Cyber Business Development Director

Research Innovations Inc. (RII) is redefining defense technology. We combine mission-driven impact with cutting-edge research and a culture that values autonomy, creativity, and technical excellence.

We are looking for a BD Director to join our Cyber team. You will solve uniquely challenging problems for our Defense and Homeland Security customers.
Get s#it done.

This position requires an Active US Top Secret security clearance, and the ability to upgrade to TS/SCI Special Access Program access

• Manage and lead a comprehensive business development and capture portfolio, focusing on strategic opportunities within the Offensive Cyber domain.

• Develop and maintain Line of Business growth strategies and pipeline by engaging the customer marketplace (existing program efforts and new customers), understanding budgets, and identifying key market drivers and trends.

• Identify, design, qualify, and lead strategic campaigns to secure new contracts or task orders and expand into adjacent opportunities.

• Serve as the primary customer and external stakeholder point of contact for capture efforts, effectively articulating RII’s approaches and managing customer expectations.

• Lead customer and internal engagements to understand mission objectives, capability gaps, and success metrics, and establish a business development strategy that aligns customer and RII interests.

• Develop and implement capture strategy and tactics, including competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and price-to-win analysis.

• Lead overall content development for business development activities, including draft SOWs, ROMs, cost proposal content, and customer engagement strategy.

• Ensure programmatic risks are identified, assessed, and mitigation plans are established during the capture process.

• Collaborate with Program Managers and Technical Leads to create prototypes and demonstrations to close on pursuits and inform the execution team.

• Coordinate and collaborate across the line of business with management, strategy, engineering, contracts, and finance teams.

• Attend industry and government events that support the Cyber LoB and company growth strategies.

• Required to travel 25% of the time to meet with customers and support customer events.

• Lead new pursuits in CNO leveraging existing RII technology like AI Solutions for Vulnerability Research and advancements in proprietary tooling to shape winning technical approaches.

• A minimum of 10-15 years of industry experience (including at least 5 years in BD or capture management with proposal development experience)

• Successfully led and won definitive contracts in the $1M+ to $100M range.

• Developed a strong network of contacts within the DoW and/or Intelligence Community, with demonstrated success in leading Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO)/Computer Network Operations (CNO) type programs and program teams.

• Experience with employment and transition of OCO capabilities to the warfighter.

• Proven experience in transforming vague customer desires into clearly scoped, executable requirements, proposed solutions, and accompanying risks.

• Applied a solid working knowledge of the DoW Acquisition Process, RFP analysis, proposal preparation, and various contract types (e.g., IDIQ, CPFF, CR, FFP, T&M, OTA/OTPs).

• Demonstrated exceptional leadership, team building, ability to work with various levels of experienced engineers, and collaboration skills with proven ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet tight deadlines.

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