Lead Business Development Specialist (Direct Hire)

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA Glenn Research Center in Ohio seeks a Lead Business Development Specialist to lead team activities supporting business development, partnerships, and new initiatives aligned with the Center's strategy and NASA mission objectives. You will coordinate workload, set priorities, and communicate milestones to the team, ensuring deliverables support strategic goals and mission requirements.

You will develop, negotiate, and manage partnerships and agreements with internal and external customers,

Qualifications

• Leading teams or work groups to achieve organizational objectives.
• Developing, coordinating, negotiating, or managing business opportunities, partnerships, or other collaborative initiatives with internal or external stakeholders.
• Providing program or business management support by planning initiatives, analyzing information, and developing recommendations or advising management on programmatic matters.

Responsibilities

• Leads team activities by distributing and balancing workload, establishing priorities, coordinating assignments, and adjusting work to meet organizational goals and deadlines.
• Communicates organizational priorities, assignments, milestones, and expectations to team members and ensures work products and services support strategic goals and mission requirements.
• Monitors team workload, progress, and completed work to ensure priorities, deadlines, quality standards, and established requirements are met.
• Coaches and facilitates team activities, promotes collaboration and consensus, and identifies individual and team training or developmental needs.
• Leads business development and partnership activities involving internal and external stakeholders to advance organizational opportunities, initiatives, and mission objectives.
• Provides administrative, program, and business management support, including planning initiatives, analyzing information, and advising management on programmatic matters.
• Develops, coordinates, negotiates, or manages partnership opportunities and agreements and maintains relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders.

Skills

Leading teams

Business development

Partnerships

Program management

Job description

Summary

As a Lead Business Development Specialist in the Office of Center Opportunities and Partnerships at NASA Glenn Research Center, you will lead team activities supporting business development, partnerships, and new initiatives. You will coordinate workload and priorities, engage internal and external stakeholders, and support the development and implementation of partnerships and new business initiatives that advance the Center's strategy and NASA mission objectives.

Duties

• Leads team activities by distributing and balancing workload, establishing priorities, coordinating assignments, and adjusting work to meet organizational goals and deadlines.
• Communicates organizational priorities, assignments, milestones, and expectations to team members and ensures work products and services support strategic goals and mission requirements.
• Monitors team workload, progress, and completed work to ensure priorities, deadlines, quality standards, and established requirements are met.
• Coaches and facilitates team activities, promotes collaboration and consensus, and identifies individual and team training or developmental needs.
• Leads business development and partnership activities involving internal and external stakeholders to advance organizational opportunities, initiatives, and mission objectives.
• Provides administrative, program, and business management support, including planning initiatives, analyzing information, and advising management on programmatic matters.
• Develops, coordinates, negotiates, or manages partnership opportunities and agreements and maintains relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance. Investigation/Clearance may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level:

• Leading teams or work groups performing business, program, partnership, or administrative activities to achieve organizational objectives;
• Developing, coordinating, negotiating, or managing business opportunities, partnerships, agreements, or other collaborative initiatives with internal or external stakeholders;
• Providing program or business management support by planning initiatives, analyzing information, and developing recommendations or advising management on programmatic matters.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional Information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

• Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position.
• Exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position.
• Submit proof that you meet the requirements for ICTAP as indicated in "Required Documents."

For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, click here - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/#ictap.

Any applicant that received a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) from the federal government within the last five years based of the closing date of this announcement, if selected, may be required to repay the full amount prior to establishing a start date. For additional information on the VSIP repayment requirement, click here - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/voluntary-separation-incentive-payments/.

Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit.

Probationary Period

You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government;
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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