Strategic BD & Program Analyst II

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions; Crane (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions in Crane, Indiana seeks a Program/Financial Analyst 2 to support the BD team in planning, coordinating, and executing strategic growth initiatives under managerial guidance. The role provides analytical, operational, and project-management support across the BD lifecycle, including opportunity tracking, capture support, proposals, customer engagement, and teaming.

The position serves as a key liaison among BD, technical teams, finance, contracts,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communications, project management, engineering, finance, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or relevant professional certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned BD projects, pursuits, and strategic initiatives, including development and maintenance of schedules, milestones, deliverables, action items, and status reports.
• Support opportunity identification, qualification, and tracking activities; maintain accurate pipeline, capture, and proposal data in applicable systems and reports.
• Coordinate pursuit activities to ensure technical, pricing, staffing, contractual, and management inputs are aligned with customer requirements and submission deadlines.
• Assist with development and execution of capture plans, proposal plans, win themes, customer engagement plans, and other pursuit-related materials.
• Track pursuit budgets, labor, consultant, travel, and other BD expenses; assist with forecasting and reporting as required.
• Support the review, coordination, and execution of teaming agreements, non-disclosure agreements, subcontracts, and other pre-award partnership documentation in coordination with contracts, legal, procurement, and program personnel.
• Analyze market, customer, competitor, pipeline, and pursuit data to support BD strategy, prioritization, and management decision making.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, briefings, and executive summaries related to opportunity status, pipeline health, capture progress, proposal performance, and key BD metrics.
• Create, review, and edit customer-facing slide decks, capability briefings, white papers, proposal materials, and other BD communications.
• Research customer missions, priorities, acquisition forecasts, funding trends, competitive landscapes, and industry developments to identify potential business opportunities and inform pursuit strategies.
• Assist with preparation for customer meetings, industry events, gate reviews, color team reviews, and internal BD meetings; capture decisions, action items, and follow-up requirements.
• Draft and edit meeting reports, call plans, trip reports, correspondence, and other written materials in support of customer engagement and business-development activities.
• Coordinate with technical teams, program management, finance, contracts, procurement, legal, human resources, and other internal stakeholders to support opportunity qualification, capture, and proposal development.
• Facilitate clear and timely communication among internal teams and external partners to ensure pursuit objectives, roles, deadlines, and deliverables are understood and achieved.
• Support proposal and capture meetings, weekly standups, milestone reviews, and leadership briefings, including agenda development, scheduling, meeting coordination, and action-item tracking.
• Assist in identifying schedule, resource, staffing, operational, and compliance risks that may affect BD pursuits; recommend and help implement practical solutions.
• Coordinate with teaming partners, subcontractors, consultants, and other external stakeholders, as assigned, to support proposal inputs, partner communications, and pre-award activities.
• Manage correspondence, calendars, records, shared files, and action item trackers associated with assigned BD activities.
• Assist management with evaluating priorities, assigning action items, and monitoring follow-through on time-sensitive BD requirements.
• Maintain organized, accurate, and current documentation related to opportunities, proposals, customer interactions, and BD decisions.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned to support the overall success of the BD team and organization.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Proposal support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field

Master’s degree or professional certification preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

CRM software

Proposal management tools

Job description

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions in Crane, Indiana seeks a Program/Financial Analyst 2 to support the BD team in planning, coordinating, and executing strategic growth initiatives under managerial guidance. The role provides analytical, operational, and project-management support across the BD lifecycle, including opportunity tracking, capture support, proposals, customer engagement, and teaming.

The position serves as a key liaison among BD, technical teams, finance, contracts,