Mission Technologies, a division of HII, focuses on supporting the U.S. military and federal agencies through innovative solutions in cybersecurity and mission IT. The Manager of Business Development will lead efforts to identify and capture growth opportunities within the Department of Defense, engaging with senior leadership and guiding proposal teams to deliver competitive offers.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to perform multi-functional roles/responsibilities as a BD (SME) with full lifecycle of an opportunity from exploratory through qualification
- Monitors the Operation’s pipeline, establishes BD priorities and allocates resources
- Provides leadership, management, and oversight for pursuits/capture activities towards a goal of meeting / exceeding the business development goals for awards, proposal submission, and pipeline growth
- Works with the group Vice Presidents of Business Development and Programs to refine the overall strategic plan and then develop a pipeline of opportunities that provide an opportunity to increase market share and revenue
- Continuously monitors the market and competitors to develop and position our strengths/ competencies
- Coordinates meetings with customers, competitors, and teammates to develop market insight on requirements, acquisition strategy, acquisition timing, and contract vehicle choices
- Participates in business planning activities, to include pipeline reviews, operating plan development, proposal development, solutioning sessions, opportunity collaboration sessions and gate reviews, black hat sessions, win theme and discriminator workshops, proposal writing and reviews
Requirements:
- 8 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field or 6 years relevant experience with Masters in related field experience
- Develop and maintain a strategic account plan for the DoD customer community, encapsulating the growth strategy and approach for new business acquisition tied to the company's long range strategic plan
- Experience with successful execution of all phases of a large, multi-year capture efforts, including strategic planning, shaping, competitive analysis, teaming, proposal development, and transition to execution
- Maintain the opportunity record in the corporate CRM tool Salesforce and record all capture activities to promote transparency and business continuity
- Possesses broad market awareness, to include budgets, customer priorities, mission gaps and market dynamics
- Proven success identifying and growing new business and developing both short-term and long-term strategic plans for growth
- Extensive knowledge, experience, and success in the entire capture process are required and solid experience in all contract types (e.g., FFP, T&M, cost plus), as well as non-traditional contracts (e.g., OTA, CSO) and IDIQ single or multiple award contracts (e.g., GSA AAS, IAC MAC)
- Must be willing to be hands on developing winning proposals for key pursuits, including research, analysis, and writing
- Experience with leveraging the use of internal and external experts
- Ability to provide existing relationships with large and small businesses in the DoD market, including teaming contacts for large integration opportunities
- Ability to provide technical expertise on DoD capability development to fulfill client requirements and advance HII's solutions and brand
- Ability to communicate multi-step and interdependent activities effectively to capture teams to ensure efficient execution of capture effort
- Ability to use automated tools such as Microsoft Office to present ideas, information, and reports and a customer relationship management to track opportunities and manage pipeline
- Travel as required (25%)
- Current or ability to obtain TS clearance is desired
- Northern VA or Huntsville AL location preferred
- DoD and IC Acquisition program experience; Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Principle Assistant Program Manager, Business Director, Acquisition Manager, Technical Director