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Lockheed Martin · 1 month ago

Business Development Principal - Missile Defense Radars

Lockheed Martin is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking a Business Development Principal to support their Missile Defense and Space Surveillance Radars portfolio. The role involves identifying and qualifying business opportunities, managing customer relationships, and developing capture strategies to drive growth in this sector.

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Growth Opportunities
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Responsibilities

Building and maintaining trusting and productive relationships with customers, influencers and key opinion leaders
Proactive and responsive engagement with domestic and international customers and related stakeholders
Performing market research and developing business cases to identify, qualify, and shape opportunities
Developing and implementing capture strategies, analysis of competition, and win strategies
Leading teams to respond to Requests for Information, Requests for Proposal, and other solicitations
Contributing to product line and market segment strategic planning cycles
Managing in-year and planning future-year new business funding
Collaborating and coordinating with functional, LOB, and BA stakeholders
Preparing and presenting opportunity reviews to stakeholders
Other related duties as assigned by leadership

Qualification

Business DevelopmentCapture ManagementCustomer RelationshipsMarket ResearchProposal DeliveryMulti-taskingCommunication SkillsTeam LeadershipSelf-Motivated

Required

> 5 years in a customer-facing Business Development role
Experience leading $0.5B+ campaigns as Business Development Lead or Capture Manager
Established relationships with the US Missile Defense Agency
Demonstrated ability to drive capture 'Art of the Deal'
Diplomatic, persuasive and articulate communication style to establish and maintain rapport with internal and external stakeholders
Security Clearance: Secret
US Citizen for consideration

Preferred

USG, FMS and DCS acquisition experience, including releasability, export licensing, and advocacy
Recency: responsibility as lead for major proposal deliveries within the past 18 months
Multi-disciplinary: prior Program Management, Engineering, and or Operational background with radar systems
Initiative: self-motivated to work independently and with teams to drive tasks to closure within the bounds of mission requirements and resources
Multi-tasking: able to manage multiple simultaneous deliverables in a fast-paced, high growth environment with fluctuating priorities and minimal guidance
Resource stewardship: prior responsibility for new business funds > $1M / year
Master's degree in related discipline

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
401(k) match
Flexible Spending Accounts
EAP
Education Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid time off
Holidays

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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