Job Overview
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available.
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Position: Senior Business Development Manager – Advanced Air Warfare
Location: Linthicum, MD (On‑site)
Responsibilities
- Customer interaction management.
- Long range strategic planning.
- Requirements identification, generation and interpretation.
- Product improvement and derivative business opportunities.
- Developing and sustaining internal advocacy for opportunities.
- Business and technology transition opportunity identification and validation.
- Business capture planning and execution.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of experience in air warfare mission sets, DoD processes (requirements, programming and/or acquisition), and business development and analysis.
- Or Master’s degree with 8 years of the experiences listed above.
- Demonstrated successful leadership in aligning teams or organizations to achieve a common goal and developing deep customer relationships through understanding and trust.
- Experience in developing and executing strategies and plans to achieve organization‑wide goals.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills, including the ability to generate written material for internal and external customers at all levels, including senior executives.
- Active US DoD Secret clearance (in scope) to be considered, and the ability to qualify for access to Special Access Programs (SAPs).
Preferred Qualifications
- Active US DoD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and SCI clearances.
- MS or MA degree (business, business strategy, marketing or applied technologies).
- USAFA/USMC/USN/International/Coalition customer knowledge in airborne radar, infrared, fire control systems, electronic warfare, threat systems, and datalinks.
- Experience in strategic planning, identifying new opportunities, collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence, developing capture strategies, and mapping customer acquisition strategies.
- Programmatic and technical understanding of advanced airborne radar system architectures, infrared targeting systems, EW systems requirements, applications and avionics integration.
- Deep understanding of DoD PPBE, Congressional budgeting, and DoD acquisition processes, including Other Transaction Authority (OTA) processes.
- Pentagon, COCOM, Service Command or Acquisition staff experience in DoD requirements, acquisition, planning or budgeting processes.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $167,500.00 – $251,300.00 (guaranteed vacancy position). Additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and, for certain levels, Long Term Incentives. Benefits include health, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid holidays, PTO for vacation or personal business, and other standard company benefits.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For full EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.
Citizenship Requirement
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.