Vice President, Business Development & Proposal Operations

For 30+ years, Net Centrics has proudly held a distinguished position as a leader in cybersecurity, cloud, digital transformation, and mission support. With an esteemed clientele that includes the DoD, DHS, Federal Civilian Agencies, and the Intelligence Community, our impact on national security is undeniable. We are a diverse group of intellectually curious people, solving hard problems, and living by our core values while bonded by the shared vision to #Secure Our Nation  - join us!

Vice President of Business Development & Proposal Operations is responsible for leading Net Centrics' corporate growth efforts by identifying, qualifying, capturing, and securing new federal business opportunities. This position owns the complete business development lifecycle—from strategic opportunity identification through contract award—and is accountable for growing the company's federal footprint across the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Federal Civilian agencies.

This role is designed to develop the organization's future Chief Growth Officer. The successful candidate will be an experienced business development executive with a proven history of independently leading captures, developing winning strategies, writing compelling proposals, cultivating executive-level customer relationships, and delivering measurable revenue growth.

This is a highly hands‑on position requiring the ability to personally execute business development, capture, solution development, proposal operations, and customer engagement activities rather than managing a large business development organization.

• Develop and execute the company's business development strategy to achieve annual revenue and growth objectives.
• Build and maintain a qualified pipeline of federal opportunities aligned with corporate capabilities and strategic priorities.
• Research, identify, qualify, and pursue new opportunities across DoD, DHS, and Federal Civilian agencies.
• Monitor industry trends, acquisition forecasts, procurement strategies, and competitive activity to identify new growth opportunities.
• Maintain accurate opportunity forecasting, pipeline reporting, and business development metrics.

• Personally lead capture efforts for strategic opportunities from qualification through contract award.
• Develop capture plans, win strategies, customer engagement plans, competitive assessments, and pricing strategies.
• Conduct customer discovery meetings and gather competitive intelligence throughout the capture lifecycle.
• Identify teaming partners and negotiate strategic partnerships when appropriate.
• Lead bid/no‑bid recommendations and executive decision briefings.
• Manage bid and proposal investments throughout each pursuit.

• Own the end‑to‑end proposal development process for all strategic pursuits.
• Develop proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, and proposal development plans.
• Write, edit, and review technical, management, and executive proposal content.
• Ensure all proposals are compliant, compelling, accurate, and submitted on schedule.
• Continuously improve proposal templates, processes, and overall proposal quality.
• Manage proposal resources, consultants, and production vendors as needed.

• Develop and maintain executive‑level relationships with government customers, contracting officials, and industry partners.
• Represent Net Centrics during customer meetings, industry conferences, networking events, and business development activities.
• Understand customer missions, priorities, challenges, and acquisition strategies to position Net Centrics for future opportunities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic growth initiatives.

• Develop customer‑focused technical and management solutions that align with mission requirements.
• Collaborate with technical subject matter experts to create innovative, competitive, and executable solutions.
• Translate customer requirements into compelling value propositions and discriminators.
• Ensure proposed solutions leverage existing corporate capabilities while…