Vice President, Business Development Defense Space

Vice President, Business Development for Defense Space

SAIC is looking for a growth minded inspirational leader to oversee Vice President, Business Development to within our Defense Space market. This position will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Growth for the Air Force, Space and Intelligence Business Group. The individual performing in this position leads all SAIC efforts related to space business development with the US Space Force, US Air Force, and select DoD agencies with a primary space mission (e.g. Space Development Agency).

Ideally this candidate would be located in Colorado Springs, CO, El Segundo, CA or Washington, DC.

As summarized above, this individual will focus on developing and implementing strategies to position SAIC's space lines of business for sustained growth and profitability. Specific areas of emphasis include:

• Leadership and Internal Collaboration
• BD Strategy
• Customer Engagement and Market Positioning

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in industry business development-related activities for space lines of business.
• 5+ years as a BD executive overseeing teams of business development and capture professionals.
• Existing network of customer contacts in the space community in the US Space Force, US Air Force, Space Development Agency, Space Rapid Capabilities Office, and other DoD agencies.
• Outstanding record of success in leading teams in winning large ($500M+) new business opportunities and improving bid and program profitability, with emphasis on capture strategy and proposal development.
• Demonstrated thought leadership role in space-related domains.
• Experience in responding to solicitations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and proficiency in industry BD best practices.
• Immediately eligible for Top Secret clearance.

Desired

Qualifications:

• Experience with Space Force and other DoD space agency special access program (SAP) activities.
• Experience with business development for both differentiated solutions for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) and actual space systems.
• Experience with application of Digital Engineering / Model Based Systems Engineering to space systems.
• Advanced degree in a technical field with 5+ years of space-related experience as a program manager or technical contributor.

Target salary range: $240,001 - $280,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.