Senior Business Developer Manager (Remote Possible)

Applied Research Associates, Inc.; Virginia; A distancia; USD 175.000 - 225.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is seeking a Business Development Manager to join a nationwide team of professionals. The role supports business planning, market intel collection, and development of Air Force partnerships, with the CPM for the Air Force and regular briefings to senior leadership.

The ideal candidate has an advanced physics degree or equivalent hard-science background, and may have U.S. Air Force experience.

Formación

• Master of Science or better in physics, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, biology, or other hard science.
• Prior service in the U.S. Air Force strongly preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide input into a long-range business plan and develop a detailed marketing/business plan, including a marketing strategy.
• Capture and interpret market intel and share intel with others via regular communications and entry into CRM.
• Develop and maintain Air Force business relationships with partners at the Pentagon.
• Contact customers regularly to understand needs and describe how ARA technologies may help their efforts.
• Serve as the ARA Customer Portfolio Manager (CPM) for the Air Force.
• Assist with preparation and delivery of briefings to ARA senior leadership.
• Collaborate with ARA subject matter experts to develop value propositions to customers.

Educación

Master of Science or better in Physics

Doctor of Philosophy or better in Physics

Herramientas

CRM system

Descripción del empleo

Description

As a Business Development Manager, you will be a valued member of a team of passionate, service-focused professionals, located all around North America. Ideally, you will work from our office in Ballston, Arlington, VA but we are open to other ARA office locations and teleworking with the right candidate.

What you'll do as a Business Development Manager

• Provide input into a long-range business plan and develop a detailed associated marketing/business plan, including a marketing strategy
• Capture and interpret market intel (directly from customers and indirectly from publications, trade shows, and other sources) and share intel with others through regular communications and through entry into ARA's customer resource management (CRM) system
• Develop and maintain Air Force business relationships with partners at the Pentagon
• Contact customers on a regular basis to understand their needs/plans and to describe how ARA technologies may help their efforts
• Serve as the ARA Customer Portfolio Manager (CPM) for the Air Force
• Assist with preparation/delivery of briefings to ARA senior leadership
• Collaborate with ARA subject matter experts to develop value propositions to customers

Desired Business Development Manager Qualifications

• M.S. degree or equivalent in physics, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, biology, or other hard science
• Prior service in the U.S. Air Force strongly preferred

Anticipated salary range : $175,000 - $225,000. Offer may vary depending on experience and skill set.

About ARA

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,300 professionals and continues to grow.

ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide expertise across a broad range of engineering and science technologies. Our Better Fuels Group develops and deploys innovative fuels technologies, converting waste products to renewable fuels, and creating high value products for a sustainable future. ARA employs traditional refinery equipment and novel water-based technologies to make fuels and chemicals, including sustainable jet fuel that meets petroleum specifications without blending and diesel fuel that is virtually indistinguishable from petroleum.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. We realize that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA provides employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Our employee-owners are the keys to our success, and they share our achievements through career advancement and through company contributions to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

• Master of Science or better in Physics
• Doctor of Philosophy or better in Physics

Experience

Preferred

• Direct experience working in or with the Pentagon, DARPA, or other senior DoD organizations
• Candidate should be published and well known in their field of study
• Demonstrated record of proposing, marketing, and selling ideas and projects

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