Vice President

Purpose and Scope:
Lead the business development efforts for assigned business line.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the organization's overall business development efforts, ensuring that business development staff is adequately trained; coordinating workloads, priorities, and schedules to ensure timely and effective completion of work; and monitoring and evaluating staff performance.
• Responsible for all government relations, including developing relationships with government agencies and their technical, contract, and procurement staff.
• In conjunction with the President & CEO, Division leaders, and others inside and outside the organization, develop business development objectives, strategies, and plans for the corporation.
• Participate in planning for the future development and growth of the organization, prepare company/division business development plans, and present them for review and approval.
• Explore, research, and recommend teaming agreements, joint ventures, acquisitions, and/or asset sales.
• Conduct long-range planning aimed at the development of new business targets and proposals. Develop and implement effective business development campaigns to generate new sales or increase sales with existing customers.
• Maintain and develop an effective list of business development contacts.
• Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the proposal office and ensure that business development responsibilities, authorities, and accountabilities are defined and understood throughout the company.
• Participate in the proposal preparation process. Defines and develops proposal strategies, themes, discriminators, and format. Identifies cost, resource, and schedule requirements.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database on competitors and potential teaming partners, including capabilities, cost information, and business strategies.
• Track, monitor, and report on submitted and pending bids and approaching business opportunities. Appraise and evaluate lost bids and develop and recommend ways to improve the company's win rate.
• Report on business development results, issues, and concerns to the President & CEO.
• Represent the organization in its relationship with customers, government agencies, teaming partners, competitors, professional affiliations, and community organizations.
• Ensure that all business development activities comply with internal policies and practices, laws, and regulations.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred); 15 years of progressive business development experience and a proven track record with sales to Federal Government agencies. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Position requires a thorough understanding of government contracting/customers and the proposal process. Must be articulate with executive presence, creative and forward-looking, clear thinker and decision-maker, change agent and have a proven track record of continuous business development activities. Position requires travel. Position may require the ability to pass and maintain a Security Clearance.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:
Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, consistent sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communications, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

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Compensation Details:

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• 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

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.