Business Development Representative - USMC

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Business Development Representative for the US market. This remote US-based role focuses on identifying opportunities, cultivating partner relationships, and driving revenue by negotiating and closing deals.

You will craft tech-driven strategies aligned with company goals while collaborating with cross-functional teams to strengthen offerings and customer experience. The position emphasizes strategic thinking, strong communication, and the ability to work

Qualifications

• Deep autonomous and unmanned experience.
• Established credibility in domain-specific technology, strategic planning, business development, or related roles within tech/DoD.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze market trends to identify opportunities for Defense Unicorns’ capabilities.
• Cultivate relationships with partners and stakeholders as primary contact, tailoring capabilities to mission needs.
• Lead negotiations, prepare proposals, and close deals with clients to drive revenue growth.

Skills

Autonomous & Unmanned experience

Job description

Business Development Representative - USMC

United States - Remote

Role Overview:

As a Business Development Rep at Defense Unicorns, you will play a pivotal role in the company's success by identifying, cultivating, and managing new opportunities, partnerships and relationships within the ecosystem. You will leverage your deep understanding of market trends and industries to develop effective strategies for delivering mission capabilities. This position requires a strategic thinker and excellent communicator.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and analyze market trends and identify opportunities for Defense Unicorns’ capabilities to deliver mission value.
• Cultivate strong relationships with partners, and stakeholders. Act as a primary point of contact, understanding mission needs and tailoring our capabilities to meet those needs effectively.
• Lead negotiations, prepare proposals, and close deals with clients to drive revenue growth. Negotiate terms and conditions that are mutually beneficial for both the company and the client.
• Develop and execute comprehensive technology driven strategies that align with the company's goals and objectives. Collaborate with the executive team to ensure seamless integration with overall company strategy.
• Stay updated with industry news, market trends, and competitor activities. Use this knowledge to make informed decisions and refine technology driven strategies.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure a cohesive approach to business development initiatives. Collaborate to enhance product offerings and customer experience.
• Prepare regular reports on business development activities, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and analyze the effectiveness of various strategies. Use data-driven insights to refine approaches and achieve better results.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• Deep Autonomous and Unmanned experience
• Demonstrated expertise and established credibility in domain-specific technology, strategic planning, business development, or a related role within the tech industry or Department of Defense
• Demonstrated success in building and nurturing relationships, negotiating deals, and closing sales
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Strategic thinker with a deep understanding of market trends, industries, and service domain expertise
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote team environment
• Results-driven mindset with a focus on achieving and exceeding targets

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Remote - USA

$120,000 - $140,000 USD

Who We Are

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

What We Do

We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

Who We Serve

Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.

What We Work On

• Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
• Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
• GitOps
• Containers
• CNCF projects and open source products and packages
• Building and improving security delivery
• Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications

Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy

Health:

• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget

Leave:

• We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

Learning:

• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.

At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Due to requirements written into certain federal contracts, we do have certain positions that require the employee filling them to be a US Citizens additional, certain contracts would require a dual citizen to surrender their citizenship with a foreign country if they were to proceed into the role.

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Will you now, or in the future require Defense Unicorns to sponsor an immigration case in order to employee you?

What is your US Citizenship status?

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Do you have a security clearance? If so, which clearance level?

What is the status of your security clearance?

Once you leave a job or agency in which you required a security clearance, your clearance should become "inactive." Security clearances can remain "inactive" for 24 months before they lapse or become "expired." If the 24 month grace period has elapsed, you will need to start the clearance process over.

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