Business Development, Sr Director - Strategy

Senior Director for Strategy & Mission Solutions

The Senior Director for Strategy & Mission Solutions will serve as a senior leader responsible for developing and shaping long-term capability roadmaps, advancing mission-focused solutions to solve customer problems, identifying and evaluating M&A targets, analyzing resource needs and informing decisions that drive growth and profitability, and helping to positioning KONGSBERG US for success across complex and high-priority U.S. defense opportunities.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role operates at the intersection of operational insight, mission needs, product and capability strategy, program execution, and major strategic pursuits. The Sr. Director will work closely with all cross-functional members of the KDA, Inc Executive Leadership Team—especially finance, business development and programs/engineering—as well as global KONGSBERG stakeholders to assess evolving defense priorities and translate operational needs into actionable capability priorities and strengthen the organization's long-term strategic positioning.

This leader will provide internal guidance and executive sponsorship to select strategic pursuits, guide capability and product roadmaps through a U.S. operational and mission lens so that we can grow scope on existing programs as well as position for new ones and help strengthen financial and performance across the organization. The ideal candidate brings significant operational credibility and the ability to connect mission requirements, technology, program execution, and business strategy.

• Develop and shape long-term mission and capability roadmaps based on U.S. defense priorities, operational requirements, emerging threats, and anticipated mission needs.
• Translate operational experience and mission challenges into strategic capability priorities and actionable recommendations for KONGSBERG US and global product stakeholders.
• Partner with engineering, product leadership, programs, strategy, and business development to inform product and technology roadmaps from a U.S. operational and mission perspective.
• Assess defense priorities, acquisition strategies, capability gaps, and emerging requirements to identify areas of alignment with KONGSBERG technologies and future solution opportunities.
• Provide a senior perspective on the operational relevance, employment, and mission application of existing and emerging KONGSBERG capabilities.
• Identify and assess organic and inorganic opportunities to connect existing technologies, emerging capabilities, and operational concepts into integrated mission solutions.

• Provide strategic insight into U.S. defense requirements development, acquisition processes, operational concepts, and customer decision environments.
• Assess emerging mission requirements and capability priorities to support early organizational planning and strategic positioning.
• Partner with Business Development, Strategy, and program leadership/engineering to develop internal strategies supporting future defense opportunities.
• Help the organization anticipate acquisition priorities, mission drivers, and operational requirements that may influence future programs.
• Translate mission and operational insights into actionable guidance for KONGSBERG US and relevant global stakeholders.
• Provide internal guidance to support requirements and opportunity-shaping strategies consistent with applicable legal, ethical, and post-government employment requirements.

• Serve as executive sponsor for designated high-priority pursuits, providing senior leadership, strategic direction, and organizational alignment for US and FMS opportunities.
• Partner closely with business development and capture leadership to develop engagement strategies, competitive positioning, win themes, and pursuit priorities.
• Support major captures through mission analysis, solution positioning, competitive assessment, strategy reviews, and executive-level decision-making.
• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead opportunity gate reviews, go/no-go and bid/no-bid discussions for strategic pursuits.
• Drive alignment across business development,…