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We develop mission critical solutions for those that lead, serve and protect the world we live in.
Senior Strategy and Business Development Manager
Location
United States
Posted
166 days ago
Salary
$224.8K - $243.2K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Senior Strategy and Business Development Manager
General Dynamics Mission Systems
This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Strategy and Business Development Manager for our Airborne Systems business area. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation’s fundamental defense services. This role offers the opportunity to work with business leadership to formulate and execute a growth strategy to develop high-end mission avionics systems that are critical to the warfighter and help drive long-term business growth. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions. Representative Duties and Tasks: - Leads business development activities of products and/or services to government agencies or private firms doing government business. - Leverages existing and develops new customer and industry relationships. - Aligns customers’ needs with business capabilities. - Maintains key business development contacts with current and potential customers. - Evaluates and manages new business opportunities, initiatives, partnerships, alliances and/or joint ventures. - Oversees market analysis, monitors competitive activity, and identifies customer needs. - Serves as capture manager for assigned opportunities. - Defines vision, strategies, and tactics for assigned business development opportunities. - Assists in the formulation of marketing campaigns and approves publicity releases and promotional activities. - Advises higher management on status or action required in connection with existing and potential business development opportunities. - Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements, responsible for budgets. - Provides leadership in the planning, designing, due diligence, and implementing of strategic business objectives. - Generates short- and long-range growth objectives and strategies, and executes upon these plans. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations. - Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire, with the ability to upgrade to Top Secret. - U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within our facilities. Requirements - Experienced in supporting classified air domain related DoW programs. - Demonstrated knowledge of military airborne missions, including relevant products/systems and technologies and current and future aircraft platforms and programs. - Adept at all facets of business development and capture management. - Leads the creation and execution of business growth strategies. - Demonstrates understanding of business strategies and technical issues as they relate to business growth. - Able to articulate examples of having identified, pursued and won medium to large capture efforts in areas relevant to the GDMS Airborne business. - Demonstrated understanding of specific areas within the defense market, to include requirements generation, budgeting, customer priorities, capability gaps and solutions, and market dynamics. - Maintains a demonstrated knowledge of government contracting and acquisition practices. - Able to thrive in a highly interactive team environment. - Demonstrates strong interpersonal, communication, collaboration and leadership skills. - Demonstrated ability to build relationships with customers and internal counterparts. - Works well under pressure with the ability to simultaneously deliver on multiple tasks and/or priorities. - Establishes and manages budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements. - Expected to integrate highly complex activities within their discipline and across functional and project boundaries. - Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers. - Leads briefings and technical meetings for internal and external stakeholders. - Demonstrates and uses a depth of organizational knowledge that results in superior performance in delivery of products, services or proposals to customers or supporting collaboration across functions. - Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship. - May have responsibility for managing people. Benefits - Highly competitive benefits. - Flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. Company Description General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire, with the ability to upgrade to Top Secret.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within our facilities.
- Experienced in supporting classified air domain related DoW programs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of military airborne missions, including relevant products/systems and technologies and current and future aircraft platforms and programs.
- Adept at all facets of business development and capture management.
- Leads the creation and execution of business growth strategies.
- Demonstrates understanding of business strategies and technical issues as they relate to business growth.
- Able to articulate examples of having identified, pursued and won medium to large capture efforts in areas relevant to the GDMS Airborne business.
- Demonstrated understanding of specific areas within the defense market, to include requirements generation, budgeting, customer priorities, capability gaps and solutions, and market dynamics.
- Maintains a demonstrated knowledge of government contracting and acquisition practices.
- Able to thrive in a highly interactive team environment.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal, communication, collaboration and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with customers and internal counterparts.
- Works well under pressure with the ability to simultaneously deliver on multiple tasks and/or priorities.
- Establishes and manages budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
- Expected to integrate highly complex activities within their discipline and across functional and project boundaries.
- Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers.
- Leads briefings and technical meetings for internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrates and uses a depth of organizational knowledge that results in superior performance in delivery of products, services or proposals to customers or supporting collaboration across functions.
- Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship.
- May have responsibility for managing people.
Benefits
- Highly competitive benefits.
- Flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded.
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