Vice President, Business Development for Defense Space

Position Description

As summarized above, this individual will focus on developing and implementing strategies to position SAIC’s space lines of business for sustained growth and profitability. Specific areas of emphasis include:

• Leadership and Internal Collaboration
• BD Strategy
• Customer Engagement and Market Positioning

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in industry business development-related activities for space lines of business.
• The experience must include strategy, pipeline development, selling both services and solutions / services, front-end customer engagement, capture, and proposal development for US government opportunities.
• 5+ years as a BD executive overseeing teams of business development and capture professionals.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in a technical or business aligned field.
• Existing network of customer contacts in the space community in the US Space Force, US Air Force, Space Development Agency, Space Rapid Capabilities Office, and other DoD agencies.
• Outstanding record of success in leading teams in winning large ($500M+) new business opportunities and improving bid and program profitability, with emphasis on capture strategy and proposal development.
• Demonstrated thought leadership role in space-related domains, as evidenced by participation on panels, media events, presentations, and white papers.
• Superior communication skills – oral and written - required.
• Experience in responding to solicitations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and proficiency in industry BD best practices (e.g., Shipley, BD-CMMI) to proposals for government clients.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Space Force and other DoD space agency special access program (SAP) activities.
• Experience with business development for both differentiated solutions for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) and actual space systems (e.g. satellites, ground systems).
• Experience with application of Digital Engineering / Model Based Systems Engineering to space systems.
• Advanced degree in a technical field with 5+ years of space-related experience as a program manager or technical contributor.

Pay

The target salary range for this position is $240,001 - $280,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.