Business Development Director jobs in San Diego, CA

Overview

Bowhead is growing and we are looking for a Business Development Director to play a significant role in formulating and executing strategy development, technical proposal writing and cost proposal formulation and review. The Business Development Director is responsible for identifying business development opportunities, expanding growth, and increasing financial profitability in the San Diego area, NSWC Corona Division, NSWC Port Hueneme, NAWCWD China Lake, NAS Point Mugu, and LA AFB.

Responsibilities

• Identify upcoming business opportunities that match Bowhead’s relevant corporate experience and lead the capture team to win business that you find and qualify.

• Reach out to government customers in the local and surrounding locations to build strong relationships and develop solutions that meet the customer’s needs.

• Engage with government customers to qualify opportunities and gain a better understanding of the requirements.

• Interface with senior management and external partners to develop and implement strategies and plans for successful opportunity capture.

• Lead the capture team to develop the proposal response working with the subject matter experts, proposal team, contracts, pricing, and talent acquisition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education plus business development experience in a government setting.

• Proposal writing experience and sophisticated communication skills (both oral and written).

• Work experience should demonstrate your ability to collaborate with multiple customer levels.

• Computer savvy with solid experience using Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, and Outlook.

• Military or Government experience is a plus.

• Sole Source and Native Corp experience is a plus.

Desired skills include:

• Leading capture of large priority DOD and Government opportunities• Proposal writing experience in accordance with the Shipley method.• Win methodologies, competitive assessments and strategy development• Teaming arrangements• Advance intelligence gathering• Technical proposal writing• Cost proposal formulation and review • Write RFI and SS responses and respond to RFPs as required• Develop and maintain a pipeline• Deconflict pursuits with other Bowhead BD elements

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must have an active security clearance at the Secret level or higher. 

Physical Demands:

Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of timeMust be able to twist, bend and squat periodically

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