Amentum · 2 days ago
Director, Business Development
Amentum is seeking a Director of Business Development to lead strategic business development efforts within the Intelligence and Cyber Business Group. This role involves overseeing a team, managing customer engagements, and ensuring a robust pipeline of opportunities to drive growth and strategy.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of BD professionals for the I&C market
Oversee business development efforts across multiple simultaneous opportunities
Collaborate across the P&L organizations and the Growth and Strategy team to align business goals and objectives
Represent Amentum at industry events, conferences, and forums to build visibility and network with stakeholders
Cultivate and strengthen operational and executive relationships with IC customers to shape opportunities
Represent I&C Business Group and collaborate with other Amentum business groups to pursue cross-functional opportunities
Lead client engagements, negotiations, and strategy workshops
Identify and qualify a robust pipeline, ensuring alignment with strategy and growth objectives
Provide pipeline analysis and assessment
Maintain and grow the quality of the opportunity assessment process, including early-stage black hats, price-to-wins, budget analysis and engagement strategies
Develop initial win strategies and differentiated value propositions
Build and foster internal and external industry teaming partnerships
Qualification
Required
Must have an Active Top Secret US Government Clearance with polygraph. Note: US Citizenship is required to maintain a Top-Secret Clearance with polygraph
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of intelligence-related business development and/or capture experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Deep understanding of one of the following capabilities within the IC: IT, SW development, Cyber Security, or Intelligence Analysis
A proven track record of successful business development or capture management above $100M related to IC customers within the Washington-Virginia area
Experience in building and managing an opportunity pipeline
Experience leading multi-million-dollar business development/capture effort(s) such as teaming, assessing win probability, and executing customer call plans to shape acquisitions and win business
Team leadership experience (including virtual team management); ability to work through others who do not report to you to obtain objectives
Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience briefing executives
Experience utilizing a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool, Microsoft 360 programs, and SharePoint
Preferred
Master's degree in business administration, cybersecurity, or other disciplines complimentary to the organization's core service offerings
Deep understanding of two or more of the following capabilities within the IC: IT, SW development, Cyber Security, or Intelligence Analysis
Customer relationships in the Military Intelligence community (DIA, INSCOM, etc)
Experience managing a pipeline greater than $5B or pursuing opportunities greater than $1B
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Company
Amentum
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
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