Head of Government Strategy

Society of Defense Financial Management; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive access to leadership

Lead a future team

In-person, collaborative culture

Job summary

Attis Global Ltd is recruiting a senior leader to shape the government growth strategy for a defense tech client in Adams County, CO. This hybrid, full-time role focuses on prioritizing customers, partners, and pursuits, with a direct line to executive leadership and visibility into budgets, trends, and competitors.

The role emphasizes building credible relationships with agencies and primes, guiding pursuit approaches, and feeding customer insight back into product decisions within a

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Credibility with senior executives and engineers.
• Keen to work in person in a fast-moving business.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term public sector growth strategy.
• Assess customers, partners and pursuits with rigorous, investment-style analysis.
• Build credible relationships with agencies, program teams and major contractors.
• Shape teaming and early pursuit approaches.
• Brief leadership on budgets, trends and competitors.
• Bring customer insight into product decisions.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Verbal communication

Stakeholder management

In-person collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, public policy or related field

Job description

Head of Government Growth Strategy

Adams County, CO

$180,000 - $210,000 per annum + equity

Full-Time, Hybrid

Shape how a growth-stage defense technology company wins in the public sector. This senior role suits a commercially minded operator with technical depth who wants real influence at executive level.

Why Join?

• Work closely with executive leadership on decisions that matter
• Shape market strategy and product direction
• Chance to build and lead a future team
• Join at a stage where your impact is visible quickly

The Company

The company is a software-led business building technology for aerospace, defense and commercial platforms. It serves demanding customers across government and industry, is growing quickly and values working together in person.

The Role

This is a strategic, relationship-led position rather than a day-to-day sales role. You will help decide which customers, partners and channels deserve priority, and make sure the business is well placed early.

• Define the long-term public sector growth strategy
• Assess customers, partners and pursuits with rigorous, investment-style analysis
• Build credible relationships with agencies, program teams and major contractors
• Shape teaming and early pursuit approaches
• Brief leadership on budgets, trends and competitors
• Bring customer insight into product decisions

The Essential Requirements

• Degree in engineering, business, public policy or a related field
• 5+ years in government business development, capture, strategy consulting, program leadership or a related technical-commercial role
• Proven knowledge of the US defense buying environment, from government, industry or advisory work
• Strong grasp of public budgeting, contracting and program execution
• Credibility with both senior executives and engineers
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Keen to work in person in a fast-moving business

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Technical background in aerospace, defense or systems engineering
• Strategy consulting or investment due diligence experience
• Involvement in large, competitive government pursuits, including negotiating with primes
• Experience with emerging technology companies
• Active US security clearance
• Established relationships across major defense primes and program offices

Benefits

• Direct access to executive leadership and real influence on strategy
• Clear route to build and lead a team as the business scales
• Collaborative, in-person culture

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Disclaimer

Attis Global Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on any of the grounds protected by law, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, national origin, religion or belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, marital status, political affiliation, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, and/or gender reassignment. M/F/D/V. We operate as a staffing agency and employment business. More information can be found at attisglobal.com.