Advanced Communications Business Development (BD) Director

Advanced Communications Business Development (BD) Director

Amentum is seeking an Advanced Communications Business Development (BD) professional to accelerate Amentum's growth within the Intelligence Community (IC). The successful candidate must have proven experience in customer engagement, the development of a growth pipeline, and the ability to qualify key strategies opportunities between $50M and greater than $1B in size. As required, the individual must have experience in the areas of Science & Technology (S&T) methodologies, capabilities, and mission requirements to include areas such as advanced communications and data collections capabilities. Candidates must have strong and current customer knowledge and networking relationships to identify opportunities in the S&T (advanced communications and technical collection market(s) and position Amentum as a leading provider in those areas.

The Advanced Communications BD professional must have a deep and broad understanding of the customer's short and long-term objectives, as well as their in-house capabilities, and areas where Amentum's support will enhance their chances for mission success.

Essential Job Duties :

• Supports the development of customer account strategies, responses to Request for Information (RFI), Market Surveys, and Expressions of Interest (EOI).
• Identifies, Develops, and Qualifies a pipeline of opportunities across the IC customer set including opportunities ranging from $50M and above in TCV.
• Prepares and presents capability statements and other new business information presentations.
• Develops and maintains a close relationship with the key customers to understand their requirements, plans, goals and concerns to develop new business.
• Responsible for shaping the RFP, determining customer intimacy and identifying strengths and weaknesses of the organization in pursuit of the opportunity.
• Works with the Capture Manager and other pursuit leaders to inform decision(s) through contract award, including bid strategies, the development of the technical, management and cost strategies and associated the proposal.
• Responsible for building the foundational approach to meet requirements to successfully win an opportunity to include development and articulation of our solution approach, win strategies, themes and discriminators. Clearly communicates these to key customers, corporate executives, and the proposal team.
• Identifies the initial need or benefits of teaming partners and the associated oversight of required agreements. May be asked to support the drafting and negotiating teaming agreements / statements of work addressing customer's requirements, resulting in increased PWin and long-term benefits to the company.
• Develops and matures the strategies for future market changes and assess the likely impact on customers to identify growth opportunities and trends in domestic and international markets.
• Consults with customers on upcoming requirements to help shape requests for proposals (RFPs) and ensures BD / Proposal teams have full understanding of requirements, constraints, and perceived risks. (Responsible for core market sustainment and new business growth; responsible for new business opportunity qualification, competitive positioning, and capture).

Minimum Requirements :

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