[Hiring] Lead, Business Development @L3Harris Technologies

Role Description

The Business Development Lead will grow L3Harris’ Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) business with domestic Department of War (DoW) and homeland customers. The role owns customer relationships, opportunity identification and shaping for the ForceX and C-UAS portfolio, within the Targeting and Sensor Systems (TSS) sector.

• Understand the role of DoW Agencies and Federal Enforcement of C-UAS efforts.
• Navigate C-UAS funding and contract pathways: PPBE and budget exhibits, urgent needs (UONS/JUONS), Middle Tier Acquisition, OTAs, CSOs, IDIQ task orders, marketplace listings and FMS touchpoints.
• Identify, shape and qualify new C-UAS opportunities for the assigned customer set, with the objective of increasing orders, sales and revenue.
• Own account management and relationships with new and existing customers, and proactively build contacts across government, prime and industry partners.
• Develop and maintain the opportunity pipeline in the L3Harris Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
• Frame Price-to-Win, PWin and key discriminators for each pursuit and support business cases and phase gate reviews.
• Deliver qualified pursuits to the capture and proposal organization through the common capture process and stay engaged on customer relationships through award.
• Must be available to travel at least >50% of the year.
• Maintain expert knowledge of the UAS business and portfolio.
• Track the domestic C-UAS competitive landscape: incumbent primes, non-traditional and venture-backed entrants, and their fielded systems, teaming and pricing behavior.
• Translate VAMPIRE program and adjacent ForceX/Aeromet business capabilities into customer-specific value propositions and discriminators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Active Secret level security clearance.

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of and experience with common capture processes.
• Experience in leading new business pursuits.
• Demonstrated ability in competitive analysis, customer analysis, win strategy development, proposal and color team leadership and price-to-win analysis.
• Disciplined, self-starting professional who can bring projects to closure with minimum direction, guidance and oversight.
• Exceptional leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently under limited supervision.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office tools.