Vice President, Business Development - Antenna Technologies

About the Role

U.S.-based leader in SATCOM Antenna systems is seeking a results-driven executive to lead Business Development and Strategic Growth across its Antenna Technologies businesses. This executive will define capture strategies, expand market share across defense and space programs, and directly shape customer engagement around domain experience in space operations, satellite communications, and ground infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the business development and go-to-market strategy for the Antenna Technologies product lines supporting defense, space, and scientific sectors
• Develop and execute multi-year capture strategies with prime integrators, U.S. Government customers, Commercial end users, and international allies
• Align go-to-market strategy with R&D priorities and next-generation power platform roadmaps
• Identify adjacent market opportunities for existing product platforms and influence R&D direction through customer input
• Engage directly with senior customer decision-makers, primes, integrators, and system architects to secure long-term positions on programs of record
• Align business development initiatives with engineering, supply chain, and production capacity across multiple U.S. and international sites
• Coordinate closely with operations and engineering to ensure proposal feasibility, production readiness, and supply-chain alignment
• Influence pricing, value proposition articulation, and trade-study inputs on active bids and new pursuits

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in business development, strategic capture, or P&L leadership in aerospace, defense, or adjacent technologies
• Demonstrated success growing a business focused on antenna systems, RF/microwave electronics, or secure communications hardware
• Deep understanding of customer needs in radar, EW, ISR, and C4ISR applications
• Familiarity with phased-array, dish, reflector, and conformal antenna technologies
• Ability to partner effectively with engineers, program managers, and operational leaders
• Fluent in U.S. defense acquisition; ITAR/EAR aware; clearance-eligible (Secret required; TS preferred)
• Bachelor's degree required; engineering or physics background preferred; MBA or advanced degree is a plus
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Cultural Fit

• Mission-driven and customer-focused: Understands how antenna performance, form factors, and SWaP-C constraints shape end missions
• Collaborative & grounded: Operates well across functions; builds trust with functional teams
• Private-equity velocity: Navigates high-growth, acquisition-rich environments with urgency and rigor
• Export-aware: Confident working with global customers, offset partners, and export-controlled technologies
• Customer-centered: Adept at navigating primes, program offices, and end users to create pull for specific power technologies
• Execution-driven: Brings a “factory-first” mindset—balances pursuit energy with capacity, cost, and delivery realism
• High-urgency, low-ego: Works lean and hands-on; quickly earns trust from engineers and executives alike
• Growth mindset: Operates like a business unit leader—drives pipeline, margin, and long-range growth

About the Company

With a history spanning more than seven decades, Communications & Power Industries’ thousands of products have impacted people’s lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, assist in diagnosing medical conditions, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, and much more. CPI is headquartered in Plano, Texas and is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems. We have manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the communications, defense, medical, industrial, and scientific markets.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits, including health and wellness programs
• Career development opportunities
• Generous retirement savings plan with company match