Business Unit Lead

PPT Solutions, Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Growth opportunities

Ownership & autonomy

Job summary

PPT Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced executive to lead a business unit focused on delivering engineering services to customers. You will drive revenue growth, deepen relationships, and ensure high-quality delivery across engagements.

You will coach developing leaders, manage budgeting and forecasting, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align capabilities with customer needs. This role requires strategic vision and executive-level communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years of technical experience (aviation preferred).
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with business development, strategic capture, proposal development, and teaming with partners.
• Strong business savvy with excellent communication, relationship-building, and executive-level presentation skills.
• Track record of leading high-performing teams.
• Passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and customer impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a business unit responsible for delivering excellence through engineering services to the customer.
• Develop and execute strategic plans to grow revenue, expand customer relationships, and strengthen market position.
• Champion high-quality delivery across all engagements, ensuring consistency.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and direction to a talented team of developing leaders.
• Manage financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and profitability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align solutions, capabilities, and innovation with customer needs.
• Represent PPT Solutions with credibility in customer meetings, executive discussions, and industry engagements.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

P&L management

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Team leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About PPT Solutions,

We’re a team of passionate problem‑solvers helping organizations transform how they serve their customers. At PPT Solutions, we believe in doing work that matters, with people who care. We combine deep expertise with a get‑it‑done mindset to deliver innovative, customer-centric solutions that make an impact. If you’re entrepreneurial minded, energized by leading teams, building customer relationships, and driving meaningful business results — you might be exactly who we’re looking for.

What Winning Looks Like:

• You’re owning the growth, delivery, and strategic direction of your business unit — and it shows.
• You care about people and want to leave them better than you found them.
• Customers trust you deeply because you consistently deliver game‑changing outcomes.
• Your team is thriving under your leadership, hitting performance targets while growing in capability and confidence.
• Your business unit's financial performance is strong, predictable, and trending up.
• You communicate with clarity, plan with intention, and execute with excellence.
• You elevate PPT Solutions’ reputation in the market through thought leadership, innovation, and strong partnerships.

You’re Probably a Match If:

• You naturally take charge but lead with empathy, accountability, and authenticity.
• You love solving complex business problems and can translate between big-picture strategy and actionable plans.
• You have experience growing revenue, managing P&L, and leading teams in a consulting or services environment.
• You’re energized by building relationships — with customers, partners, and teammates.
• You’re motivated by outcomes, not busywork.
• You thrive in dynamic environments where your voice matters and your decisions have real impact.
• You believe culture is built through healthy behaviors, not posters on the wall.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and grow a business unit responsible for delivering excellence through engineering services to the customer.
• Develop and execute strategic plans to grow revenue, expand customer relationships, and strengthen our market position.
• Champion high‑quality delivery across all engagements, ensuring consistency.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and direction to a talented team of developing leaders.
• Manage financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and profitability.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to align solutions, capabilities, and innovation with customer needs.
• Represent PPT Solutions with credibility in customer meetings, executive discussions, and industry engagements.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years of technical experience (aviation preferred).
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with business development, strategic capture, proposal development, and teaming with partners.
• Strong business savvy thinker with excellent communication, relationship‑building, and executive‑level presentation skills.
• A track record of leading high‑performing teams.
• A passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and customer impact.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• A culture that values growth, ownership, curiosity, and collaboration.
• The freedom to shape your business unit and make decisions that matter.
• A team that works hard, cares deeply, and celebrates wins together.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

1. This job typically operates in a professional office environment with moderate noise level. This role
   routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and
   fax machines. This role may be required to remain stationary for extended periods of time. This role may
   require lifting lightweight objects, typically used in an office environment, such as a computer laptop,
   files or copy paper.
2. For some, acknowledged at hire and in support of specified contract tasks, this role may be required to
   work outside in moderate weather conditions, stand/remain stationary for long hours, and climb in and
   out of vehicles/aircraft. The noise level in this work environment ranges from moderate to loud and may
   require protective devices such as wearing ear plugs. Specific vision abilities required include close vision,
   distance vision and the ability to differentiate between colors.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

At PPT, we value our employees. You can take comfort in the fact that here you will be treated as a professional, given room to grow and compensated with a benefits package to care for you and your family. You have made the decision to do meaningful work and we believe you should be rewarded for that decision. Explore our website and learn more about what it means to be a part of PPT Solutions.

Benefits offered include medical, dental, vision, basic life w/AD&D, supplemental life, short and long-term disability, EAP, FSA, 401(k), paid holidays, paid time off, employee referral award program and reimbursable job-related education/professional certification training.

PPT Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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