Director, Business Development, DZMG - Fuzing and Precision Products

Dayzim; United States; Remote; USD 132,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Day & Zimmermann is seeking a Director of Business Development for the DZMG Fuzing and Precision Products line. This remote US role leads strategic growth across defense markets, shaping opportunities from discovery through execution.

You will build strategic relationships with defense customers and OEMs, drive multi‑year pipelines, and coordinate cross‑functional pursuit teams to win complex programs and transition them to execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Business, marketing, engineering, defense, munitions, or related field; equivalent related business development, capture, government customer, or defense industry experience may be considered.
• 10+ years Progressive business development, capture, account management, sales, or related growth experience, including experience in defense, munitions, government agency, or government contractor environments; complex opportunity pursuit/capture from sourcing and qualification through proposal, award, and execution handoff; development of white papers, RFI/Sources Sought responses, proposals, presentations, or other customer‑facing BD content; and experience leading cross‑functional pursuit teams or business development employees

Responsibilities

• Develop market and customer relationships across DZMG lines of effort and build trusted relationships with key defense stakeholders.
• Source, shape, qualify new business and manage disciplined pipeline for opportunities.
• Develop market-facing responses, including white papers, capability statements, RFIs, and pre‑solicitation content.
• Lead capture, proposal, and award activities with cross-functional pursuit teams through award handoff.
• Transition awarded work to program and execution teams, communicating commitments, risks, and expectations.

Skills

Defense munitions market knowledge

BD lifecycle

Strategic analysis

Leadership & influence

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Director, Business Development, DZMG - Fuzing and Precision Products

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Job Summary

The Director, Business Development, DZMG leads growth across assigned Day & Zimmermann Munitions markets, with primary responsibility forFuzing and Precision Products, including Exploding Foil Initiator (EFI), Low Energy Exploding Foil Initiator (LEEFI), Electronic Safe and Arm Devices, and associated electronic components. The Director develops strategic customer and industry relationships, identifies and shapes opportunities, leads capture and proposal activities, and transitions awarded work to execution. The role owns the business development lifecycle for significant and complex opportunities from market and opportunity identification through qualification, capture, proposal, award, and transition to execution.

The Director develops strategic relationships acrossU.S. defense and government markets, commercial prime Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and other defense industry partnersto understand customer missions, emerging requirements, acquisition and funding priorities, technology needs, and competitive dynamics. The role identifies and develops opportunities to position and integrate DZMG technologies intonew and existing defense platforms, unmanned and autonomous systems, precision applications, and other emerging and adjacent markets aligned with DZMG capabilities. The role strengthens disciplined pursuit practices by aligning customer needs, market intelligence, product and program capabilities, technical requirements, competitive positioning, and cross-functional execution teams. The Director is accountable forbuilding and maintaining a qualified opportunity pipeline, achieving profitable bookings and sustainable revenue growth objectives, improving competitive position and probability of win, increasing opportunity conversion, expanding customer and market relationships, and identifying new product and platform applications. The Director is also accountable for developing opportunities that are financially attractive, strategically aligned, appropriately risk-adjusted, and executable, maintaining accurate and timely opportunity forecasts, and successfully transitioning awarded business to program and execution teams.

The Director leads cross-functional pursuit teams and works extensively with existing programs and program teams, includingProgram Management, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Contracts, Estimating, Supply Chain, Quality, and executive leadership, to develop differentiated, competitive, financially sound, and executable customer solutions. This collaboration requires a strong understanding of product capabilities, production requirements, technical considerations, costs, risks, pricing, customer commitments, and execution requirements to ensure that DZMG pursues opportunities that support both growth and profitability.

