Vice President of Business Development

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a high-energy Vice President of Business Development, developing strategies for growth and identifying new markets and opportunities. Responsible for managing complex pursuits from identification to proposal, leading matrixed teams throughout the capture process to ensuring opportunities are qualified and differentiated. Business Development Executives represent the company to vendors and teaming partners, making strategic assessments on capabilities, and establishing risk/reward decisions for every opportunity. Support the development of individual opportunity win strategies, account plans, technology development plans, and partnering strategies expanding existing business that represents the Military Intelligence Customers communities. The person will be responsible for building the pipeline for organic growth by full life cycle business development activities; specifically, strategic planning, management of bid and proposal (B&P) resources, target identification, assisting in capture strategies, and supporting proposal management and customer relations.

Job Description

• Demonstrated success in growing DoD/IC business
• Grow and qualify the opportunity pipeline through timely identification 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.
• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 20 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proven success with establishing and executing a pipeline of opportunities across the full life cycle of the business acquisition process from opportunity concept through pursuit, winning, and program startup.
• Highly effective communicator to all levels within the company and externally with clients.
• A minimum of 14 years of leadership experience working in the IC, defense, government services and/or other professional services executing all aspects of business development, program capture, planning, and execution
• 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
• 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.
• Management of Pipeline in excess of $500M in opportunities
• Demonstrated capacity to stay on top of current trends, issues, and technologies in mission areas through participation in industry groups and conferences.
• Proven track record of teaming and developing mutually beneficial partner relationships with peers and other vendors.
• Excellent business acumen; strong understanding of Federal procurement, contracting, and financial rules and regulations.
• Able to effectively diagnose client needs, propose and close solutions that have measurable and positive business impact.
• Manage the sales cycle using weekly pipeline and account reviews to include all stakeholders.
• Establish, build, and maintain positive, professional relationships and interaction at all decision levels.
• Active Top Secret security clearance (with the ability and willingness to obtain a TS/SCI).