Standard Job Description

The Strike, Deterrence and Missile Defense Mission Strategy and Advanced Capabilities (SDMD MSAC) team is seeking a Business Development and Strategy Analyst Stf to support our pursuit of new business opportunities, strategic growth, and creation of new partnerships. The selected candidate will aid in the development and execution of customer focused strategy and capture opportunities, primarily within the Targets and Countermeasures business but also inclusive of broader Missile Defense capabilities. They will be accountable for identifying and supporting shaping of new and recompeted business through a balanced focus across customer value, the competitive environment, and the corporation's best interests. They will support capture strategies by identifying potential customers and or relevant solicitations and informing business solutions for pursuit of opportunities; executing competitive assessments and evaluating potential teaming partners; helping inform positions to win narratives and participating in bid and proposal activities across a matrixed and highly integrated team of professionals.

This role will also play a major part in exploring non traditional business models, partnerships and other go to market activities to evolve Lockheed’s position. The selected candidate will support internal cross functional briefings up to the executive level. Engagement with key external customers and the ability to build customer relationships is key to success in this role. The ideal candidate will bring a strong perspective on how to shape market requirements and evolve Lockheed Martin’s capabilities to meet future requirements competitively. A mix of Department of War and federal government contracting with strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills is key. Baseline capabilities with the missile defense industry is strongly preferred but not required.

In this dynamic role, your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead new business pursuits, shaping strategies, whitepaper and proposal development by conducting reviews, competitive analysis and developing the business case. Work cross functionally to lead Capture Teams from shaping through program transition.
• Identify emerging and growing markets and opportunities while maintaining continuous, detailed insight into customer budgets and allocations. You will also perform economic analyses and explore business models best suited to growing markets.
• Understand and apply non traditional business models and go to market motions to help think and execute differently; socialize and gain internal traction on new ways of doing business within the missile defense portfolio, proactively acknowledging and burning down risks.  Includes proactive shaping and/ or seeking out of CRAD, CRADA, SBIR, BAA etc opportunities for growth.
• Develop mission value through the application of our IRAD technologies, work closely with customers to define mission success and accelerate our technical capabilities.
• Develop a positive and evolved LM brand identity in the customer communities covering the full spectrum of the technical portfolio.
• Develop detailed senior customer advocacy plans for core customers in DoW and for new and expanding customers in other national and international federal agencies. Identify our value proposition for each, our messages to shape opportunities and deliver value, and milestones for achieving agreement on specific issues.
• Assess customer strategic capability gap requirements and advocate advanced program technology solutions, planning, business opportunity identification and validation, capture plan development and execution, and customer interaction management, specifically within the Targets and Countermeasures and Kinetic Effectors portfolios.

Basic Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Industry-applicable Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college
• +5 years of experience in Aerospace and Defense
• Experience in leading business development and/or competitive capture initiatives with a track record of success within the Department of War
• Proven management and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to interact confidently with peers, executives, both internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to proactively collaborate, drive change, and navigate complex matrixed environments with competing priorities
• Detail oriented and ability to multi-task; strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated expertise in communicating/briefing managers, employees, and customers
• US Citizen with abilitity to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance 
• Active or prior experience at Lockheed Martin

Desired Skills

Desired skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited college in a relevant engineering discipline coupled with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business
• Past experience on the Government side within Space and Missile defense, either with hands-on military experience or as a civil servant
• Ability to leverage technical and managerial relationships to assist with the identification of opportunities that align with the strategy
• Demonstrated, excellent written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated success leading capture teams, proposal teams, strategy development, and customer solutioning
• Strong grasp of non-traditional, commercial and / or disruptive business models and implications to financing, contracting, programmatic and legal risks
• Executive-level presentation skills with the ability to tell a concise and compelling story
• Expert-level Microsoft suite skills, including PowerPoint
• Active TS clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.