Growth and Strategy Lead

Cubic Transportation Systems; Texas; Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cubic Transportation Systems is seeking a senior strategist to join Cubic Defense leadership. You will help develop and execute long-term plans, coordinate market research, and align growth initiatives across DoD programs.

The role requires deep experience in defense markets, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership. The position emphasizes collaboration with GM/VPs, messaging development, and ongoing updates to strategic plans.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in business, finance, and marketing or related field, plus fifteen years defense/aerospace industry or senior military experience with emphasis in RDT&E programs, demonstrations and transitions of technology to programs of record.
• Understanding of secure communications technologies, customers and opportunities, including SDR, waveforms and hybrid SATCOM.
• MBA or advanced degree highly desirable.
• Prior strategic planning experience in executive capacity — broad business experience evaluating markets and opportunities.
• International business experience desired.
• Proven analytical skills to organize plan and execute acquisitions, agreements, and strategic initiatives, with AI tools in BD and proposals.
• Proven interpersonal skills to interact with U.S. and foreign agencies, customers, executives, and corporate management.
• Ideally a former Commissioned Officer with at least O-6 level command and War College equivalence.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize projects and work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate strategic plan within service domain and execute growth strategies.
• Lead execution of business strategy with a defined battle rhythm.
• Assess potential opportunities with market/economic analysis and competitive monitoring.
• Identify risks/opportunities and develop mitigation actions.
• Support GM/VPs with key customer engagements including messaging and briefings.
• Update Cubic Defense’s strategic plan quarterly and annually.
• Assist in annual business plan development including forecast reviews.
• Assist and lead Proposal Managers and their activities.
• Lead research on new markets, growth opportunities, and competitive analysis.

Skills

Strategic planning

Market analysis

Proposal management

Executive communication

DoD acquisition knowledge

International business

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Four-year college degree in business/finance/marketing

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Summary

Supports the Cubic Defense leadership team in developing and executing strategy to achieve long-term objectives. Prioritize market research/analysis needs in the context of strategy, business development, planning and DoD acquisition needs. As directed and per service domain, develop and coordinate strategic planning initiatives in support of P&L VP/GM’s. Identify risks aligned with opportunities and develop actions to mitigate and maximize business potential. Reinforce and support use of company business development processes to enhance probability of win, price to win analyses, and capture effectiveness. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Scope of daily responsibility is necessarily broad encompassing business development, marketing, competitive intelligence, financial performance, strategic communications, legislative affairs and short to mid-term taskings from Cubic Defense Leadership that address high priority requirements. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Within assigned service domain, responsible for coordination of strategic plan and successful execution of business strategy. Collaborate with president and business leaders to continuously identify, assess, select, and execute organic and inorganic growth strategies.
• Leads execution of business strategy through establishing business battle rhythm to ensure success on short and long-term objectives.
• Direct the assessment of potential business opportunities through activities such as market and economic analysis, monitoring competitive activity and identifying customer needs.
• Identify risks/opportunities and develop actions to mitigate/realize to maximize business potential.
• Directly support GM/ Vice Presidents and business leaders with key customer engagements including development of messaging strategy, briefing content, and follow-up. These engagements often occur at customer locations, Cubic locations, and trade shows.
• Support the assessment and update of Cubic Defense’s strategic plan on a quarterly and annual basis covering market environment, key objectives, competitive dynamics, and growth imperatives.
• Support development of annual business plan including a critical review of financial/market forecast.
• Support development of annual business plan including format, write-up, and critical review of financial/market forecast.
• Support and lead Proposal Managers, with oversight to their proposal activities including process improvements.
• Support and lead research and analysis on new markets, growth opportunities, and competitive analysis and Strategic Initiatives as necessary.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Four-year college degree in business, finance, and marketing or related field, plus fifteen years defense/aerospace industry or senior military experience with emphasis in areas such as RDT&E programs, demonstrations and transitions of technology to programs of record.. A broad set of government relationships, in particular with the Air Force, AFRL or related DoD S&T and Acquisition Offices.
• An understanding of secure communications technologies, customers and opportunities, including software defined radios (SDR), waveforms and hybrid SATCOM.
• MBA or advanced degree highly desirable.
• Prior strategic planning experience in executive capacity required -- broad business experience evaluating markets and business opportunities.
• International business experience desired.
• Proven analytical skills necessary in order to organize plan and execute acquisitions, agreements, and strategic initiatives with desire to incorporate AI tools into business development and proposal processes.
• Proven interpersonal skills to interact in delicate, sensitive and/or complex situations dealing with U.S. and foreign agencies, customers, executive, and corporate management.
• Ideally a former Commissioned Officer with at least O-6 level command and a War College or equivalent graduate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize projects and work under tight deadlines.

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need. Cubic Pay Range: $225,000.00 - $265,000.00 + benefits. The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law. Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement. Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!