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Business Development

Business Development

CompanyAltana AI
LocationWashington, DC, USA
Salary$100000 – $175000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelExpert or higher

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant acquisition, business development, or DoD experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in defense acquisitions, with a history of zero-to-one defense program growth in the US Army or US Air Force a plus.
  • Intimate understanding of government contracting, fielding, requirements generation, and budgeting for the purposes of transitioning prototype capabilities to production.
  • Strong interpersonal skills will be required to engage with business partners and customers.
  • Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial, and creative environment.
  • Ability to identify, establish and use important customer relationships with senior level officials and program stakeholders within the defense and intelligence communities to drive capability adoption.
  • Demonstrated high-energy leader who will drive performance and exhibit strong management skills with a high level of emotional intelligence.
  • Self-starter, comfortable working with limited oversight.
  • Excellent writing, communication skills with experience briefing senior executives and customers.
  • Ability to travel 25-75% of the time.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and hold a US DoD Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Build a cohesive, data-driven strategy within the Department of Defense (DoD) market to penetrate, expand, and deliver Altana’s solution.
  • Develop and maintain close working relationships with DoD stakeholders to identify and shape new business opportunities.
  • Serve as a leader for existing and future DoD programs within the Federal team; design, implement, and execute strategic capture campaigns DoD leadership.
  • Work cross-functionally with account managers, marketing, government relations and engineering to ensure successful capture and delivery of innovative software solutions.
  • Foster a culture of trust, open communications, customer focus, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to senior executives and customers; ability to translate complex topics, convince, and inspire through the written and spoken word.
  • Lead initiatives that move the organization forward, contributing to business and financial performance in a material and meaningful manner.
  • Deliver on financial performance commitments and build strategic market growth initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preference given to candidates with recent experience interacting with Service enterprise decision makers.