Business Development Executive Rapid Capabilities Office & Space Force

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a proven executive for the role of Director of Business Development to lead the growth of our Rapid Capabilities Office and Space Force accounts. Peraton is a rapidly growing national security firm that exists to protect and promote freedom around the world. Our company works closely with our customers to solve their most daunting challenges and create novel solutions to support their most vital missions.

 

This role will report to the Senior Director of Business Development for the Space & Intelligence (S&I) sector of Peraton. A successful candidate will operate as an integral member of the S&I growth team, partnering with operational and functional leaders across the company. The selected candidate is responsible for developing broad knowledge of customers and competitors while maintaining awareness market dynamics. He/she will evaluate market trends and develop business cases that align customer’s requirements with Peraton’s capabilities and discriminators.

 

A qualified candidate will have:

• Deep knowledge, experience, and understanding of the Rapid Capabilities Office (DAF and Space) and Space Force customer particularly in space operations, space resiliency, command & control, and secure communications.
• Demonstrated successful track record of supporting and winning contracts with the Air Force.
• Proven experience building relationships with strategic teaming partners.
• Relationships with senior Air Force leadership.
• Responsibilities
• Create a customer focused strategic account plan with clear objectives, goals, and actions to drive new business growth.
• Develop and execute a new business pipeline by identifying, qualifying, and maturing new business targets to drive deal velocity.
• Achieve revenue and sales goals the new business program awards.
• Function as the primary interface with the Air Force customer and build relationships through effective leadership and communication.
• Develop strategies to shape requirements and acquisition strategy
• Embrace the Peraton Business Acquisition Process in daily activities, and effectively communicate all the opportunities and plans for management and technical teams.
• Assist in guiding buying organizations by demonstrating technology solutions, architectures, capabilities, and potential acquisition paths for early stage opportunities, working with internal technical and program management teams to develop responses for requests for information (RFI), market survey’s, white papers, presentations, briefings, and major event demonstrations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 16+ years of business development experience with the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, or Rapid Capabilities Offices
• Experience leading large $100M+ business pursuits through a business acquisition process going through opportunity identification, qualification, and capture phases.
• Domain experience in space / satellite operations, ISR, and secure communications
• Superior leadership, business acumen, and executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively at senior levels of an organization.
• Relationships with U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force leadership and strong connectivity to industry partners serving these customers.
• Bachelor’s degree
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Military experience
• Master’s Degree

 

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.