What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Development Manager - Air Force and Space Force position at Leidos Inc?
Description
The Engineering, Integration, and Operations Business Area of the Leidos National Security Sector is seeking an energetic Senior Business Development Manager to lead the US Air Force and US Space Force Business Development (BD).
The Senior Business Development Manager (BDM) is responsible for all BD activities and strategy development to drive USAF and USSF growth. The position will pursue new opportunities in the areas of system lifecycle support across USAF systems - Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems; strategic systems; and various specialized or supporting systems and software to include data support initiatives, data ingest, and integration. The BDM will develop and execute the marketing and BD strategy for both accounts. The position will be the creative and trusted agent of the Division Management and Functional Management to drive a culture of innovation and business development excellence. Responsible for the customer call plans.
The candidate must thrive in an environment of responsibility for the management and execution of the full BD life-cycle process across multiple simultaneous pursuits and proposals.
In addition to building a qualified pipeline of opportunities, the BDM will help shape customer requirements, translate tacit customer needs into actionable features, drive differentiation in Leidos' solutions, and help create a compelling value proposition. The ideal candidate will have previously served as a business development manager and / or capture manager with proven experience supporting DoD customers. Recent US Air Force / Space Force experience / recently retired military is highly preferable.
Successful candidates will have the ability to conceptualize a vision for winning, to develop strategy and BD capture plans that implement the vision, and to translate the strategy into win themes. Able to efficiently manage investments in marketing and Bid and Proposal (B&P). The candidate is expected to be a critical partner with the technology team and solution architects and coalesce the division's strategy along with the technology strategy.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Grow the opportunity pipeline, to include existing as well as adjacent markets / customers, through diligent and timely identification / qualification of new business opportunities.
- Partner with the Leadership to refine the division strategy and shape a balanced portfolio.
- Lead and participate in the identification, qualification, and pursuit of strategic business opportunities, particularly opportunities greater than $50M in value.
- Assign and optimize BD and capture resources amongst competing priorities.
- Drive collaboration across the organization to bring best-in-class solutions to the customer and maximize win probability.
- Seek and utilize market intelligence and competitor data to position the division for ensuring success.
- Participate as a thought leader in bid decisions, gate reviews, and the development of cost strategies.
- Conduct customer visits and articulate current and emerging customer needs and requirements.
- Actively participate in capture activities, to include opportunity gate reviews, black hat sessions, collaboration and workshop sessions, proposal reviews, and business-case development.
- Drive the development and submission of white papers and RFI responses to proactively shape strategic opportunities.
- Conduct after-action reviews for all business opportunity capture participants to document lessons learned and identify necessary adjustments to capture technique, strategy, and actions.
- Develop marketing and B&P budgets and execute BD plans within those approved budgets.
- Own and conduct monthly detailed pipeline reviews with Senior leadership.
- Attend tradeshows and execute customer call plans post-tradeshows.
Basic Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Location : Reston, VA; Salt Lake City, UT; Boston, MA; Dayton, OH
Original Posting Date : 2024-12-05
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.
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Salary : $148,850 - $269,075