This position requiresfrequent travel to Day & Zimmermann Munitions plants and operating locations, customer and partner locations, and industry events and other business-development activities. Success requires a strong external customer orientation combined with hands-on internal engagement and the ability to translate customer and market requirements intoqualified pipeline, profitable bookings, sustainable revenue growth, appropriate financial returns, and executable programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop market and customer relationships across assigned DZMG lines of effort, including core munitions, Counter-UAS/UAS, loitering munitions, warheads, fuzing and precision products, payload components, and associated electronic components. Build trusted relationships with PM Combat Ammunition Systems, PM Maneuver Ammunition Systems, PM Close Combat Systems, Joint Munitions Command, PEO Missiles & Space, Department of War Fuze Integrated Product Team, DEVCOM Armaments Center Army Fuze Management Office, DoW Portfolio Manager for Unmanned & Autonomous Systems, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, Defense Innovation Unit/Drone Dominance Program, Army CPE Aviation – PM UAS, commercial prime OEMs, and other stakeholders to identify mission needs, funding priorities, acquisition strategies, market trends, and competitive dynamics.
• Source, shape, and qualify new business, account expansion, recompete, and adjacent-market opportunities through early customer engagement and disciplined pipeline management. Assess strategic fit, customer need, competitive position, differentiation, financial attractiveness, resource requirements, and probability of win to support pursue/no‑pursue decisions.
• Develop and coordinate market‑facing responses, including white papers, capability statements, RFIs, Sources Sought responses, industry‑day materials, presentations, and other pre‑solicitation content. Ensure customer‑facing materials accurately position DZMG capabilities and inform customer requirements while supporting competitive differentiation.
• Lead capture, proposal, and award activities for qualified pursuits, including win strategy, solution development, teaming, pricing coordination, proposal development, presentations, negotiations, and final award. Direct cross‑functional pursuit teams and maintain opportunity ownership through award to support compliant, competitive, and executable submissions.
• Transition awarded work to program and execution teams by communicating commitments, assumptions, risks, pricing and capture context, and customer expectations. Manage the Manager, Business Development and partner with program teams to strengthen BD practices, pursuit discipline, and organizational growth capability

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Defense munitions market and customer knowledge sufficient to understand Department of War munitions missions, acquisition processes, funding drivers, industry trends, competitive dynamics, and the customer organizations relevant to assigned DZMG lines of effort.
• Business development and capture lifecycle capability sufficient to source, shape, qualify, capture, propose, negotiate, win, and transition complex opportunities ranging from $10M-$500M.
• Strategic and competitive analysis capability sufficient to evaluate market opportunities, assess competitors, identify discriminators, develop value propositions, and recommend disciplined pursue/no‑pursue decisions.
• Persuasive written and verbal communication capability sufficient to develop white papers, RFIs, Sources Sought responses, proposals, presentations, executive briefings, and other customer‑facing business development materials.
• Business and commercial acumen sufficient to consider pricing, contracting approach, financial drivers, risk, profitability, investment tradeoffs, and executable customer commitments when shaping and pursuing opportunities.
• Leadership and influence capability sufficient to manage business development employees, lead cross‑functional pursuit teams, engage senior customers and executives, drive accountability, and maintain ownership from opportunity development through execution handoff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Business, marketing, engineering, defense, munitions, or related field; equivalent related business development, capture, government customer, or defense industry experience may be considered.
• 10+ years Progressive business development, capture, account management, sales, or related growth experience, including experience in defense, munitions, government agency, or government contractor environments; complex opportunity pursuit/capture from sourcing and qualification through proposal, award, and execution handoff; development of white papers, RFI/Sources Sought responses, proposals, presentations, or other customer‑facing BD content; and experience leading cross‑functional pursuit teams or business development employees

Essential Functions

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery
• Walking
• Hearing
• Talking
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus over long periods of time
• Ability to write complex documents in the [English] language
• Ability to read complex documents in [English] language
• Capacity to express thoughts orally (e.g., accurately, quick and loudly convey spoken instructions to workers)
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or work site
• Travel:
• 50%

Compensation and Benefits

Candidates may be required to satisfy additional job‑related requirements, including those established and controlled by third parties, as part of the selection process.

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the wage range for this role is $131,600 - $197,400. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. (The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements).

We care about our employees and it shows. Our staff receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees’ individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members!

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