VP of Business Development

Job Expired

Irvine, California, United States

$175-295k

Full Time

a year ago

Job description

Turion is seeking a Vice President of Business Development and Capture for their space business portfolio. This individual will be a key member of the executive team and will be working directly with engineers and business development professionals in a highly entrepreneurial, fast paced, creative, “roll your sleeves up” environment. The ideal candidate will be a proven leader who has managed complex programs with the Department of Defense with specific focus and knowledge about USSF, NRO, NGA, DARPA, NASA, and NOAA programs for DoD and civil initiatives and longer-term capability requirements. This leader should be a team builder who is adaptive and can lead new and innovative approaches to market. They should know target customers across relevant arms of the DoD and/or NASA and have an intimate understanding of government contracting including acquisition processes. The ideal candidate will have strong connections within USSF acquisition program offices. This candidate will serve as a senior leader for programs within the business portfolio, including maintaining customer relationships, monitoring performance, and meeting contractual obligations. This leader likely has experience working in and/or with the Aerospace and Defense contractor community and will bring this domain experience along with the right cultural fit to make an immediate impact. Anduril is seeking a pioneer who is comfortable with navigating ambiguity and can work effectively in a start-up culture.

Key Responsibilities

Lead large capture campaigns.
Grow Turion's portfolio within the DoD/Civil Space community.
Provide guidance, advice, and support to the leadership team regarding business investments and priorities.
Develop and maintain close, trusted partner relationships with offices of senior military and civilian US Government customers, current and prospective customers, as well as industry partners and suppliers.
Assist the customers in meeting their requirements and capability gaps with those capabilities, products, and technologies available or being developed in relevant defense sectors.
Drive seamless integration across the sector. Foster a culture of trust, open communications, customer focus, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Develop and maintains effective working relationships with customers to identify new business opportunities, proactively communicate and resolve program issues, and provide strategic direction to program teams.
Lead initiatives that move the organization forward, contributing to business / financial performance.
Deliver on financial performance commitments and strategic market growth.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of relevant Program Management, acquisitions or business development / capture experience in the government and/or private sector.
Demonstrated knowledge of relevant DoD Programs and platforms, related enabling technologies, systems integration, communications, software development.
Demonstrated experience leading major acquisition programs directly with DoD or leading significant capture campaigns for a private sector defense company.
Ability to identify, establish and use important customer relationships with senior level officials and program stakeholders within defense and intelligence community.
Prior military experience in within DoD and/or extensive knowledge of government contracting and relevant Program Executive Offices (PEOs). The ideal candidate will have worked with the leadership in the DoD space community doing acquisition, system integration and program management.
Demonstrated high-energy leader who will drive performance and exhibit strong management skills with a high level of emotional intelligence.
Ability to manage a significant team of engineers, operations managers, and capture/business development professionals.
Excellent writing, communication skills with experience presenting to senior executives and customers.
An engineering degree is preferred but not essential.
Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.