Description
The Decision Advantage Solutions (DAS) Business Area has a new opportunity for a Senior Business Development Manager to conduct growth activities for US Air Force. This is an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the breadth and depth of Leidos business across Air Force's C4ISR mission. The role requires an ethical approach to identifying and pursuing new opportunities, comprehensive business acumen, technical understanding, resourcefulness, and outstanding business relationships.
The Business Development Manager will actively participate in the identification and development of new opportunities, managing program captures, proposals, and strategic planning. The selected candidate will work with DAS, and senior Leidos staff to execute growth strategies and business plans, conduct program reviews and customer assessments, manage discretionary investment funds, and build and maintain relationships with external and internal customers.
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Focus areas include Command & Control, Mission software, multi-Domain operations, 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 USAF. 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 Sector's forecast and plan. In addition, this individual will recommend and implement growth and marketing strategies to achieve maximum customer and market penetration and to drive tactical and strategic growth.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Demonstrated success in growing USAF 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 Sectors.
- 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.
Basic 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.
- Success leading opportunity captures >$100 million including: developing overall win strategy, shaping strategies 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.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; experience presenting to senior executives, peers, and customers.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance.
- Management of Pipeline in excess of $4B in opportunities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Top Secret clearance
- Completed professional training in Business Development Management
Original Posting Date:
2024-04-23
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $148,850.00 - $269,075.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.