabilities and tools, including, preferably CRM tools (e.g. SalesForce), SharePoint, and all Microsoft Office applications
  • Assuming prior business development experience, willingness to provide 'deal sheet' of opportunities led and supported with results (won, lost, pending) [without disclosing proprietary information]
  • Secret Clearance required to start, with ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI
  • Location: Hybrid to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD or Falls Church, VA office with the expectation the selected individual will work three (3) days per week in office/customer sites as needed
  • US Citizenship Required


Desired Qualifications:
  • Technical expertise in areas of relevance: software development, cloud, cybersecurity, ai, advanced logistics
  • Master's Degree
  • Able to develop actionable plans by leveraging market knowledge
  • Significant professional connections with government leaders working in Northern Virginia, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Augusta and or Sierra Vista.


OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.

The likely salary range for this position is $173,400 - $234,600. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
25-50%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA MD Aberdeen Proving Ground - 2201 Aberdeen Blvd (MDC075)

Additional Work Locations:
USA VA Falls Church - 3150 Fairview Park Dr (VAS095)

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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