Remote Director, Defense Business Development

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

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.