Coorstek

Sr Director Aerospace Business Development

Coorstek • $150K — $180K *
Golden, CO 80401In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (mechanical, materials, ceramics, electrical or equivalent)
  • 15 years of experience in complex development cycles and strategic planning
  • 5 years of business revenue growth experience
  • Proven experience engaging with large aerospace primes and government funding programs
  • Exceptional leadership skills with a track record of team building and market alignment

Responsibilities

  • Perform business development for all CoorsTek aerospace offerings
  • Connect R&D capabilities with growth opportunities
  • Develop a strong understanding of market trends and customer needs
  • Manage the business development process focusing on critical accounts
  • Engage with U.S. government organizations to support R&D and funding
  • Build relationships with key customer contacts to promote CoorsTek solutions
  • Differentiate CoorsTek from competitors and communicate advantages
  • Collaborate with teams to deliver exceptional customer solutions

Benefits

  • Work for a company committed to making a measurable difference
  • Opportunity to engage with cutting-edge aerospace technologies
  • Participate in strategic planning and product development
  • Build a strong network within the aerospace community
  • Potential for impactful government collaboration and funding opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Title
Sr Director Aerospace Business Development

As the Sr Director Aerospace Business Development, you will be responsible for developing opportunities and driving growth efforts in the global aerospace market; this will encompass identifying & developing new business, expanding engagement with existing customers, and leading strategic market mapping. You will work closely with potential customers to understand highly technical, application-specific needs, connect those needs to CoorsTek capabilities (including Research & Development), and manage long acquisition cycles including prototyping, testing and qualification.

Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Perform business development across all CoorsTek aerospace offerings and has commercial ownership inclusive of strategic market mapping, account strategies and market development objectives
  • Closely link CoorsTek R&D capabilities and investments with growth opportunities
  • Develop and maintain a strong understanding of broad market trends, as-well-as granular technical needs at target customers, to shape the engagement approach for existing and new customers
  • Manage the business development process with a focus on identifying and growing targeted market areas and associated critical accounts. Prioritizes growth opportunities based on proprietary business insights and creates strategic plans to meet CoorsTek aerospace growth and profit objectives
  • Engage with government organizations (DoD, DoE, National Laboratories, etc.) interested in supporting programs, including funding for next-generation R&D and manufacturing scale-up; this includes building awareness of CoorsTek capabilities, identifying relevant program opportunities and navigating government contracting mechanisms
  • Engage globally, but with an emphasis on the U.S. DoD ecosystem
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key customer contacts including design engineers, scientists, buyers, program managers and executives; creates increased awareness and demand for CoorsTek products and solutions through proactive selling and customer education
  • In partnership with CoorsTek R&D and manufacturing, develops a deep understanding of CoorsTek's technical value propositions and their impacts on customers' system performance
  • Help differentiate CoorsTek from competitors and translates that competitive advantage into compelling value propositions
  • Drive a collaborative effort between all CoorsTek teams to deliver exceptional customer solutions and actively grow the aerospace business
  • Build a positive CoorsTek reputation and momentum throughout the aerospace community via activities such as conferences, trade shows, advertising, strategic partnering and participation with industry organizations
  • Lead joint planning efforts for:
    • Strategic market planning
    • Revenue forecasting
    • Product roadmap planning, including R&D needs


Job Requirements:

Education:
  • Bachelors' Degree in Engineering: mechanical, materials, ceramics, electrical or other equivalent discipline


Experience:
  • Deep Aerospace industry experience in collaborative technical business development and product/program development required. Global experience a plus
  • Fifteen (15) years combination of education and work experience that demonstrates the ability to plan and execute extremely complex development cycles
  • Five (5) years of proven results in business revenue growth for a segment or industry
  • Preferably experience working with (or within) large aerospace primes including the nuances of engaging government funded programs


Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Understanding of, or aptitude and capacity to develop expertise in, the full range of CoorsTek materials, products and manufacturing processes
  • Must be proficient in working with diverse variety of people from different cultures and backgrounds; exhibits strong interpersonal and organizational skills, great attention to detail as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Exhibits exceptional leadership and team management skills, with a track record of building and motivating growing teams to match market needs


Position Specific Requirements:
  • Role requires employee to be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain a DoD SECRET level clearance
  • Experience with DoD contracting mechanisms and processes, specifically with respect to Aerospace products; strong government proposal capability with history of obtaining government funding to support strategic initiatives
  • Product development experience in which the candidate has been involved with development from a low TRL to a full-rate production DoD product line, ideally valued more than $20M annually
  • Fundamental understanding of engineering drawings & standards
  • Desired application understanding of RF and EO/IR products with modeling and performance indicator understanding
  • Desired familiarity with high temperature testing methods and relevant materials
  • Travel: including some international, required (up to 40%)
  • Location: Golden, CO preferred however, qualified candidates in other locations will also be considered.


Target Hiring Range
: USD 0.00 - USD 0.00

Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education.

About Coorstek

CoorsTek, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and many other industries. CoorsTek headquarters and primary factories are located in Golden, Colorado, US. The company is wholly owned by Keystone Holdings LLC, a trust of the Coors family. John K. Coors, a great-grandson of founder and brewing magnate Adolph Coors, Sr., and the fifth and youngest son of longtime chairman and president Joseph Coors, retired as president and chairman in January 2020 after 22 years at the helm.
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