Global Defence TacCIS Business Development Manager

General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom; Oakdale; Hybrid; GBP 82,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Flexible benefits

Career development plan

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to drive strategic growth across International TacCIS. You will own the end-to-end growth pipeline for a defined geographic region, identifying, qualifying and securing new contracts while strengthening relationships with existing programmes.

This role requires market intelligence, solution selling, customer engagement and partner development to expand our TacCIS ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in defence-related industrial sector across technical, PM, marketing or business development.
• Proven track record of sales in markets with long sales cycles.
• Experience in B2B sales within defence and security sectors.
• Experience of international defence sales and procurement processes across global markets.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of business development and capture management processes.
• Proposal development experience would be advantageous.
• Flexibility to work across international time zones and travel internationally when required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end growth pipeline for a defined geographic region.
• Identify, qualify and secure new contracts while strengthening relationships with existing programmes.
• Work at intersection of market intelligence, solution selling, customer engagement and partner development.
• Develop value-based proposals aligned to customer mission objectives with teams.
• Represent International TacCIS at industry conferences and events.
• Lead negotiations with customers, partners and corporate stakeholders.
• Support thought leadership with white papers and case studies.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Product Line Management and Engineering.

Skills

Market awareness

Commercial drive

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

B2B sales

Global markets experience

Long sales cycles

International travel

Education

Degree in Business/IR/Engineering/CS or related

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to drive strategic growth across International TacCIS. You will own the end-to-end growth pipeline for a defined geographic region, identifying, qualifying and securing new contracts while strengthening relationships with existing programmes.

This role requires market intelligence, solution selling, customer engagement and partner development to expand our TacCIS ecosystem.